Back in high school, the word “pop quiz” could strike fear into any but the most geeky brainiac.

Nowadays, people are embracing the concept, thanks to the copious opportunities to quiz oneself on the Internet.

Take www.gotoquiz.com, for instance.

This popular Web site immediately drew me in with a quiz titled “What American accent do you have?” I saddled up to the task (the phrase “saddling up” perhaps tipping my hand that I’m from Kansas) and answered a variety of questions such as, “When you say ‘bag,’ does it rhyme with ‘vague’?”

Sure enough, through a mere 13 queries it correctly assessed I have “a Midland accent, which is just another way of saying you don’t have an accent.”

The site also offered examinations to determine “Are you smarter than a fifth grader?,” “Do you deserve your high school diploma?” and “What type of mental disorder do you have?”

From the results I learned that I am 90 percent smarter than a fifth-grader but only 80 percent deserving of my high school diploma. Basically, I’d make a pretty decent junior high student.

I also have ADD, according to the mental disorder quiz. It explained, “You have a very hard time focusing, and you find it difficult to stay on task without your mind wandering.”

Moving along, I went to www.thesuperheroquiz.com to find out which costumed crusader I most resemble. Questions ranged from “Do you have a dark personality?” to “Do you ever wear a pushup bra?”

Ultimately, I was deemed to be Green Lantern.

Good choice. I wear a ring, I have strong willpower, and I once was a test pilot recruited by an interstellar police organization overseen by the Guardians of the Universe. (OK, two out of three.)

But truthfully, this Halloween my daughter dressed up as Supergirl, and I joined her to trick-or-treat by dressing up as … Green Lantern. I’ve got pictures to prove it.

Heading for a more adult examination, I surfed to www.theadvocates.org/quiz to take the World’s Smallest Political Quiz. A mere 10 statements were offered (such as “Military service should be voluntary”) in which I had to select if I agreed, disagreed or was undecided.

Thirty seconds later I learned that I am among the centrists, who “pride themselves on keeping an open mind, tend to oppose ‘political extremes,’ and emphasize what they describe as ‘practical’ solutions to problems.”

Wow, what an eye-opener. I always fancied myself more of a revolutionary.

The final quiz (and my favorite) was a visual one found at www.dothetest.co.uk. This awareness test involved eight basketball players, four dressed in white and four in black. I was asked to count how many passes the team in white makes.

Yet the result revealed a comical stunner of a punch line, and I realized I had been suckered into an effective public service announcements about one’s lack of awareness.

Of course, I could just blame my ADD.