Sarcasm, witty banter, and quirky humor abound, for sure - I feel like making too fine distinctions between varieties of college quirkiness gets silly after a certain point. I've also heard people group Wes with Vassar in terms of student quirkiness, but I personally got pretty different vibes when I visited (besides both being "artsy" and "liberal," which is why they maybe look similar on paper), so I'll let you decide for yourself. They are both quirky in a kind of playful, intellectual way, though Wes is more artsy and obviously less Midwestern. Maybe slightly more - these things are hard to measure (what does quirkiness really mean anyway?).
Probably most similar to Carleton in terms of quirkiness, in my experience. Notable exceptions are MIT, Chicago, etc. I think in general, though not always, liberal arts colleges are going to have a more intellectual student body than universities, because students are sacrificing name recognition for smaller classes, being taught by professors, etc. If you meant how intellectual/nerdy the students are, I'd say somewhere between Brown and UChicago (again, to use peer schools), judging by percent of students going on to grad school/earning a PhD and also by personal experience. So, not as intense as Reed, Chicago, or Swarthmore's (to use schools that sometimes share applicants with Wes). The curriculum is pretty open and can be as intense as one wants it to be. I think this is more a characteristic of a curriculum, not a student body. I don't completely understand this question, but I'll attempt an answer anyway.
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