Article by Alannah Anderson, Graphic by Ava Steele

Once you’ve hit the middle of July and Shark Week comes on, you know you’ve reached the true dog days of summer. What’s better than a day at the beach and coming home to watch the television series covering the fearsome predator that very well could have been the brush you felt on your leg when swimming? On Shark Week, you may know the celebrities that try to swim with the sharks or enjoy how the scientists are trying to track these apex predators. Yet, you might find yourself trying to figure out what personality these sharks have, or more, what shark would you be?

Take the Quiz: https://tally.so/r/ZjLj4V

What to do: After each question, keep track of which letter you have picked. At the end, tally up how many you have of each letter, whichever letter you have the most of is what shark you are.

Question 1: You’re at the buffet, what are you eating?

1. Everything, duh. 
2. Just the desserts.
3. Where’s the steak and lobster at?
4. I don’t really know, but it looks good.
5. I prefer the fancy stuff, oysters and shrimp cocktail!
6. The goal is the number of plates, not food.
7. I need protein.
8. Just some small nibbles here and there.
9. Only my usual.
10. Do you have snacks?

Question 2: How would your friends describe you?

1. The coolest person ever.
2. A genius.
3. The biggest gym rat.
4. A little bit eclectic.
5. Sweet as pie.
6. If an energy drink was personified.
7. Very supportive.
8. So quiet that you usually have to ask them to repeat what they said.
9. An old soul.
10. Quite mysterious.

Question 3: Your friends are hosting a party, where are you?

1. The life of the party! 
2. I’m connected to the aux.
3. I just came for the food.
4. I came because my friend made me. 
5. I’m bouncing from person to person!
6. Dancing with my friends.
7. FOMO got to me.
8. No way am I going.
9. I’ll pop in for a bit.
10. I’m just chilling.

Question 4: Favorite music genre?

1. Rap.
2. Rock n roll.
3. Country.
4. Indie.
5. Pop.
6. Heavy metal.
7. Latin.
8. UK Garage.
9. Jazz.
10. Lo-fi.

Question 5: Favorite color?

1. Orange.
2. Teal.
3. Navy.
4. Brown.
5. Fuchsia.
6. Black.
7. Butter Yellow.
8. Coral.
9. Sage.
10. Lavender.

Question 6: What’s your hobby?

1. Collecting license plates.
2. Sunbathing.
3. Surfing.
4. Reading.
5. Gymnastics or yoga.
6. Weight-lifting.
7. Running.
8. Watching old western movies with cowboys and lassos.
9. Buying and reviewing skincare products.
10. Exploring.

Question 7: Favorite movie quote?

1. “Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys” (Dead Poets Society).
2. “You can’t control your fate, all you can do is decide what you’re going to do with the time that’s given to you” (Lord of the Rings).
3. “You’re going to need a bigger boat” (Jaws).
4. “Why so serious?” (The Dark Knight)
5. “As if!” (Clueless)
6. “I’m the king of the world!” (Titanic)
7. “Get busy living, or get busy dying” (The Shawshank Redemption).
8. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn” (Gone with the Wind).
9. “I’m kind of a big deal” (Anchorman).
10. “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it” (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)

Question 8: You’ve got a group project, what are you doing? 

1. I never respond in the group chat, but I do my work.
2. I actually dropped the class.
3. Forgot it was due until an hour before.
4. I’ll spend one too many hours making the slides look pretty.
5. I want to do a group project session with snacks and music.
6. I wing the presentation.
7. Maybe I kind of micromanage.
8. I practice my presentation at least three times.
9. Definitely taking the lead.
10. That’s a night or so before kind of problem.

Question 9: Coffee shop go-to

1. London fog.
2. Brown sugar, cinnamon cold-foam, three pumps of white chocolate, two pumps of caramel and as much sugar as possible.
3. Good old sweet iced tea.
4. Double berry matcha.
5. A fruity refresher.
6. Black Americano.
7. Pup cup.
8. Triple espresso.
9. Iced latte.
10. Horchata.

Question 10: Dream destination

1. New York City.
2. Anywhere the sun shines.
3. Australia.
4. My couch.
5. California.
6. Florida.
7. South Africa.
8. Somewhere dark and quiet.
9. Antarctica.
10. The Bahamas.

(Mostly As) You got: Tiger shark

You’re the cool peep who’s fairly athletic, but usually prefers to hang out alone. You’ve never met a food you don’t like, and you can be pretty bold in your decision making process with a curiosity like no other.

(Mostly Bs) You got: Whale shark

You’re always the chill, easy-going friend. Keeping to yourself, you’ve mastered a potent side-eye and enjoy the journey — not so much the destination. However, at the sound of a cool breeze you’re a goner. 

(Mostly Cs) You got: Great White shark

Even though everyone expects the brawn, you’ve certainly got the brains to go with it. What’s more is that you’ve got good speed too, built for agility and could be a first-place sprinter. 

(Mostly Ds) You got: Wobbegong shark

You’ve really mastered the art of chilling out during the day. When day turns into night however, you become a whole new person. Fit with your new personality, your poor vision comes with a little bit of confusion every now and then. 

(Mostly Es) You got: Nurse shark

One of the social butterflies of the group even though you like to keep it simple. Most likely to be chilling with your homies is your superlative. 

(Mostly Fs) You got: Bull shark

Maybe a little bit unpredictable and a smidge aggressive, you’ve just got to channel that into some hard core gym workouts or a good productivity session. The good thing though, is you’ve got agility and flexibility on your side.

(Mostly Gs) You got: Sand Tiger shark

You might have a serious RBF that sometimes scares people away, but you really are just an easy-going, move at your own pace kind of person. 

(Mostly Hs) You got: Thresher shark

Definitely that friend that sends a text and someone immediately responds to you for you to not text them again for a month. You use your unique personality to your advantage to lead you to success. 

(Mostly Is) You got: Greenland shark

You are in fact the sleepy friend of the group with an old soul. You are the sage, leader figure in the group who people come to for advice. 

(Mostly Js) You got: Manta Ray

If you haven’t realized already, you are not in fact a shark, but a close cousin to the family! Your gentle and social personality combined with your intelligence makes it hard not to want to be around.