Dinosaur Quiz
Pteranodon
Like a Pteranodon soaring over the sea, crest held high, you swoop in fast once you've spotted your target.
Pteranodon was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that took to the skies at the same time as the dinosaurs. It often appears alongside dinosaurs in pictures, but it belongs to a separate group of reptiles. Some had wingspans of more than 6 meters (about 20 feet), and many fossils have been found in North American rock layers from an area that was then covered by sea.
The name means “winged and toothless,” and its long beak had no teeth. Because its fossils turn up in rocks that formed under the sea, and because of the shape of its beak, it's thought to have flown over the water catching fish. You're much the same: once you've spotted what you're after, you nimbly go straight for it.
At the back of its head was a long crest. Some individuals had large crests and others small ones, and one theory is that the large-crested ones were males and the crest was for showing off to others. Since you carry your colors high and move quickly, people notice when you change direction too. When you switch course, adding a quick word about why makes it easier for others to follow.
Strengths
- Once you've spotted what you want, you head straight for it
- You get from idea to action quickly
- You can show what you like clearly through your belongings and look
Where you may stumble
- On the way to your goal, you miss the fun of a side trip
- You change direction fast and people say, “That's not what you said last time”
- When the one thing you were after falls through, a plan B doesn't come right away
Sounds familiar, Pteranodon?
- At a museum, you march straight past everything else to the one painting you came for
- You switch your phone case to a design you like every season
- At a conveyor-belt sushi place, once the plate you want comes around, you don't even see the others
Where you shine
Situations where the result you want is clear and it pays to go get it fast. Holding up your colors and showing everyone where to head is a role that comes naturally too.
Tips for “Pteranodon”
- When you change direction, add a word on why you're going this way
- Once you've got what you came for, make one side trip on the way back
- On days with errands where you don't need to stand out, leave one of your signature touches at home
Matches
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Velociraptor — Velociraptor also sets a target and moves fast. Since they get going at the same speed, neither keeps the other waiting. It makes a good pairing: Pteranodon, with its eye-catching crest, points the way, and Velociraptor, traveling light, quickly follows.
Triceratops — Triceratops also carries a big marker — its frill. It joins in the fun of showing off in the same spirit, and because it stands its ground, it becomes a calm place for Pteranodon to come back to after flying around.
Brachiosaurus — Brachiosaurus keeps slowly eating leaves from high branches. Pteranodon takes off toward its target right away, while Brachiosaurus settles in and takes its time, so their sense of when to move doesn't line up, and each can be thrown by the other's timing.
Close neighbors
These differ from this one on just 1 of the 3 axes. If one of your axes was near the middle, you may have their side too.
Which one are you? 18 everyday situations, about 3 minutes.
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