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Are you Yale secret society material?

Can you keep a secret? Do you have Thursday and Sunday nights free? Can you perform secret handshakes and passwords with a straight face? So far so good, but the Yale senior society landscape has changed since the days when there were seven “landed” societies (i.e. those with their own buildings) and a handful of undergrounds: at last count, there were at least 41 societies on campus. 

So before you accept a tap from someone purporting to represent a senior society, you're going to have to make sure someone's not yanking your Mace and Chain. To that end, we've prepared a quiz: some of the names on this list are real Yale senior societies, and some of them are metal bands. See if you can tell them apart.

  1. 1. Red Mask
  2. 2. Satyricon
  3. 3. Sphinx
  4. 4. Berzelius
  5. 5. Black Rose
  6. 6. Mace and Chain
  7. 7. Axe
  8. 8. Gravestone
  9. 9. Sacred Rite
  10. 10. Arcturus
  11. 11. Leviathan
  12. 12. Testament
  13. 13. The Apostles
  14. 14. Leviticus
  15. 15. Skull and Bones
  16. 16. Ink and Needle
  17. 17. Beowulf
  18. 18. Wolf’s Head
  19. 19. Raven
  20. 20. Octa
  21. 21. Elegy
  22. 22. OX
  23. 23. Saxon
  24. 24. Spade and Grave
  25. 25. Book and Snake
  26. 26. Whiskey and Coke
  27. 27. Guns N' Roses
  28. 28. Pallbearer
  29. 29. Gryphon
  30. 30. W.A.S.P.