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The Dinosaur Quiz!
Wandering into the world of dinosaurs is like entering the Jurassic Park movie, and you must be smart enough to not get eaten by the big ones! Are you smart enough to outrun them through this quiz before the asteroid strikes?
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1. What does the word "dinosaur" mean?
The word dinosaur means "terrible lizard", with Greek origins.
Ancient Beast
Fearsome Reptile
Prehistoric Giant
Terrible Lizard
2. What are the two main types of dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs can be divided into two types by their bones, with saurischians being lizard hipped and ornithischians being bird hipped.
Theropods And Sauropods
Raptors and Stegosaurs
Herbivores and Carnivores
Saurischians and Ornithischians
3. Which one of these is NOT a dinosaur?
Pterodactyls are not dinosaurs. They were a group of flying reptiles that lived at the same time as dinosaurs. Chickens are birds which can be considered dinosaurs since birds evolved from them.
Chicken
Triceratops
Pteranodon
Spinosaurus
4. In which period did the dinosaurs first appear?
The Age of the Dinosaurs began at the Triassic Period, which was in the Mesozoic Era when dinosaurs thrived.
Paleogene
Triassic
Jurassic
Creataceous
5. Which one of these dinosaurs did not live in the Triassic Period?
Herrerasaurus, Staurikosaurus and Plateosaurus lived during the Triassic Period, while Tyrannosaurus Rex appeared at the Late Cretaceous period.
Herrerasaurus
Staurikosaurus
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Plateosaurus
6. Which of these dinosaurs is the LARGEST?
Argentinosaurus was a large plant-eating dinosaur that lived during the Jurassic Period, measuring up to 30-35 m long.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Spinosaurus
Argentinosaurus
Giganotosaurus
7. Which dinosaur was the size of a chicken?
Compsognathus measured up to 60 to 90 cm long, feeding on small animals in packs during the Jurassic Period.
Archeopteryx
Microraptor
Protoceratops
Compsognathus
8. Archaeopteryx was a famous bird-like dino with wings and a toothy snout. In what period did this creature live?
Despite some key differences between Archaeopteryx's arm bones and those of living birds, a 2018 study argued that the Jurassic critter could actively fly.
Permian
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
9. Which dinosaur genus probably had some plumage in real life?
A Velociraptor skeleton described in 2007 had a series of prominent bumps on its forearms. They resemble the "feather quill knobs" that we see in modern birds.
Stegosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Parasaurolophus
Velociraptor
10. How tall do experts believe velociraptors grew to be on average?
Some experts believe velociraptors only reached 1.6 feet in height but others suggest 2 feet as the average. Certainly not as tall as the ones in Jurassic Park!
10 ft
8 ft
2 ft
6 ft
11. Which dinosaur defended itself from predators with its horns?
Triceratops defended itself with its horns against predators like T- Rex, and it lived during the late Cretaceous Period.
Ankylosaurus
Stegosaurus
Triceratops
Kentrosaurus
12. Tyrannosaurus Rex or T-Rex for short was a combination of Greek and Latin names. What does its name mean?
Tyrannosaurus Rex means "Tyrant Lizard King", with Rex meaning King in Latin.
Big Old Softie
Tyrant Lizard King
Cruncher Dynamo
Imperial Lizard
13. What happened to all the dinosaurs 66 million years ago?
An asteroid struck the Earth 66 million years ago, causing all of the dinosaurs along with pterosaurs and marine reptiles to perish. However, other animals survived into the Cenozoic Era.
An asteroid wiped them out
They contracted a disease
They farted themselves out of existence
The mammals overpowered them
14. Which modern animal is the only direct living descendant of dinosaurs?
Birds have evolved from theropod dinosaurs, with evidences in fossils showing the links between dinosaurs and birds via the bird ancestor Archeopteryx.
Fishes
Birds
Amphibians
Mammals
15. What dinosaur-themed book was turned into a film in 1993?
Michael Crichton's book Jurassic Park was adapted into a film in 1993, with Steven Spielberg directing it. The film was a mega hit.
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Dinosaur World by Jeff Goldblum
Dinosaurs Everywhere by Zoe Sugg
Look, There's a Big Dinosaur Crushing My House by Benjamin Myers
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