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Last updated: December 17, 2021
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1. Which was the first dinosaur discovered and recognized by science?
The Megalosaurus was described by William Buckland in 1824
Brontosaurus
Megalosaurus
2. The T-rex had two digits and a partially opposable thumb on each arm
Just two digits. In 1989, a full T-Rex fossil was finally discovered to confirm the amount of digits
True
False
3. The name of this dinosaur translates to "roof lizard"
Archosaurus
Stegosaurus
4. Ankylosaurus was largely omnivorous
Ankylosaurus was herbivorous
True
False
5. Brachiosaurus is considered a sauropod
Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small heads (relative to the rest of their body), and four thick, pillar-like legs
True
False
6. Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent
Yes, even Antarctica
True
False
7. The blue whale is larger than any dinosaur
The blue whale measures in at 108 feet (33 m) long and weighs an average of 100 tonnes (220,000 lb) in the Northern Hemisphere
True
False
8. This dinosaur was the fastest at 43.5 MPH (70 km/h)
Which is coincidentally the same speed as an ostrich!
Megalodon
Ornithomimus
9. The earliest humans were around at the end of the dinosaur age
There was at least 60 Million years between the dawn of man and the mass extinction of the dinosaurs
True
False
10. T-rex lived during the Late Jurassic Period
T-rex lived during the Late Cretaceous Period
True
False
11. What did Roy Chapman Andrews discover in Mongolia's Gobi Desert in 1923?
The first dinosaur nest
A perfectly preserved Brontosaurus footprint
12. Jurassic Park accurately depicted the size of the Velociraptor
Velociraptor was roughly the size of a turkey!
True
False
13. The Cretaceous Period was the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era and had the most species of dinosaurs.
True
False
14. The first scholarly description of a dinosaur bone dates back to 17th century England
It was correctly identified as a femur but was assumed to belong to a giant or a Titan
True
False
15. Members of the clade "Ceratosauria" include Tricertotops
Ceratosaurs were carnivorous.
True
False
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