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For three-quarters of its length, the tail of Deinonychus was stiff. What did this stiff tail help with?
Speed, body temperature, balance
Speed, body temperature, balance
Energy preservation, swatting insects, body temperature
Energy preservation, swatting insects, body temperature
Balance, agility, energy preservation
Balance, agility, energy preservation
balance, agility, swatting insects
balance, agility, swatting insects
What is the officially designated state dinosaur of Colorado?
Triceratops
Triceratops
Acrocanthosaurus atokensis
Acrocanthosaurus atokensis
Paluxysaurus jonesi
Paluxysaurus jonesi
Stegosaurus armatus
Stegosaurus armatus
How did dinosaurs reproduce?
They laid eggs
They laid eggs
They split in two like cells
They split in two like cells
They gave birth to live babies
They gave birth to live babies
Two dinosaurs merged and became a new dinosaur
Two dinosaurs merged and became a new dinosaur
What’s the most amount of money dinosaur fossils have sold for at auction?
54000
54000
$2.1 million
$2.1 million
$8.3 million
$8.3 million
630000
630000
Which of these is the name of a World Heritage Site in southern England?
Jurassic Coast
Jurassic Coast
Cretaceous Coast
Cretaceous Coast
Triassic Coast
Triassic Coast
Paleogene Coast
Paleogene Coast
Which animal’s ancestors did not live during the time of dinosaurs?
Crocodile
Crocodile
Shark
Shark
Jellyfish
Jellyfish
Bear
Bear
Which was the slowest of the dinosaurs?
Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus
Diplodocus
Diplodocus
Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Europlocephalus
Europlocephalus
Who wrote the 1912 dinosaur themed novel ‘The Lost World’?
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Edgar Allen Poe
Edgar Allen Poe
What was the length in feet of a Pachycephalosaurus?
18
18
36
36
9
9
27
27
Adult Velociraptors are closest in height to which of the following?
An elephant
An elephant
A horse
A horse
A turkey
A turkey
A bluebird
A bluebird
The first Velociraptor fossil was discovered in what year?
1913
1913
1933
1933
1923
1923
1903
1903
What was the weight in pounds of a Tenontosaurus?
8000
8000
4000
4000
6000
6000
2000
2000
Which of the following is a stage of a dinosaur fossil in taphonomy?
Fossilization
Fossilization
Biodextrousity
Biodextrousity
Dyaplantae
Dyaplantae
Necrology
Necrology
Which of these is one of the twentieth century’s main dinosaur experts?
Paul Sereno
Paul Sereno
Charles Marsh
Charles Marsh
Gideon Mantell
Gideon Mantell
Richard Owen
Richard Owen
What was the smallest dinosaur?
Tinysaurus
Tinysaurus
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Dipthorsaurus
Dipthorsaurus
Compsognathus
Compsognathus
Who was the first person to suggest that T-rex was a scavenger rather than a hunter?
Lawrence Lamb
Lawrence Lamb
Henry Fairfield Osborne
Henry Fairfield Osborne
Charles Sternberg
Charles Sternberg
Barney Newman
Barney Newman
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