What do the words deinos and sauros have in common? How long was the average Tyrannosaurus Rex tooth? Why did paleontologists discard the name Brontosaurus until about 2015? Who were the founders of English paleontology and fossil digging? What is remarkable about Therizinosaurus? Why is Oviraptor a misnomer for the small, dainty theropod?
If you knew the answer to even one of these questions, this may be the perfect quiz for you.
Maybe your interest in these predecessors to today’s birds began recently. Maybe it was even sparked by Hollywood’s (often fanciful) depiction of these beasts. Or perhaps you’ve been attached to these marvelous creatures since childhood when you found a fossil in your backyard.
Whenever your dino didactics started, all dinosaur fans and scholars are welcome to challenge themselves with our dinosaur trivia questions and answers.
Let’s test your knowledge of the world of these enchanting animals! Or you’re feeling even more dangerous than a T-rex, try our nature quiz and trivia about animals.
In what year was the film The Dinosaur Project released?
2012
1992
2002
1982
How many horns did Triceratops have?
2
3
1
0
What was the weight in pounds of a Pachycephalosaurus?
4000
2000
8000
6000
For three-quarters of its length, the tail of Deinonychus was stiff. What did this stiff tail help with?
Speed, body temperature, balance
Energy preservation, swatting insects, body temperature
Balance, agility, energy preservation
balance, agility, swatting insects
What did Parasaurolophus have on its head?
Feathers
Bony spikes
Hollow crests
Horns
Which of these is the name of a dinosaur?
Miniraptor
Tinyraptor
Microraptor
Smallraptor
Which dinosaur’s name means ‘Bird Robber’?
Ornitholestes
Orinosaurus
Sarcolestes
Janenschia
The Hadrosaurus lived during which period?
Cretaceous
Permian
Eocene
Jurassic
What was the weight in pounds of a Corythosaurus?
17720
13290
8860
4430
What was the length in feet of a Claosaurus?
12
24
6
18
What does ‘dinosaur’ actually mean?
Terrible Lizard
Scaly Lizard
Ancient Lizard
Toothed Lizard
Which London park contains models of dinosaurs created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins in the last century?
Crystal Palace Park
Hyde Park
Regent’s Park
Battersea Park
Who plays the lead role of Trent Walker in Cowboys vs Dinosaurs?
Steve Austin
Keaton Simons
Eric Roberts
Mickey Rourke
What type of dinosaur features on the logo of the Toronto based NBA basketball team?
Allosaurus
Tyrannosaurus rex
Deinonychus
Velociraptor
What dinosaur themed book was turned into a blockbuster movie in 1993?
State of Fear
Sphere
Jurassic Park
The Andromeda Strain
Who composed the music for the film Jurassic Park?
John Williams
Hans Zimmer
James Horner
Danny Elfman
Which of these actresses stars in the film The Last Dinosaur?
Michele Lee
Constance McCashin
Donna Mills
Joan Van Ark
Which dinosaur’s name means ‘deceptive lizard’?
Triceratops
Acrocanthosaurus
Allosaurus
Apatosaurus
Who played the role of Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park?
Donald Faison
Wayne Knight
Jerry Stiller
David Alan Basche
What is the shortest known armored dinosaur?
Emausaurus ernsti
Tatisaurus oehleri
Scutellosaurus lawleri
Scelidosaurus harrisonii
Which video game character is occampanied by a green dinosaur called Yoshi?
Super Mario
Sonic the Hedgehog
Guybrush Threepwood
Lara Croft
Which of these dinosaurs is the heaviest?
Acrocanthosaurus
Albertosaurus
Allosaurus
Apatosaurus
In what year was the first film adaptation of The Lost World released?
1935
1955
1925
1945
The Camptosaurus lived during which period?
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Oligocene
Which of these is not a real dinosaur name?
Dipterosaurus
Abelisaurus
Vulcanodon
Atlascopcosaurus
The mokele-mbembe is a dinosaur like created purported to exist in which continent?
Antarctica
South America
Australasia
Africa
What does Dilophosaurus mean?
Double armed lizard
Double crested lizard
Two loaves lizard
Double horned lizard
Which dinosaur’s name means ‘Tyrant Lizard’?
Anatosaurus
Tyrannosaurus
Dyoplosaurus
Calamosaurus
Which of these actors stars in Jurassic World?
Chris Pratt
Vin Diesel
Lee Pace
Dave Bautista
The dinosaur sequence in Disney’s Fantasia features which piece of monk?
Pulcinella
The Rite of Spring
Petrushka
The Firebird
Which of these is not a close relative of T-Rex?
Tarbosaurus
Alioramus
Herrerasaurus
Albertosaurus
The name of which predator means ‘New Hunter’?
Neoraptor
Seismosaurus
Neoceratops
Neovenator
What did most dinosaurs snack on?
Plants
Other dinosaurs
Animals
Anything
What is the officially designated state dinosaur of Colorado?
Triceratops
Acrocanthosaurus atokensis
Paluxysaurus jonesi
Stegosaurus armatus
Which of these actresses stars in the film Theodore Rex?
Sherri Shepherd
Rosie Perez
Whoopi Goldberg
Rosie O’Donnell
Who played the role of Robert Muldoon in Jurassic Park?
Charles Kay
Joe Don Baker
Bob Peck
Desmond Llewelyn
What does the name Thyreophora mean?
Giant dinosaur
Tiny dinosaur
Winged dinosaur
Armoured dinosaur
Which TV show features a curious young Tyrannosaurus Rex named Buddy?
Extreme Dinosaurs
Martha Speaks
Dinosaur Train
Sid the Science Kid
The jaws of Deinonychus were lined with lots of small serrated teeth, why were they curved backwards?
To make chewing easier
To stop the escape of struggling prey
To prevent tooth decay
To create room in the jaws for more teeth
In what year was the film Adventures in Dinosaur City released?
1991
2001
1981
1971
What was the weight in pounds of a Euoplocephalus?
10500
3500
14000
7000
Which dinosaur’s name means ‘black mountain lizard’?
Seismosaurus
Melanorosaurus
Megalosaurus
Saltasaurus
What was the weight in pounds of a Dravidosaurus?
2000
4000
1000
3000
Which of these actors stars in the time-travelling dinosaur film A Sound of Thunder?
Edward Burns
Tom Sizemore
Barry Pepper
Adam Goldberg
How did dinosaurs reproduce?
They laid eggs
They split in two like cells
They gave birth to live babies
Two dinosaurs merged and became a new dinosaur
What’s the most amount of money dinosaur fossils have sold for at auction?
54000
$2.1 million
$8.3 million
630000
Which of these actors starred in the 1960 film The Lost World?
Michael Curtiz
Peter Lorre
Claude Rains
Paul Henreid
The name of which dinosaur means, ‘shark-toothed lizard’?
Allosaurus
Epidendrosaurus
Megalodon
Carcharodontosaurus
Which dinosaur’s name means ‘Bird Mimic’?
Ornithomimus
Orinosaurus
Ornithopsis
Ornithodesmus
Which of these is the name of a World Heritage Site in southern England?
Jurassic Coast
Cretaceous Coast
Triassic Coast
Paleogene Coast
During what period did Velociraptors live?
Devonian
Cretaceous
Permian
Triassic
How many known species of Velociraptor were there?
2
1
4
3
The Late Jurassic herbivore Camarasaurus’ feet resembles the present day what?
Horse
Giraffe
Dog
Elephant
The hadrosaurus, a herbivorous dinosaur, was the first full skeleton of a dinosaur found in which continent?
Australasia
Asia
North America
Africa
Which animal’s ancestors did not live during the time of dinosaurs?
Crocodile
Shark
Jellyfish
Bear
The name Pachycephalosaurus means what?
Fast Running Lizard
Thick-Headed Lizard
Meat Eating Lizard
Tall Lizard
Who played a Velociraptor private investigator in the film Anonymous Rex?
Sam Trammell
Stephen Moyer
Nelsan Ellis
Willem Dafoe
What was the weight in pounds of a Hadrosaurus?
12000
6000
9000
3000
Which dinosaur’s name means ‘heavy claws’?
Archaeopteryx
Baryonyx
Apatosaurus
Allosaurus
Which of the following prehistoric creatures is a dinosaur?
Yangchuanosaurus
Shonisaurus
Deinosuchus
Archelon
Which dinosaur’s name means ‘Arm Lizard’?
Plateosaurus
Cathetosaurus
Hadrosaurus
Brachiosaurus
What is the heaviest known stegosaur?
Tuojiangosaurus multispinus
Dacentrurus armatus
Hesperosaurus mjosi
Stegosaurus stenops
Who wrote the novel Journey to the Center of the Earth, which features various dinosaurs?
Edgar Allen Poe
Alexandre Dumas
Jules Verne
H. G. Wells
Which was the slowest of the dinosaurs?
Stegosaurus
Diplodocus
Brachiosaurus
Europlocephalus
Who wrote the 1912 dinosaur themed novel ‘The Lost World’?
Agatha Christie
Robert Louis Stevenson
Arthur Conan Doyle
Edgar Allen Poe
What was the length in feet of a Pachycephalosaurus?
18
36
9
27
Dinosaur fossils are found in greatest abundance in which of these deserts?
Mojave Desert
Negev Desert
Gobi Desert
Sahara Desert
What was the name of the longest dinosaur?
Seismosaurus
Thecodontosaurus
Dromiceiomimus
Utahraptor
Who was the cinematographer for the film Jurassic Park?
Tommy Lee Wallace
Dean Cundey
Bob Gale
Charles Cyphers
What is the heaviest known sauropod?
Antarctosaurus’ giganteus
Amphicoelias fragillimus
Apatosaurus sp.
Argentinosaurus huinculensis
Which of these is a film featuring dinosaurs?
300 Million BC
400 Million BC
100 Million BC
200 Million BC
What is the officially designated state dinosaur of New Jersey?
Hadrosaurus foulkii
Hypsibema missouriensis
Astrodon johnstoni
Capitalsaurus
Adult Velociraptors are closest in height to which of the following?
An elephant
A horse
A turkey
A bluebird
The first Velociraptor fossil was discovered in what year?
1913
1933
1923
1903
Which of these is the name of a Disney film that features a dinosaur?
Meet the Griffins
Meet the Robinsons
Meet the Smiths
Meet the Richardsons
What was the weight in pounds of a Tenontosaurus?
8000
4000
6000
2000
Where have dinosaur remains not been found?
USA
China
Argentina
None of the above
Who played the role of Gerry Harding in Jurassic Park?
Gerald R. Molen
Max Pirkis
Scott Bryce
Alan Committie
Dinosaur fossils have been found on how many of the world’s continents?
4
7
5
6
Who played the role of Dr. Ellie Sattler in Jurassic Park?
Shailene Woodley
Diane Ladd
Emily Peachey
Laura Dern
What does ‘dinosaur’ actually mean?
Ancient Lizard
Toothed Lizard
Terrible Lizard
Scaly Lizard
Which TV show features Corythosaurus released from a preserved egg in 1988 California?
Dinosaucers
Dink, the Little Dinosaur
Denver, the Last Dinosaur
Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
Who plays the lead in the film Three Ages, which features dinosaurs?
Harold Lloyd
Buster Keaton
Roscoe Arbuckle
Charlie Chaplin
Which museum features in the film One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing?
Victoria and Albert Museum
Natural History Museum
Science Museum
British Museum
Which of the following is a stage of a dinosaur fossil in taphonomy?
Fossilization
Biodextrousity
Dyaplantae
Necrology
What species of dinosaur is Dino from The Flintstones?
Apatosaurus
Corythosaurus
Triceratops
Europasaurus
Where were the first T-Rex fossils found?
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Which film features the first depiction of a Stegosaurus using its tail for defence?
Jurassic Park
Fantasia
Dinosaur
King Kong
Who plays the role of Rex, a cowardly green Tyrannosaurus rex in Toy Story?
John Ratzenberger
Wallace Shawn
Justin Walker
Andre Gregory
Which of these is one of the twentieth century’s main dinosaur experts?
Paul Sereno
Charles Marsh
Gideon Mantell
Richard Owen
The oldest multi-celled fossils were found on which continent?
Africa
Asia
Australasia
Antarctica
Who played the role of Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park?
William H. Macy
Sam Neill
Cillian Murphy
Willem Dafoe
The TV show Walking with Dinosaurs was first shown on which channel?
ITV
Sky
Channel 4
BBC
Who wrote the screenplay for Jurassic Park?
Robin Cook
Richard Preston
John Grisham
Michael Crichton
What was the smallest dinosaur?
Tinysaurus
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Dipthorsaurus
Compsognathus
Who was the first person to suggest that T-rex was a scavenger rather than a hunter?
Lawrence Lamb
Henry Fairfield Osborne
Charles Sternberg
Barney Newman
Who created the film The Animal World, which featured stop motion animated sequence about dinosaurs?
David Hedison
Irwin Allen
Mark Goddard
Jonathan Harris
What is the shortest known ceratopsian?
Aquilops americanus
Archaeoceratops yujingziensis
Microceratus gobiensis
Yamaceratops dorngobiensis
During the Triassic period, the continents were joined together in one giant landmass called what?
Laurentia
Pangaea
Gondwana
Columbia
Which dinosaur’s name means ’emu mimic’?
Deinonychus
Dromiceiomimus
Diplodocus
Compsognathus
Which dinosaur’s name means ‘horned lizard’?
Baryonyx
Ceratosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Archaeopteryx
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