Paleontologist

Dinosaurs became extinct how many years ago?

65 million

Petrified wood is the state fossil of which state?

Arizona

The first dinosaur skeleton to be mounted was of what dinosaur?

Hadrosaurus

The first dinosaur to be discovered was what?

Megalosaurus

The meteor that most scientists believe killed dinosaurs struck in what country?

Mexico

The nigersaurus had how many teeth?

500

What dinosaur had the smallest brain compared to its body size?

Stegosaurus

What dinosaur was characterized by an exceedingly long neck?

Brachiosaurus

What does “stegosaurus” mean?

Covered lizard

What does “velociraptor” mean?

Fast thief

What is the more common name for the Smilodin fatalis?

Sabre-toothed tiger

What is the state fossil of Alabama?

Basilosaurus whale

What is the state fossil of Alaska?

Woolly mammoth

What is the state fossil of Colorado?

Stegosaurus

What is the state fossil of Illinois?

Tully monster

What modern-day animals are believed to be descendants of dinosaurs?

Birds

Which of these is an area in California which has provided a bevy of fossils?

La Brea Tar Pits

Which of these was a toothless dinosaur?

Oviraptor

Who discovered the first triceratops fossils?

Othniel Marsh

How much of Earth's life died out during the late Permian period?

90%

What paleontologist theorized that bezoar stones were actually fossilized dinosaur feces?

Mary Anning

What are the animals, now alive, that are most closely related to the dinosaurs?

Birds

How tall could a Diplodocus get?

30 meters

During what period did Tyrannosaurus Rex live?

Chalk

How many horns did Triceratops have?

3

How big was a Stegosaurus brain?

Walnut

How fast do you think a Velociraptor could run?

45 km/h

How long could the spikes on a Stegosaurus tail be?

1 meter

What is the largest animal that ever lived?

Blue Whale

How long, approximately, were the teeth of a Tyrannosaurus Rex?

15 cm

Which of the following was a so-called flying lizard?

Pterodactylus

What were the dinosaur species Velociraptor good at?

Running

What does the name Stegosaurus (the name of a dinosaur that lived mainly in North America) mean?

Roof lizard

How many million years ago did the dinosaurs become extinct?

65 million years ago

Which of these names is not the name of a dinosaur?

Minime

What's the name of the man who wrote the books about a Jurassic Park that have also been turned into movies?

Michael Crichton

What's the name of the man who was first to use the term Dinosauria in the year 1842?

Richard Owen