Dinosaurs quiz

More questions about Dinosaurs

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1. 1 Easy

   How did all known dinosaurs bring their young into the world?

   Answer: Laying eggs

   Why: Dinosaur eggs came in various shapes and sizes, with some sauropod eggs growing as large as bowling balls.

2. 2 Medium

   How many claws did a Tyrannosaurus rex have on each hand?

   Answer: Two

   Why: Only two fingers carried claws; a splint of bone buried in the hand was all that remained of a lost third digit.

3. 3 Hard

   Which early meat-eating dinosaur from Argentina is one of the oldest?

   Answer: Herrerasaurus

   Why: Herrerasaurus, prowling Argentina some 230 million years ago, is among the very oldest dinosaurs known, hailing from the dawn of their long reign.

4. 4 Easy

   What famous dinosaur's name translates from Latin as "speedy thief"?

   Answer: Velociraptor

   Why: Henry Fairfield Osborn coined the name in 1924, from the Latin velox, meaning swift, and raptor, a robber or plunderer.

5. 5 Medium

   How many teeth could a duck-billed hadrosaur have in its mouth at once?

   Answer: Around 1,000

   Why: As old teeth wore down from chewing tough plant material, new teeth continuously migrated up to replace them.

6. 6 Hard

   Which condition preserved the feathered dinosaurs of China's Jehol beds?

   Answer: Fine-grained volcanic silt

   Why: Rapid burial starved the bottom water of oxygen, so bacteria and scavengers never got to the feathers before the sediment closed over them.