Dinotopia quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which scientist narrates the Dinotopia books through his written journals?

   Answer: Arthur Denison

   Why: Gurney styled the books as Denison's lost 19th-century journals that were supposedly rediscovered in modern times.

2. 2 Medium

   Which isolated, Asian-inspired empire does Arthur Denison visit in the fourth major Dinotopia book?

   Answer: Chandara

   Why: Sauropolis closed the Belt Road in protest at Emperor Hugo Khan's one man rule, so Denison and Bix were Chandara's first outsiders in decades.

3. 3 Easy

   What is Dinotopia's famous greeting?

   Answer: Breathe deep, seek peace

   Why: Skybax riders greet each other with their own version of the saying: fly high, seek peace.

4. 4 Medium

   What dinosaur species is Bix, the multilingual guide?

   Answer: Protoceratops

   Why: Bix understands seventeen major languages, among them Etruscan, Hittite and Hypsilophodont, and mimics natural sounds exactly.

5. 5 Easy

   What are the letters of the Dinotopian alphabet based on?

   Answer: Dinosaur footprints

   Why: Gurney invented the footprint alphabet after visiting Connecticut trackways: he carved a three-toed print from an eraser and rotated it.

6. 6 Easy

   Which prehistoric creatures live peacefully alongside humans across the island of Dinotopia?

   Answer: Dinosaurs

   Why: The dinosaurs sat out the end-Cretaceous extinction in a vast cavern world beneath the island; the reef merely stops castaways from leaving.