The Quizasaurus

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The Quizasaurus

As a palaentologist, I have to know lots about dinosaurs. Do you know lots about them too?

Dinosaur teeth...

came in many different shapes

in some dinosaurs had been replaced by a beak

were continually replaced as they wore out

all of the above

Dinosaurs walked...

in herds

alone

in all of the ways above

Scientists have discovered dinosaur teeth...

came in many different shapes

were sometimes replaced by a beak

were continually replaced as they wore out

all of the above

Why did dinosaurs become extinct?

a powerful virus infected them

they were hit by a rock falling from the sky

the Earth's temperature changed

nobody knows for sure

Who first used the term ‘dinosaur’ in 1841?

Albert Einstein

Sir Richard Owen

Madam Curie

Charles Darwin

The skull of a full grown Tyrannosaurus can be...

about the size of a horse skull

filled with baby teeth

the size of a large bath tub

The smallest dinosaur fossil found is as small as...

a chicken

a lion

an emu

a crocodile

Muttaburrasaurus is named after...

the women who discovered it

a town in Queensland

a Greek God

none of the above

Dinosaurs lived in which era?

Cenozoic - 0-65 million years ago

Mesozoic - 65-245 million years ago

Paleozoic - 245-570 million years ago

Precambrian - more than 570 million years ago

Apatosaurus had...

a frill on its neck

three horns on its head

a long skinny neck

You're done! A good palaentologist would get most of them right on the first guess. Did you?

Learn more about dinosaurs when you visit Terrorsaurus or try the Quizasaurus again.