Wayne Wheelwright - The Dinosaur Quiz Book

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THE DINOSAUR QUIZ BOOK

By

Wayne Wheelwright

Publisher Information

The Dinosaur Quiz Book

Published in 2013 by Andrews UK Limited

www.andrewsuk.com

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Copyright 2013 Wayne Wheelwright

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Questions

Tyrannosaurus Rex

1. What does Tyrannosaurus mean?
2. What does Rex mean?
3. Where did Tyrannosaurus Rex live?
4. How long ago did Tyrannosaurus Rex walk the Earth?
5. What age did the Tyrannosaurus Rex live in?
6. What did the Tyrannosaurus Rex eat?
7. How many legs did the Tyrannosaurus Rex walk on?
8. How long is the most complete specimen found of Tyrannosaurus Rex?
9. How much do modern estimates say the Tyrannosaurus Rex would have weighed?
10. How many fingers did the Tyrannosaurus Rex have on its forelimbs?
11. What size is the largest known Tyrannosaurus Rex skull?
12. What estimation do scientists make for the amount of force the Tyrannosaurus Rex back teeth could have produced?
13. In what year was the Tyrannosaurus Rex named?
14. Who named the Tyrannosaurus Rex?
15. What size is the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex tooth ever found?

Triceratops

1. What does Triceratops mean?
2. Where did Triceratops live?
3. How long ago was the Triceratops alive?
4. What age did Triceratops live in?
5. What did Triceratops eat?
6. How many legs did Triceratops walk on?
7. What size are Triceratops said to have reached?
8. How much were Triceratops said to have weighed?
9. What size is the largest recorder Triceratops skull?
10. How long were the two horns above the eyes on Triceratops?

Stegosaurus

1. What does Stegosaurus mean?
2. Where did Stegosaurus live?
3. How long ago was the Stegosaurus alive?
4. What age did Stegosaurus live in?
5. What did Stegosaurus eat?
6. How many legs did Stegosaurus walk on?
7. How long do scientists estimate Stegosaurus was from head to tail?
8. How tall do scientists estimate Stegosaurus was?
9. What did Stegosaurus have instead of front teeth?
10. How much do scientists estimate Stegosaurus weighed?
11. How many armoured plates did Stegosaurus have on its back?
12. What size were the largest of Stegosaurus armoured plates?

Velociraptor

1. What does Velociraptor mean?
2. Where did Velociraptor live?
3. How long ago was the Velociraptor alive?
4. What age did Velociraptor live in?
5. What did Velociraptor eat?
6. How many legs did Velociraptor walk on?
7. How long was Velociraptor?
8. How many sharp curved claws did the Velociraptor have on each hand?
9. How long could the Velociraptors largest claw grow to?
10. What feature did the Velociraptors skin feature?

Deinonychus

1. What does Deinonychus mean?
2. Where did Deinonychus live?
3. How long ago did Deinonychus live?
4. What age did Deinonychus live in?
5. What did Deinonychus eat?
6. How many legs did Deinonychus walk on?
7. How long was Deinonychus?
8. How much do the estimates say Deinonychus weighed?
9. How many claws did Deinonychus have on each hand?
10. What sort of habitat did Deinonychus live in?

Dilophosaurus

1. What does Dilophosaurus mean?
2. Where did Dilophosaurus live?
3. How long ago did Dilophosaurus live?
4. What age did Dilophosaurus live in?
5. What did Dilophosaurus eat?
6. How many legs did Dilophosaurus walk on?
7. How long was Deinonychus?
8. How much do the estimates say Deinonychus weighed?
9. What distinctive feature does the Dilophosaurus skull have?
10. What year was Dilophosaurus remains first found?

Pterodactylus

1. What does Pterodactylus mean?
2. Where did Pterodactylus live?
3. How long ago did Pterodactylus live?
4. What age did Pterodactylus live in?
5. What did Pterodactylus eat?
6. How did Pterodactylus move about?
7. How long was Pterodactylus wingspan?
8. A full grown Pterodactylus could have up to how many teeth?
9. In what year were Pterodactylus remains first discovered?
10. How many recognised species of Pterodactylus are there?

Gallimimus

1. What does Gallimimus mean?
2. Where did Gallimimus live?
3. How long ago did Deinonychus live?
4. What age did Gallimimus live in?
5. What did Gallimimus eat?
6. How many legs did Gallimimus walk on?
7. How long was Gallimimus?
8. How much do the estimates say Gallimimus weighed?
9. When were the first Gallimimus remains discovered?
10. What does Gallimimus strong ilium, heavy tail base and long limbs suggest?

Compsognathus

1. What does Compsognathus mean?
2. Where did Compsognathus live?
3. How long ago did Compsognathus live?
4. What age did Compsognathus live in?
5. What did Compsognathus eat?
6. How many legs did Compsognathus walk on?
7. How long was Compsognathus?
8. How much do the estimates say Compsognathus weighed?
9. How many claws did Deinonychus have on each hand?
10. How many digits did Compsognathus have on each of its forelimbs?

Brachiosaurus

1. What does Brachiosaurus mean?
2. Where did Brachiosaurus live?
3. How long ago did Brachiosaurus live?
4. What age did Brachiosaurus live in?
5. What did Brachiosaurus eat?
6. How many legs did Brachiosaurus walk on?
7. How long was Brachiosaurus?
8. How much do the estimates say Brachiosaurus weighed?
9. How much food a day is it estimated Brachiosaurus had to eat every day to survive?
10. When was the first Brachiosaurus specimen discovered?

Spinosaurus

1. What does Spinosaurus mean?
2. Where did Spinosaurus live?
3. How long ago did Spinosaurus live?
4. What age did Spinosaurus live in?
5. What did Spinosaurus eat?
6. How many legs did Spinosaurus walk on?
7. How long was Spinosaurus?
8. How much do the estimates say Spinosaurus weighed?
9. What distinctive feature did the Spinosaurus have?
10. When was the first Spinosaurus specimen discovered?

Megalosaurus

1. What does Megalosaurus mean?
2. Where did Megalosaurus live?
3. How long ago did Megalosaurus live?
4. What age did Megalosaurus live in?
5. What did Megalosaurus eat?
6. How many legs did Megalosaurus walk on?
7. How long was Megalosaurus?
8. How much do the estimates say Megalosaurus weighed?
9. What is special about the naming of Megalosaurus?
10. When was the first Megalosaurus specimen discovered?

Mesosaurus

1. What does Mesosaurus mean?
2. Where did Mesosaurus live?
3. How long ago did Mesosaurus live?
4. What age did Mesosaurus live in?
5. What did Mesosaurus eat?
6. How did Mesosaurus move about?
7. How long was Mesosaurus?
8. What was Mesosaurus main habitat?
9. How is it theorised that Mesosaurus gave birth?
10. Due to Mesosaurus remains being found in Africa and South America, what global theory does Mesosaurus over significant evidence towards?

Ankylosaurus

1. What does Ankylosaurus mean?
2. Where did Ankylosaurus live?
3. How long ago did Ankylosaurus live?