Q 01/05

Which made-up ability did the novel Jurassic Park give Dilophosaurus to explain how it killed prey?

A) Changing colour

B) Spitting venom

C) Seeing in the dark

D) Mimicking voices

Answer · why

B) Spitting venom

Spitting venom was pure invention: the real animal's jaws were once thought too weak to kill, so the story armed it with poison. No fossil shows any s...

Q 02/05

Which feature, unknown from any fossil, did designers of the film Jurassic Park add to Dilophosaurus?

A) A sail on the back

B) A tail club

C) Horns over the eyes

D) A neck frill

Answer · why

D) A neck frill

A neck frill that expands and vibrates, like that of the living frill-necked lizard, was the filmmakers' idea. A real one would have left attachment m...

Q 03/05

Long but slender and lightly built, Dilophosaurus has been compared in size to which living animal?

A) A brown bear

B) A giraffe

C) A hippopotamus

D) A grey wolf

Answer · why

A) A brown bear

A brown bear is the usual comparison: the largest known Dilophosaurus weighed about 400 kilograms, though it stretched some 7 metres from snout to tai...

Q 04/05

How did Samuel Welles, who named Dilophosaurus, react to the dinosaur's fictionalised role in Jurassic Park?

A) He sued the filmmakers

B) He refused to watch

C) He was thrilled

D) He demanded changes

Answer · why

C) He was thrilled

He was thrilled, by his own account: Welles noted the inaccuracies but called them minor, enjoyed the movie and liked seeing his dinosaur become an in...

Q 05/05

The film Jurassic Park shrank its Dilophosaurus so audiences would not confuse it with which other dinosaur?

A) Velociraptor

B) Gallimimus

C) Compsognathus

D) Baryonyx

Answer · why

A) Velociraptor

Velociraptor was the reason: to keep the animals apart on screen, the film's Dilophosaurus stands about 1.2 metres tall, less than half the height ass...