Q 01/05

In which type of rock are nearly all dinosaur fossils found?

A) Igneous

B) Metamorphic

C) Sedimentary

D) Volcanic glass

Answer · why

C) Sedimentary

Sedimentary: bones buried under sand, mud or silt survive as the layers harden, while most igneous and metamorphic rock forms under heat and pressure ...

Q 02/05

Which geological period ended long before any dinosaur existed?

A) Cambrian

B) Jurassic

C) Cretaceous

D) Triassic

Answer · why

A) Cambrian

Cambrian: Adam Sedgwick named it in 1835 after Cambria, the Latin name for Wales, where he studied its rocks.

Q 03/05

Which bird is the heaviest dinosaur alive today?

A) Emu

B) Ostrich

C) Southern cassowary

D) Emperor penguin

Answer · why

B) Ostrich

Ostrich: despite the myth, it doesn't bury its head in sand, though one lying low with its head and neck flat on the ground can look that way from afa...

Q 04/05

Which sitcom's main characters include a paleontologist?

A) Seinfeld

B) The Big Bang Theory

C) Friends

D) How I Met Your Mother

Answer · why

C) Friends

Friends: Ross Geller is a paleontologist, and in one episode he makes a huge fuss when someone at work eats his sandwich.

Q 05/05

Microraptor, a small dinosaur from China, had an extra pair of feathered wings on which body part?

A) Its tail

B) Its legs

C) Its neck

D) Its hips

Answer · why

B) Its legs

Its legs: long flight feathers on its legs as well as its arms gave Microraptor four wings, and one skeleton holds a bird it had caught and eaten.