Q 01/05

Megalodon fossils are nearly all teeth because a shark's skeleton is made of what instead of bone?

A) Stiff keratin

B) Cartilage

C) Collagen

D) Calcite

Answer · why

B) Cartilage

Cartilage rarely fossilizes, so no complete megalodon skeleton has ever been found. That is why its true shape and size are still argued over.

Q 02/05

Which TV network was criticized in 2013 for a fake documentary claiming megalodon still lives?

A) Animal Planet

B) National Geographic

C) Discovery Channel

D) Smithsonian Channel

Answer · why

C) Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel opened Shark Week with the show, which was accused of passing off actors as scientists. It still drew 4.8 million viewers, a Shark W...

Q 03/05

A 2020 study suggested megalodon grew so huge partly because its unborn pups did what in the womb?

A) Ate their siblings

B) Fed on the mother's blood

C) Shared one huge yolk sac

D) Stayed inside for years

Answer · why

A) Ate their siblings

The biggest embryos ate their siblings, the theory goes, so each surviving pup grew larger. Mothers then had to be bigger still to carry them.

Q 04/05

Which US state on Chesapeake Bay became the first to name a state shark, choosing megalodon?

A) Virginia

B) Delaware

C) New Jersey

D) Maryland

Answer · why

D) Maryland

Maryland made megalodon its state shark in 2026, and the animal's fossil teeth have turned up in at least seven of its counties.

Q 05/05

Medieval nobles wore megalodon teeth as amulets and dipped them in drinks to guard against what?

A) Poison

B) Plague

C) Witchcraft

D) Drunkenness

Answer · why

A) Poison

Poison was the fear: nobles had the fossil teeth set into amulets and tableware, believing a touch would cleanse a tainted drink.