Q 01/05
A) Swift thief
B) Terrible claw
C) Fast lizard
D) Sharp hunter
Answer · why
From the Latin velox and raptor; 'terrible claw' is what the name of the larger relative Hollywood copied means.
Q 02/05
A) North America
B) Africa
C) Asia
D) South America
Answer · why
Its fossils come from Mongolia and northern China, roughly 75 to 71 million years ago.
Q 03/05
A) About the size of a horse
B) About the size of a large dog
C) About the size of an ostrich
D) About the size of a turkey
Answer · why
Adults were 1.5 to 2 metres long including the tail, half a metre at the hip and 14 to 20 kg.
Q 04/05
A) One
B) Four
C) Seven
D) Two
Answer · why
V. mongoliensis from 1924 and V. osmolskae from 2008, though the 2008 one may not really belong in the genus at all.
Q 05/05
A) Nemegt
B) Djadochta
C) Hell Creek
D) Morrison
Answer · why
Its wind-blown sands and dunes buried many animals alive during sandstorms, which is why the preservation is so good.
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