Bing Dinosaurs Quiz – Fossils, Species and Prehistoric Clues
The Bing Dinosaurs Quiz asks you to sort fossil facts from common myths and recognize the creatures of ancient Earth, including Tyrannosaurus rex, Pteranodon, Stegosaurus, Spinosaurus, Archaeopteryx and the asteroid that ended the age of dinosaurs. Not every giant prehistoric animal was a dinosaur.
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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds
Myths
Pteranodon, a flying reptile, was what kind of animal?
Time
Which lived closer in time to humans than to Stegosaurus?
Extinction
What is the leading explanation for the extinction of the non-bird dinosaurs?
Birds
Which modern animals are living dinosaurs, according to most scientists?
Fossils
Archaeopteryx, discovered in Germany in the 1860s, is famous as an early link between dinosaurs and what?
Species
Which large dinosaur had a sail on its back and probably hunted fish?
Myths
How big was the real Velociraptor?
Names
What does the name dinosaur, coined in 1842, actually mean?
Size
Which group of dinosaurs included the largest land animals that ever lived?
Fossils
What do paleontologists call fossilized dinosaur dung?
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Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions
- Q1: Pteranodon, a flying reptile, was what kind of animal?
Answer: A pterosaur, a close relative but not a dinosaur
Pterosaurs were flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs. Swimming reptiles like plesiosaurs were not dinosaurs either.
- Q2: Which lived closer in time to humans than to Stegosaurus?
Answer: Tyrannosaurus rex
Stegosaurus lived about 150 million years ago and T. rex about 66 million years ago. Humans appeared only about 300,000 years ago.
- Q3: What is the leading explanation for the extinction of the non-bird dinosaurs?
Answer: A huge asteroid impact
The impact about 66 million years ago left the Chicxulub crater in Mexico. Volcanic eruptions in India may also have played a role.
- Q4: Which modern animals are living dinosaurs, according to most scientists?
Answer: Birds
Birds evolved from small feathered theropod dinosaurs. Crocodiles are close relatives but not dinosaurs, even though they look more reptilian.
- Q5: Archaeopteryx, discovered in Germany in the 1860s, is famous as an early link between dinosaurs and what?
Answer: Birds
Archaeopteryx had feathers and wings but also teeth and a bony tail. Its fossils were found in limestone near Solnhofen.
- Q6: Which large dinosaur had a sail on its back and probably hunted fish?
Answer: Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus lived in North Africa and was longer than T. rex. Scientists still debate how much time it spent in water.
- Q7: How big was the real Velociraptor?
Answer: About the size of a turkey
Velociraptor was about 2 meters long, mostly tail, and had feathers. The large raptors in Jurassic Park were based on bigger relatives.
- Q8: What does the name dinosaur, coined in 1842, actually mean?
Answer: Terrible lizard
Richard Owen coined the name in 1842 from Greek words. Dinosaurs are not actually lizards, though.
- Q9: Which group of dinosaurs included the largest land animals that ever lived?
Answer: Sauropods
Sauropods like Argentinosaurus may have weighed more than 70 tonnes. They had long necks, long tails and small heads.
- Q10: What do paleontologists call fossilized dinosaur dung?
Answer: Coprolites
Coprolites show what dinosaurs ate. Gastroliths are stones some dinosaurs swallowed to help grind food.
Bing Dinosaurs Quiz – Fossils, Species and Prehistoric Clues
Dinosaurs ruled the land for more than 160 million years. Fossils let paleontologists rebuild their bodies, behavior and even diets, but popular movies and toys have spread many myths along the way.
One of the biggest myths is that every prehistoric giant was a dinosaur. Pteranodon and other pterosaurs flew, and plesiosaurs swam, but neither group belongs to the dinosaurs. Another surprise is time: Tyrannosaurus rex lived closer in time to us than to Stegosaurus.
Fossils tell remarkable stories. Archaeopteryx showed that feathered dinosaurs were related to birds, coprolites reveal what dinosaurs ate, and sauropods such as Argentinosaurus were the largest land animals ever. The real Velociraptor was about the size of a turkey.
The age of dinosaurs ended about 66 million years ago when an asteroid struck what is now Mexico. Yet dinosaurs are not entirely gone: most scientists agree that birds are living dinosaurs.
You have 150 seconds to answer ten questions in the Bing Dinosaurs Quiz. Every answer comes with a quick explanation, which makes the quiz a good way to learn as well as to test yourself. It works well on a phone, and it is also fun to play aloud with friends or family, taking turns to answer. The score is just for fun, so there is no pressure. If a question surprises you, read the explanation and try a related quiz afterward to build on what you learned.
Play the quiz and see whether you can tell fossil facts from movie myths.
What This Quiz Teaches
- Dinosaurs versus other prehistoric reptiles
- How long ago dinosaurs lived
- The asteroid impact
- Birds as living dinosaurs
- Famous fossils
- Dinosaur myths
Quick Facts
- Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent.
- The name dinosaur was coined in 1842.
- Some dinosaurs had feathers.
- Sue is one of the most complete T. rex skeletons.
- Many dinosaurs laid eggs in nests.
- New species are described almost every year.
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