What problem did rain cause during filming?

The foam skin soaked up water and shook

Stan Winston Quiz: The Jurassic Park T. Rex and Creature Effects

This Stan Winston quiz celebrates the creature designer behind Jurassic Park's full-size dinosaurs and many more movie monsters. Play 10 interactive questions on the giant T. rex animatronic, why rain made it shake, raptor suits, the sick Triceratops, his Oscars for Aliens, Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park, the Predator and Edward Scissorhands.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Film
For which 1993 film did Stan Winston build a life-size T. rex?
Type
What kind of effect was the T. rex?
Weight
Roughly how heavy was the full-size T. rex?
Rain
What problem did rain cause during filming?
Raptor
How were some raptor shots done?
Sick
Which dinosaur lay sick in a field?
Oscars
How many Academy Awards did Stan Winston win?
Alien
Which 1986 film won him an Oscar for the Alien Queen?
Cyborg
Which film earned him two Oscars in 1992?
Hunter
Which alien hunter did his studio design?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: For which 1993 film did Stan Winston build a life-size T. rex?
Answer: Jurassic Park
Steven Spielberg directed it.
Q2: What kind of effect was the T. rex?
Answer: A hydraulic animatronic
It moved on a motion platform.
Q3: Roughly how heavy was the full-size T. rex?
Answer: About 9,000 pounds
It was powerful and fast.
Q4: What problem did rain cause during filming?
Answer: The foam skin soaked up water and shook
Crews dried it with heaters.
Q5: How were some raptor shots done?
Answer: With performers inside suits
Puppeteers also helped.
Q6: Which dinosaur lay sick in a field?
Answer: Triceratops
It was a large animatronic.
Q7: How many Academy Awards did Stan Winston win?
Answer: Four
They span effects and makeup.
Q8: Which 1986 film won him an Oscar for the Alien Queen?
Answer: Aliens
James Cameron directed it.
Q9: Which film earned him two Oscars in 1992?
Answer: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
His team built the endoskeleton.
Q10: Which alien hunter did his studio design?
Answer: The Predator
It debuted in 1987.

The Creature Maker Behind the T. Rex

Stan Winston was an American special effects artist whose studio built some of cinema's most famous creatures. For Jurassic Park in 1993, his team made a full-size hydraulic T. rex weighing about 9,000 pounds, mounted on a motion platform so it could lunge at actors.

During the rainy T. rex attack scene, the foam latex skin soaked up water and made the dinosaur shudder, so crews dried it with heaters between takes. Raptors were played by performers in suits and by puppets, and a large animatronic Triceratops lay sick in a field. Digital effects added full-body shots.

Winston won four Academy Awards: for Aliens, two for Terminator 2: Judgment Day and one for Jurassic Park. His studio also designed the Predator, worked on Edward Scissorhands' hands and built Iron Man's armor suits. He died in 2008, and his school of character arts continues his work.

What This Quiz Teaches

Movie effects fans will enjoy these questions.

How the T. rex worked
What problems arose
How raptors were made
Which Oscars he won
Which creatures he designed

Did You Know?

His studio began in the 1970s.
Spielberg mixed animatronics and CGI.
Puppeteers worked in teams.
Practical effects give real lighting.
The T. rex's head moved very quickly.