Tyrannosaurus Rex Quiz: 10 Questions That Test What You Know

A single Tyrannosaurus rex tooth, root included, could be longer than a ruler, and this tyrannosaurus rex quiz explores the predator behind the legend. Meet Sue in Chicago's Field Museum, the fossil hunter Barnum Brown and the Hell Creek rocks of Montana where T. rex was first found.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Name
What does Tyrannosaurus rex mean?
Brown
Who found the first T. rex skeleton in 1902?
Sue
Where is the famous T. rex Sue displayed?
Bite
What was special about T. rex's bite?
Arms
How many fingers did T. rex have on each hand?
Age
When did T. rex live?
Length
About how long was an adult T. rex?
Senses
Which sense was especially strong in T. rex?
Speed
How fast could an adult T. rex probably run?
Stan
How much did the T. rex skeleton Stan sell for in 2020?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What does Tyrannosaurus rex mean?
Answer: Tyrant lizard king
Henry Fairfield Osborn named it in 1905.
Q2: Who found the first T. rex skeleton in 1902?
Answer: Barnum Brown
He found it in Montana.
Q3: Where is the famous T. rex Sue displayed?
Answer: Field Museum, Chicago
Sue was found in South Dakota in 1990.
Q4: What was special about T. rex's bite?
Answer: It could crush bone
Estimates reach tens of thousands of newtons.
Q5: How many fingers did T. rex have on each hand?
Answer: Two
Its arms were short but strong.
Q6: When did T. rex live?
Answer: About 68 to 66 million years ago
It was among the last dinosaurs.
Q7: About how long was an adult T. rex?
Answer: About 12 meters
It weighed around 8 tonnes.
Q8: Which sense was especially strong in T. rex?
Answer: Smell
Its olfactory bulbs were large.
Q9: How fast could an adult T. rex probably run?
Answer: About 15 to 25 km/h
Adults were likely not sprinters.
Q10: How much did the T. rex skeleton Stan sell for in 2020?
Answer: About $31.8 million
It was a record for a fossil at the time.

Tyrannosaurus Rex Quiz – The Tyrant Lizard King

Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs, living in western North America about 68 to 66 million years ago. Adults reached about 12 meters long and weighed around eight tonnes, with massive skulls and banana-sized teeth.

Barnum Brown found the first T. rex skeleton in Montana in 1902, and Henry Fairfield Osborn named it in 1905. The most complete skeleton, Sue, was discovered in South Dakota in 1990 and now stands in Chicago's Field Museum.

T. rex had a bone-crushing bite, a powerful sense of smell and tiny two-fingered arms. Scientists debate how fast it could run and whether it had feathers. It lived until the asteroid impact that ended the age of dinosaurs.

What This Quiz Teaches

Dinosaur fans and students will enjoy these questions.

What its name means
Who found it
Where Sue is displayed
How strong its bite was
When it lived

Did You Know?

Young T. rex were lighter and faster.
Some T. rex lived nearly 30 years.
Its eyes faced forward for depth vision.
Teeth were replaced throughout life.
Fossil skin shows small scales.