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Dinosaur this or that

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1. Which was the first dinosaur discovered and recognized by science?
Brontosaurus
Megalosaurus
The Megalosaurus was described by William Buckland in 1824
2. The T-rex had two digits and a partially opposable thumb on each arm
True
False
Just two digits. In 1989, a full T-Rex fossil was finally discovered to confirm the amount of digits
3. The name of this dinosaur translates to "roof lizard"
Archosaurus
Stegosaurus
4. Ankylosaurus was largely omnivorous
True
False
Ankylosaurus was herbivorous
5. Brachiosaurus is considered a sauropod
True
False
Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small heads (relative to the rest of their body), and four thick, pillar-like legs
6. Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent
True
False
Yes, even Antarctica
7. The blue whale is larger than any dinosaur
True
False
The blue whale measures in at 108 feet (33 m) long and weighs an average of 100 tonnes (220,000 lb) in the Northern Hemisphere
8. This dinosaur was the fastest at 43.5 MPH (70 km/h)
Megalodon
Ornithomimus
Which is coincidentally the same speed as an ostrich!
9. The earliest humans were around at the end of the dinosaur age
True
False
There was at least 60 Million years between the dawn of man and the mass extinction of the dinosaurs
10. T-rex lived during the Late Jurassic Period
True
False
T-rex lived during the Late Cretaceous Period
11. What did Roy Chapman Andrews discover in Mongolia's Gobi Desert in 1923?
The first dinosaur nest
A perfectly preserved Brontosaurus footprint
12. Jurassic Park accurately depicted the size of the Velociraptor
True
False
Velociraptor was roughly the size of a turkey!
13. The Cretaceous Period was the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era and had the most species of dinosaurs.
True
False
14. The first scholarly description of a dinosaur bone dates back to 17th century England
True
False
It was correctly identified as a femur but was assumed to belong to a giant or a Titan
15. Members of the clade "Ceratosauria" include Tricertotops
True
False
Ceratosaurs were carnivorous.
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