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Question	Answer	% Correct
The three geologic periods in which dinosaurs existed	Jurassic	94%
Species of "Sue" - the most expensive dinosaur skeleton ever sold	Tyrannosaurus Rex	86%
Dinosaur whose name is derived from the Greek words for "three", "horn", and "face"	Triceratops	84%
Fictional dinosaur-like creature which destroyed Tokyo in a 1954 movie	Godzilla	82%
Branch of science dealing with dinosaurs and other prehistoric fossils	{Paleo}ntology	78%
Small type of dinosaur that was the primary antagonist in "Jurassic Park"	Velociraptor	78%
Country where the greatest number of dinosaur fossils have been found	United States	77%
Dinosaur well known for the upright bony plates on its back	{Steg}osaurus	75%
The three geologic periods in which dinosaurs existed	Triassic	74%
Continent which contained nearly all the world's land mass 200 million years ago	Pangaea	73%
What that dinosaur had on its body in real life - but not in the movie	Feathers	70%
Some dinosaurs did not go extinct and survive today. What do we call them?	Birds	68%
The three geologic periods in which dinosaurs existed	Cretaceous	65%
Peninsula where the Chicxulub asteroid landed - thought by many to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs	Yucatan Peninsula	63%
Dinosaur whose name means "thunder lizard"?	{Bront}osaurus	61%
When dinosaurs went extinct	{66} million years ago	59%
Creatures which are commonly thought of as flying dinosaurs, although technically they weren't dinosaurs	{Pter}osaurs	57%
Dinosaur that got its name because its teeth resemble those of an iguana	Iguanodon	51%
Group of gigantic dinosaurs which included Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus	{Saur}opods	42%
Dinosaur which some scientists consider to be the same as the above	{Apat}osaurus	30%