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Hint	Answer	% Correct
In which era did life "explode", resulting in lifeforms like fish, trilobites and radiodonts?	Cambrian	90%
Did Dilophosaurus really have a frill, as seen in Jurassic Park?	No	90%
What was the first dinosaur to be named?	Megalosaurus	81%
What is the name of the largest theropod of North America?	Tyrannosaurus rex	81%
What is the name of the dromaeosaur most prominently featured in the Jurassic Park movies?	Velociraptor	81%
What evolved first, trees or sharks?	sharks	77%
Which dinosaur has a name that means "roofed lizard"?	Stegosaurus	77%
In which era did vertebrates first step foot on land?	Devonian	74%
What evolved first, mammals or flowers?	mammals	74%
What can most modern birds do that Hesperornis couldn't?	fly	71%
What species of pterosaur is though to be the largest creature ever to have taken flight?	Quetzalcoatlus	71%
What extinct species is the closest relative of Homo sapiens?	Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthals)	68%
Which dinosaur is known for its thumb spike?	Iguanodon	68%
What dinosaur is estimated to be the heaviest terrestrial animal ever?	Patagotitan	68%
Who invented the word Dinosaur?	Richard Owen	68%
What type of rock are fossils only found in?	Sedimentary	65%
Which dinosaur is known for its incredibly long claws?	Therizinosaurus	65%
What group of cephalopods had incredible diversity during the Mesozoic, but went completely extinct at the end of the Cretaceous.	Ammonites	61%
What was the first dinosaur fossil ever found with clear evidence of feathers?	Archaeopteryx	61%
What did the extinct bird Hesperornis have that modern birds lack?	teeth	61%
Which extinct whale relative was thought to be a reptile when first discovered.	Basilosaurus	58%
Which extinct mammal is the largest terrestrial mammal ever?	Paraceratherium	58%
What did Ankylosaurus and its relatives have that they could use for defense?	tail club	58%
What is the name of the "giant millipede" that lived during the Carboniferous?	Arthropleura	55%
Name a well known extinct proboscidean genus. (6 possible answers)	Deinotherium, Mammut, Gomphotherium, Palaeoloxodon, Mammuthus, Platybelodon	55%
What extinct animal has a name that means "unusual shrimp"?	Anomalocaris	52%
What is the species name of Spinosaurus?	aegyptiacus	48%
What is the shark genus most well known for having a "tooth whorl" instead of a normal jaw?	Helicoprion	45%
What ancient lineage of echinoderms is nicknamed "sea lilies"?	Crinoids	39%
What kind of lifeform is the oldest fossil on earth?	stromatolites (cyanobacteria)	39%