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Dinosaur Etymology Trivia Quiz

Test your dinosaur knowledge.....trace out the roots.....achieve your goal.

A multiple-choice quiz by navonil1. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
navonil1

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
318,701

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
676

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Question 1 of 10

1. The name of this dinosaur means, 'shark-toothed lizard'. It was one of the largest carnivores of the Mesozoic. Hint

Epidendrosaurus

Allosaurus

Carcharodontosaurus

Megalodon

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Question 2 of 10

2. What does Dilophosaurus mean? Hint

Two loaves lizard

Double horned lizard

Double armed lizard

Double crested lizard

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Question 3 of 10

3. How about Diplodocus, a common dinosaur. What does its name mean? Hint

Double beam

Long neck lizard

Long lizard

Small head

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Question 4 of 10

4. The name means 'black mountain lizard'. A large prosauropod, I lived during the late Triassic. Hint

Megalosaurus

Seismosaurus.

Saltasaurus.

Melanorosaurus

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Question 5 of 10

5. A question demanding no etymological expertise...After what has Qantassaurus been named? Hint

Mc Donald's

Qantas Airlines

Air India

Subway

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was this large ceratopsian whose name means 'three horned face'? Hint

Triceratops

Styracosaurus

Protoceratops

Trihornus

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Question 7 of 10

7. There is a peculiar dinosaur named Drinker. After whom or what has it been named? Hint

Drinker Geyser in Yellowstone park

Drinker food products

None of these

Paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope

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Question 8 of 10

8. Derive the meaning of Oviraptor. Think of ova. Hint

Egg plunderer

Egg layer

Egg collector

Egg buyer

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Question 9 of 10

9. The name of which predator means 'New Hunter'? Hint

Neoceratops

Seismosaurus

Neovenator

Neoraptor

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Question 10 of 10

10. Now that we have come to the end of our Mesozoic journey, tell me, which of these dinosaur names did I make up? Hint

Dipterosaurus

Atlascopcosaurus

Abelisaurus

Vulcanodon

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The name of this dinosaur means, 'shark-toothed lizard'. It was one of the largest carnivores of the Mesozoic.

Answer: Carcharodontosaurus

Carcharodontosaurus, at 43 feet was larger than the famed T.Rex.

2. What does Dilophosaurus mean?

Answer: Double crested lizard

Here is the etymological derivation -- Di=two, lophos=crest and sauros=lizard.

3. How about Diplodocus, a common dinosaur. What does its name mean?

Answer: Double beam

This was the titan with the longest tail and could measure up to 85 ft in length.

4. The name means 'black mountain lizard'. A large prosauropod, I lived during the late Triassic.

Answer: Melanorosaurus

Melanorosaurus was so named because it was found on the northern slope of the 'Thaba Nyama'(Black Mountain) in South Africa.

5. A question demanding no etymological expertise...After what has Qantassaurus been named?

Answer: Qantas Airlines

Qantas is the Australian airline.

6. Who was this large ceratopsian whose name means 'three horned face'?

Answer: Triceratops

Triceratops was a late Cretaceous vegetarian with three menacingly dangerous facial horns.

7. There is a peculiar dinosaur named Drinker. After whom or what has it been named?

Answer: Paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope

Edward Drinker Cope competed with paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh in the famous 'Bone Wars'.

8. Derive the meaning of Oviraptor. Think of ova.

Answer: Egg plunderer

Oviraptor lived in the late Cretaceous era and was given its name as the first specimen discovered near eggs thought to be those of Protoceratops. Even at the time, doubt was expressed by the finder, Henry Fairfield Osborn, that the name could be misleading. Later research has proved he was right to be dubious as more recent research has suggested that the eggs were more likely those of Oviraptor itself.

9. The name of which predator means 'New Hunter'?

Answer: Neovenator

Neovenator was an Allosauroid measuring about 7.5 meters in length.

10. Now that we have come to the end of our Mesozoic journey, tell me, which of these dinosaur names did I make up?

Answer: Dipterosaurus

Had 'Dipterosaurus' existed, it would have been known as the 'Two Winged dinosaur'.

Source: Author navonil1

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