Roarsome Dinosaur Quiz: Can You Get All 27 Right?

While we don't have an exact number, we reckon it's been a good few years since dinosaurs roamed the earth. At least 100 years. How much do you know about these massive, magnificent beasts? Are you a dinosaur expert or just a casual fan? Test your trivia now in this dinosaur picture quiz and find out how much you know about these fearsome reptiles!

1/27

What dinosaur is this?

Brachiosaurus

Stegosaurus

Potatosaurus

Tomatosaurus

2/27

What size could a Velociraptor's claw grow up to?

3 cm

4 cm

5.5 cm

6.5 cm

3/27

Tyrannosaurus Rex was a herbivore - True or false?

True

False

4/27

What was the first dinosaur ever named, way back in 1824?

Cetiosaurus

Brontosaurus

Megalosaurus

Donkodocus

5/27

In what year were dinosaur remains first discovered in North America?

1722

1854

1901

1993

6/27

What does Tyrannosaurus Rex mean?

King of the Scary Lizards

Big Flesh Eating Lizard

Destroyer of Worlds

Tall Dinosaur

7/27

What sort of dinosaur-like animal is Nessie sometimes depicted as?

Megalodon shark

Plesiosaurus

Ichthyosaurs

Mosasaur

8/27

When did dinosaurs go extinct?

1000 years ago

Last week

65 million years ago

Quite a long time ago

9/27

What colour was the Tyrannosaurus rex?

Green

Brown

Red

No-one knows

10/27

During which period did the Tyrannosaurus rex live?

Cretaceous

Jurassic

Mesozoic

Summer

11/27

What does 'triceratops' mean?

Angry lizard

Three-horned face

Triple-pronged Rhino-head

Salad nibbler

12/27

What caused dinosaurs to go extinct?

They ate all the plants

An asteroid

They were hunted by cavemen

They fell in a big hole

13/27

What were the biggest dinosaurs?

Sauropods

Velociraptor

Iguanodon

Utahraptor

14/27

True or false: a Pterodactyl is a dinosaur

True

False

15/27

Why is a Brontosaurus not really a dinosaur?

It was a dog in disguise

Someone used the bones of an Apatosaurus and pretended they'd discovered a new kind of dinosaur

It was just a big lizard

It arrived after dinosaurs were extinct

16/27

Which of the following ate meat?

Spinosaurus

Triceratops

Stegosaurus

Apatosaurus

17/27

What does the word dinosaur mean?

Friendly crocodile

Sweet monster

Scary reptile

Terrible lizard

18/27

What height could a Brachiosaurus reach?

Top of a bus shelter

Four double decker buses

A double decker bus

A tall man

19/27

What is the name of someone who studies dinosaurs? 

Dinologist

Paleontologist

Nerd

Sociologist

20/27

How big was the average Tyrannosaurus rex tooth?

The size of a sword

A human hand

A baked bean

A dustbin

21/27

Who discovered the first dinosaur fossil in England in 1822?

Mary Anne Mantell

John Hammond

Alan Grant

Ian Malcolm

22/27

What did the majority of dinosaurs eat?

Meat

Plants

Crisps

Sweets

23/27

Which dinosaur was the size of a chicken?

Nuggetosaurus

Compsognathus

Aardonyx

Hesperosaurus

24/27

True or false: birds evolved from dinosaurs

True

False

25/27

What dinosaur-themed book was turned into a film in 1993?

Look, There's a Big Dinosaur Crushing My House by Benjamin Myers

Dinosaur World by Jeff Goldblum

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Dinosaurs Everywhere by Zoe Sugg

26/27

The Diplodocus lived in which period? 

Cretaceous

Jurassic

Triassic

No-one knows – not even scientists with a keen interest in dinosaurs!

27/27

Which Toronto basketball team has a dinosaur claw on their club badge?

Stegosauruses

Raptors

Polocanthus

Hoops

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