Dinosaurs Quiz
Try out this Dinosaurs quiz to test your knowledge. Dinosaurs trivia explores the remarkable creatures that lived during the Mesozoic Era, from the Late Triassic until the mass extinction 66 million years ago.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
480 pts max score
Question 1 · Easy · 10 pts
The Bone Wars were the fossil rivalry between which two people?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
Which dinosaur was the first to be formally named in scientific literature, in 1824?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
When Richard Owen defined Dinosauria, which dinosaur beginning with I was one of his three examples?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Which armored dinosaur was also among the three Richard Owen used when defining Dinosauria?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
The first described Archaeopteryx fossil came from what famous German rock deposit?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
In what U.S. state was the type specimen of Coelophysis discovered at Ghost Ranch?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Who named Maiasaura in 1979?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Which dinosaur has fossils preserving bristle-like structures near the tail?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
Which dinosaur had long rod-like wrist bones that supported a membrane?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
What dinosaur provided strong evidence for feathers or filamentous coverings in an ornithischian dinosaur?
Question 11 · Hard · 40 pts
Argentinosaurus is known from what region of Argentina?
Question 12 · Hard · 40 pts
Quetzalcoatlus was discovered in which U.S. state?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
Who coined the word "dinosaur" in 1842?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Tyrannosaurus rex lived during which part of geologic time?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
What stood out along the back of Stegosaurus?