Dinosaur Quiz

A collection about dinosaurs: species, geological eras and extinction, to go from enthusiast to expert.

15 quizzes
1 topic
5 game modes

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Dino Master quizzes

What you'll find in Dino Master

Topics covered

Dinosaurs15

Game modes

Classic3 Clues3 Fill-in3 Yes or No3 Zoom3

Fifteen quizzes to become a dinosaur expert

Dino Master is the collection about the great reptiles that ruled the Earth for more than 160 million years. Everyone knows Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops: here you go further, into geological eras, real sizes, diets and the fossil discoveries that keep changing what we thought we knew.

Five game modes, three quizzes each

It is the collection with the most variety of formats on the site: Classic multiple choice, Fill-in for names you have to rebuild, Yes or No for quick answers, Clues with a species to guess one detail at a time, and Zoom, where the picture opens up little by little and you have to recognize the animal before anyone else.

Who it’s for

It works very well with kids who love dinosaurs, but the questions are far from obvious: it is one of the Special Collections, designed to be played by grown-ups too. If you like the animal world, try the whole animal quiz section.

Questions about Dino Master, with answers

When and how did the dinosaurs go extinct?

About 66 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous. The best-supported explanation is an asteroid impact in what is now Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula: the Chicxulub crater is more than 90 miles (150 km) across.

Is it true that birds descend from dinosaurs?

Yes, from theropods, the same group as Tyrannosaurus. Strictly speaking, birds did not descend from dinosaurs: they are dinosaurs, the only survivors.

Which was the first dinosaur to receive a scientific name?

Megalosaurus, described in 1824 by the English geologist William Buckland. The word "dinosaur" was coined only seventeen years later, in 1841.

Do we know what color they were?

For a few species, yes: in fossilized feathers scientists can recognize melanosomes, the tiny pigment-bearing structures, and their shape points to the color. For all the others it is plausible reconstruction, not data.