40 Dinosaur Trivia Questions for Kids

1. How many main horns did Triceratops have on its face?

2. Which dinosaur had large upright plates along its back?

3. What unusual shape was at the end of an Ankylosaurus tail?

4. Which pair of Brachiosaurus legs was longer?

5. Diplodocus had slender teeth shaped most like which everyday objects?

6. Where were the famous spikes on an Iguanodon hand?

7. The inside of the long crest on a Parasaurolophus head had which structure?

8. What shape was the thick top of a Pachycephalosaurus skull?

9. Which dinosaur had tall back spines supporting a sail-like shape?

10. Which body parts were especially long on the hands of Therizinosaurus?

11. Microraptor had long wing feathers on how many limbs?

12. How many clawed fingers did T. rex have on each hand?

13. Hadrosaurs are often nicknamed after the bills of which living birds?

14. A sauropod such as Apatosaurus had a particularly long what?

15. During which period did dinosaurs first appear?

16. What era includes the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods?

17. T. rex lived near the end of which period?

18. Nearly complete Iguanodon skeletons were found in a coal mine at Bernissart in which country?

19. Dinosaur fossils have been found on which continent surrounding the South Pole?

20. When did modern humans appear compared with non-bird dinosaurs such as Stegosaurus?

21. What kind of food did Stegosaurus eat?

22. In which rock type do scientists usually search for dinosaur fossils?

23. A dinosaur footprint is which kind of fossil?

24. What can fill tiny spaces in buried dinosaur bones during fossil formation?

25. Pebbled impressions beside a Triceratops fossil reveal which body covering?

26. What happened after dinosaurs wore out or lost teeth?

27. Which discovery shows that dinosaurs laid eggs?

28. Unlike living birds, Archaeopteryx had what set into its jaws?

29. What do scientists call a series of fossil footprints left along a path?

30. Why do fossil teams wrap large finds in plaster jackets?

31. What does a fossil preparator remove when clearing away the matrix?

32. Which technology lets researchers look inside a dinosaur fossil without opening it?

33. Which gentle tool helps remove loose dirt from a dinosaur fossil?

34. A museum labels a dinosaur skeleton a cast. What does that mean?

35. Why are bare, exposed rock surfaces useful when looking for dinosaur bones?

36. Which living animals belong to the dinosaur family tree?

37. Pteranodon belonged to which group of flying animals?

38. What formed the main flying surface of a pterosaur wing?

39. How many flippers did plesiosaurs use to move through the sea?

40. Which came first: Dimetrodon or the first dinosaurs?