Roar Into the Past: A Prehistoric Quiz

Travel back millions of years for ten questions on dinosaurs, fossils and the creatures of ancient Earth. Can you dig up the answers?

Questions

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1. What does the word 'dinosaur' mean?
2. Which dinosaur had three horns on its face and a large bony frill?
3. Which group of living animals evolved from dinosaurs?
4. During which geological period did Tyrannosaurus rex live?
5. Tyrannosaurus rex and Stegosaurus lived at the same time.
6. Which of these prehistoric reptiles were dinosaurs? Select THREE.
7. Put these geological periods in order, oldest first.
8. Which pioneering fossil hunter found famous marine reptile fossils at Lyme Regis in the early 1800s?
9. About how many million years ago did an asteroid impact wipe out the non-bird dinosaurs?
10. Fossils of Archaeopteryx, an early bird-like dinosaur, were first found in which country?