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Ep380: Dinosaur Trivia · Kidcast Daily

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  Hit play. It's trivia time.
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  Gather round friends in the lines for space.
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  Books, movies too. Science facts coming at you.
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  Welcome to Kick Ass Daily where we bring you news, trivia, fun
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  facts, and more made just for curious kids like you.
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  Today we are turning back the clock to the time of dinosaurs
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  with a hard level trivia challenge.
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  Some questions will feel friendly and some will really
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  test your Dino knowledge, but every answer comes with a quick
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  explanation to help you remember.
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  Take a breath, get your thinking cap ready, and listen for the
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  pause after each question so you can guess before the answer.
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  All right, let's dive right in. Here we go with question one.
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  In which geologic period did dinosaurs first appear, Late
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  Triassic, Jurassic, or Cretaceous?
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  The answer is the Late Triassic. Dinosaurs evolved around 230
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  million years ago and then diversified through the Jurassic
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  and Cretaceous periods. Question two.
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  What is the name Tyrannosaurus Rex mean?
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  In plain English, the answer is tyrant lizard king.
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  It comes from Greek and Latin roots and refers to its large
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  size and top position in its ecosystem at the time.
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  Question 3. Which dinosaur is famous for an
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  extremely long neck that may have been about half its body
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  length? The answer is Mammokosaurus.
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  Fossils from China show an unusually long neck with many
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  vertebrae, making it one of the longest necked dinosaurs known.
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  Question 4. Triceratops lived in which
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  period? Jurassic or Cretaceous?
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  The answer is the Cretaceous. Triceratops lived near the very
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  end of the Cretaceous in North America, just before the mass
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  extinction about 66,000,000 years ago.
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  Question 5. Which dinosaur had a sharp thumb
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  spike that helped it handle plants and defend itself and was
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  once key to identifying dinosaur fossils in Europe?
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  The answer is Iguanodon. Its thumb spike is one of the
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  earliest recognized dinosaur features and help scientists
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  understand that dinosaurs were a unique group.
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  Question 6. Which non bird dinosaur was the
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  first clearly found with feather like filaments preserved in rock
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  in the 1990s? The answer is Cyanosaropteryx.
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  Fossils from Liaoning, China revealed filament like
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  structures along its body, giving strong evidence that many
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  dinosaurs had simple feathers. Question 7.
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  What does the word sauropod mean?
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  As in giant long necked plant eaters like Brachiosaurus and
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  Diplodicus. The answer is lizard foot.
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  The term describes the shape of their feet and was used by
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  scientists when naming this group of long necked dinosaurs.
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  Question 8. Which dinosaur had the longest
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  known claws of any land animal, measuring up to about a meter
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  long? The answer is there is an
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  Asaurus. It's huge claws were likely used
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  for pulling branches, feeding and display, and it's diet is
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  thought to have been mostly plants.
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  Question 9. Scientists divide dinosaurs into
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  two major groups based on hip bones.
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  Are those two groups called Sariskia and Ornithskia?
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  The answer is yes. Siriskins include theropods and
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  sauropodomorphs, while ornithoscans include groups like
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  stegosaurs, ankylosaurs, and hatosaurs.
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  Question 10. What is 1 leading idea for why
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  Stegosaurus had two rows of large plates on its back?
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  The answer is display and temperature control.
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  The plates were full of blood vessels and could have helped
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  with heat exchange and with signaling to other stegosaurs.
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  Question 11. Which dinosaur had a heavy tail
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  club made of bone at the end of its tail?
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  The answer is Ankylosaurus. Its body armor and tail club are
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  some of the most recognizable features of any dinosaur.
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  Question 12. What Crest topped?
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  Hatterasaur likely used its long tube like head Crest to make
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  sounds and for visual signals. The answer is parasrolefis.
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  The crest's hollow passages may have worked like a built in
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  resonance system, letting it produce low calls that carried
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  through its environment. Question 13.
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  Which group of small sharp toothed dinosaurs had one of the
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  highest brain to body ratios Among dinosaurs and keen senses?
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  The answer is the Tridentids. Fossils suggest good hearing and
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  large eyes and tooth shapes point to an active lifestyle
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  with quick reactions. Question 14.
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  Which dinosaur is currently considered among the largest
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  predatory dinosaurs and had tall spines on its back forming A
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  sail like structure? The answer is Spinosaurus.
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  Fossils from North Africa show long neural spines and
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  adaptations for a partly aquatic lifestyle, such as dense bones
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  and a crocodile like snout. Question 15.
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  What do scientists call the rich fossil beds in northeastern
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  China that have preserved many feathered dinosaurs with fine
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  details? The answer is the Esian
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  Formation, part of the G hole biota.
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  The fine grain volcanic ash layers helped preserve feathers,
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  skin outlines and even stomach contents in some fossils.
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  Question 16. Which famous fossil from the
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  Late Jurassic is considered an early bird and shows both
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  feathers and dinosaur like teeth?
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  The answer is Archaopteryx, found in Germany's Sohnhoeffen
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  limestone. It helps connect modern birds to
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  their dinosaur ancestors. Question 17.
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  What event is most strongly linked to the extinction of non
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  bird dinosaurs 66,000,000 years ago?
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  The answer is a large asteroid impact known from the Chicksalub
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  crater in Mexico and a worldwide layer rich in the element
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  Iridium. Volcanic activity also occurred
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  around that time, but the impact is a key driver identified by
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  many studies. Question 18 Which modern animals
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  are considered living dinosaurs by scientists?
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  The answer is birds. Genetic, skeletal and fossil
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  evidence show that birds evolved from small theropod dinosaurs,
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  so every bird is part of the dinosaur family.
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  Tree Question 19 Which long necked giant from Argentina is
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  one of the heaviest land animals ever known From fossils, with
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  estimates reaching over 60 metric tons, the answer is
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  Argentinosaurus. Although its skeleton is
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  incomplete, the size of its vertebrae and limb bones
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  suggests a massive body, far heavier than most other
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  dinosaurs. Question 20 Which armored
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  dinosaur with shoulder spikes from the Early Cretaceous of
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  England is known for being one of the best preserved dinosaur
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  fossils ever found, including skin impressions?
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  The answer is Borealo pelta. Discovered in Canada, it
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  preserved armor, counter shading patterns and even stomach
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  contents, giving scientists detailed information about its
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  diet and appearance. Question 21 Which dinosaurs name
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  means roof lizard reflecting the plate like bones of its skull?
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  The answer is Stegosaurus. The name was chosen before
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  scientists fully understood its backplates, but it remains one
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  of the most recognized dinosaur names.
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  Question 22 Which dinosaur group includes Velociraptor and shows
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  a stiffened tail and a sickle shaped claw on the second toe?
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  The answer is stromiosaurids. They are feathered theropods
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  closely related to early birds, and their fossils are found in
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  Asia, Europe, and North America. Question 23 Which giant skull
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  frilled ceratopsian with long brow horns lived alongside
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  Tyrannosaurus Rex near the end of the Cretaceous in North
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  America? The answer is Triceratops.
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  It had a solid frill and two long brow horns, and its fossils
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  are very common in Late Cretaceous rock formations like
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  the Hell Creek Formation. Super challenge question.
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  What is the exact geologic stage at the very end of the
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  Cretaceous when Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops lived?
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  The answer is the Maastrichtian. It spans about 72 to 66,000,000
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  years ago, with T Rex and Triceratops, especially known
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  from the late Maastrichtian just before the end Cretaceous
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  extinction. You did it, Dino experts.
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  Hard questions can feel tricky, but every fact you learned today
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  connects to a bigger picture about life long ago, from
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  feathers and footprints to fossils and rock layers.
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  If you want to keep exploring, look up museum exhibits, fossil
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  sites, and recent discoveries from places like China,
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  Argentina and North America. Thanks for listening and TuneIn
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  next time. For more Kit, cast daily
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  adventures that grow your curiosity 1 smart step at a
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  time.