About Dinosaur Quiz #849
Dinosaur Quiz #849 was the quiz for Thursday, October 29, 2026: 10 questions: 1 easy, 5 medium and 4 hard. Everyone who played Dinosaur Quiz that day got the same quiz, and it stays here to play for 60 days.
The questions of Dinosaur Quiz #849
- What does "Triceratops" mean?
- What were the large frills of horned dinosaurs probably used for?
- What are the three periods of the Mesozoic Era, in order?
- How do scientists work out how old a fossil is?
- Which marine reptile had a long neck, a small head and four flippers?
- Fossilized dinosaur droppings are called what?
- What is the name for the spikes on the end of a Stegosaurus tail?
- Which statement about Tyrannosaurus rex and Stegosaurus is true?
- The Cretaceous Period is named after which rock, from the Latin "creta"?
- Which dinosaur's name means "roof lizard", after scientists first thought its plates lay flat?
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Other days of Dinosaur Quiz
- Dinosaur Quiz #850, Oct 30
- Dinosaur Quiz #848, Oct 28
- Dinosaur Quiz #847, Oct 27
- Dinosaur Quiz #846, Oct 26
- Today’s quiz, #851
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