Jurassic Park 1st Movie
What is the first dinosaur seen in the movie?
Hint: its a tall herbivore
Brachiosaurus
Steven Spielberg the creator, was multitasking and making two movies at once, one was Jurassic Park during the day, what movie was he busy with at Night?
Schnindler's List
What is the name of the fictional company in Jurassic Park?
InGen
What is the closest living relative of the T-rex?
A chicken
what is the most common method of fossilization people know?
Permineralization, or bone turning to stone
What dinosaurs learned to open doors?
Hint: fast Pack Animals
Velociraptors
One of the noises used to make the t-rex roar was a jack russell terrier, what was the name of the dog?
Buster
how old is sharks as a species?
Hint: they are older than trees, the first tree came to be rougly 385 million years ago
450 million years old, and the oldest recognized shark species is called Doliodus problematicus
What does "dinosaur" even mean?
Terrible Lizard
What fossil type has insects the most?
Amber
How did they make sure the dinosaur population didn't grow out of control?
They enginneered every dinosaur to be female
While filming in Hawaii on the island of Kauai, what disaster happened that the movie crew filmed and put into the movie?
A hurricane named Iniki, and one of the most powerful in history, struck the island
What is the name of the island where the park is located?
Isla Nublar
What did Jurassic Park make up about the Dilophosaurus?
That it spits venom, there is no evidence supporting this
What type of fossilization can show a perfect specimen? even facial expressions?
Freezing
Who is the cartoon mascot in the educational videos?
Mr. DNA
How was the water ripple in the cup effect made?
A guitar string was hidden under the dashboard and a hidden special effects worker was plucking it to make the water react
What dinosaur is known as the "Tyrant lizard King"?
Tyrannosaurus Rex
what two dinosaurs in the movie never actually met in real life?
Dilophosaurus and Gallimimus, there is roughly a 120 million year gap between them
What fossilization method makes coal?
Carbonization, thats why coal is called fossil fuel
What specific brand of SUVs did the movie use?
Ford Explorer
Despite the movie being over 2 hours long, how much of that screentime actually shows dinosaurs?
15 minutes
Who dies first in the movie?
Dennis Nedry, the guy who shuts down the park security to steal dinosaur embryos
There is an interesting way to identify if a bone fossil is porous or solid stone, what is the name of that method?
the Licking test. yes literally licking the bone.
One of the more difficult fossils for archeologists and paleontologists to put together is a bunch of bones, it happens when a prey gets trapped and predators get trapped as well trying to get to the prey, what is the trap called?
Tar pits