Dinos!
Space
Word Origins
Geography
TIME's People of the Year
100

This (or these) animal is comparable in size to a Triceratops.

What is the African Elephant, Hippo, Rhino (or any similar animal)?

100

This is the galaxy that the Milky Way is on a collision course with

What is Andromeda?

100

This word for a place to buy goods comes from the Latin word “mercatus”, meaning “trade”

What is a market?

100

The Tropic of Capricorn lies in this hemisphere

What is the southern hemisphere?

100

This was the TIME’s Person of the Year in 2022

Who is Volodymyr Zelenskyy
200

The velociraptor was alive during this geologic period.

What is the Cretaceous Period?

200

This is the word for the outer atmosphere of the sun, which you can see during an eclipse

What is the corona?

200

The word "student" comes from the Latin verb studēre, which means…(name one)

What is "to study", "to be diligent", "to direct one's zeal at", or "to put painstaking effort".

200

This African nation was formerly known as Abyssinia

What is Ethiopia?

200

This group/category of people were named TIME’s People of the Year in 2025.

Who are Architects of AI?

300

Stegosaurus is derived from ancient greek στέγος (stégos) + saurus which means ___

What is the covered lizard/roofed lizard?

300

This effect explains why galaxies appear to be moving away from us, producing stretched light waves.

What is redshift?

300

This is what we call a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same forward and backward.

What is a palindrome?
300

The Canary Islands are named after this animal

What is a dog?/What are dogs?
300

This is the number of U.S. Presidents who have been named as TIME’s Person of the Year.

What is "14"?
400

This dinosaur group is most closely related to modern birds

What are theropods?
400

This is the brightest star in the constellation Centaurus

What is Alpha Centauri?
400

From the old French word, “estincelle”, this word means “a small, fiery particle”

What is "a spark"?

400

A country completely surrounded by another country is known as this

What is an enclave?

400

This person was TIME’s first Woman of the Year (before the title changed to “Person”)

Who is Wallis Simpson? (1936)
500

The tail club of the Ankylosaurus is a distinctive feature that is composed of these two bony structures.

What are osteoderms?
500

This person developed and popularized the heliocentric model of the solar system

Nicolaus Copernicus
500

From the Spanish word for “sun-dried brick”, this material is used for building houses.

What is "adobe"?

500

This is the meaning of the word “Ciao”, originating from an old Venetian phrase.

What is "I am your slave"/"I am at your service"?

500

This is the year that TIME Magazine started “Person of the Year” on a whim.

What is 1927?