Dino Facts
What does the word “dinosaur” mean in Greek?
terrible lizard
In the arcade game Whac-A-Mole, what do players use to hit the moles?
A mallet
Who directed Jurassic Park (1993)?
Steven Spielberg
What planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
Mars
What’s the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific Ocean
What famous Scottish lake is said to hide a mysterious monster?
Loch Ness
What was the largest carnivorous dinosaur discovered?
Spinosaurus
What fictional spy movie features “The Mole” as a double agent?
Austin Powers in Goldmember
What kind of DNA was used to clone dinosaurs in the movie?
DNA from mosquitoes trapped in amber
What is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?
Nitrogen
What is the most common letter in the English language?
In what U.S. Great Lake did the ship Edmund Fitzgerald sink in 1975?
Lake Superior
What period did the T-Rex live in — Jurassic or Cretaceous?
Cretaceous
What Mexican dish shares its name with a burrowing animal but is actually a chocolate-based sauce?
Mole (pronounced MO-leh)
What’s the name of the island where the park is located?
Isla Nublar
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Au
What country has the most natural lakes in the world?
Canada
Which gas often seen over swamps or lakes glows faintly and inspired ghost stories?
Methane
What’s the name of the meteor crater in Mexico linked to dinosaur extinction?
Chicxulub Crater
What Disney movie features a song where dwarfs sing “Dig, dig, dig”?
where dwarfs sing “Dig, dig, dig”?Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Who said the famous line “Life finds a way”?
Dr. Ian Malcolm
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Diamond
Which U.S. state is the only one that grows coffee commercially?
Hawaii
What deep Russian lake holds 20% of the world’s unfrozen freshwater and is home to a mythical creature called the “Baikal Monster”?
Lake Baikal
What dinosaur name means “swift thief” and was known for intelligence?
Velociraptor
In Kim Possible, Rufus is what type of animal?
Naked mole rat
What is the name of the hybrid dinosaur in Jurassic World?
Indominus Rex
What is the only element that can form compounds with itself in multiple stable structures — like graphite, diamond, and graphene?
Carbon
What is the rarest blood type in humans?
AB negative
In limnology, what’s the name for a lake that rarely mixes its surface and deep waters—sometimes leading to sudden deadly gas releases?
Meromictic lake