Jurassic Park
Not a Dinosaur
Names, Translated
Extinction Events
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100

The banner in the Visitor Center that fell on the Tyrannosaurus said this.

What is When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth?

100

Known by the informal term "Pterodactyls", this group of reptiles were one of the first vertebrates to fly.

What are Pterosaurs? / What is a Pterosaur?

100

Tyrant lizard king.

What is Tyrannosaurus (rex)? 

100

The most well-known extinction event, killed off 75% of all plants and animals.

What was the K-Pg? (accept: What was the Asteroid?, What was the Dinosaur Extinction?)

100

The food of T. rex.

What is Meat? (accept: What is a Carnivore?)

200

This little dinosaur spits venom into Dennis Nedry's eyes, but in reality, was much larger and lacked venom.

What is Dilophosaurus?

200

Commonly found with children's dinosaur toys, but more closely related to humans than dinosaurs, this sail-backed creature is known from multiple continents.

What is Dimetrodon?

200

Horrible three-horned face.

What is Triceratops (horridus)?

200

Appearing in two pulses, this, the very first mass extinction on Earth, happened 445 million years ago, killing off 85% of life.

What was the Ordovician Mass Extinction?


(accept: What was the Ordovician-Silurian?, What was the O-S?)

200

The dinosaur famous for having a big toe claw.

What is Velociraptor?

300

Owner of the park, this billionaire old man was much more unlikeable in the original novel, and actually died in it, a fate Spielberg changed for the much nicer version of the character in the movie.

Who is John (Parker) Hammond?

300

A marine invertebrate from the Cambrian period, with two spiky arms and paddles lining its sides, somewhat popular for being a "weird shrimp".

What is Anomalocaris?

300

Carolini's giant Southern lizard.

What is Giganotosaurus (carolinii)?

300

Caused by immense desertification of Pangaea, this mass extinction killed off 76% of life on Earth, though the majority of that was plants.

What was the (End-)Triassic Mass Extinction? 


(accept: What was the T-J Mass Extinction?)

300

Word for "plant-eating dinosaurs".

What are Herbivores? / What is a Herbivore?

400

Played by Jeff Goldblum, this dramatic mathematician is generally considered a self-insert of the author, Michael Crichton, and narrowly escapes being eaten by the Tyrannosaurus in the film, which proceeds to eat the lawyer Genarro.

Who is Ian Malcolm?

400

A marine reptile the length of a school bus, this ravenous beast made its first film appearance in the 2015 movie Jurassic World, eating a shark, and later, a babysitter.

What is Mosasaurus? (accept: What is [a] Mosasaur?)

400

Spined lizard of Egypt.

What is Spinosaurus (aegyptiacus)?

400

The most obscure and least impactful of the mass extinctions, it killed off the "Placoderm" fish.

What was the End-Devonian Mass Extinction?


(accept: What was the D-C?)

400

What is a saber-toothed cat?

What is a Smilodon? 


(open question, accept: What is a Mammal? What is "a big cat with big teeth"?)

500

As the cast flies away on the helicopter, these birds can be seen flying alongside them, a reference to how dinosaurs are still among us today.

What are Pelicans?

500

A large fish from the Devonian, with a short body, giant sharpened "bone shears" in its mouth functioning as teeth, and a bite force higher than a crocodile's.

What is Dunkleosteus?

500

Noble thunder lizard.

What is Brontosaurus (excelsus)?

500

The largest mass extinction of all time, caused by concerningly familiar climate change, killed off about 90% of all life on Earth.

What was the Great Dying? (accept: What was the P-T?)

500

The biggest dinosaur.

What is Argentinosaurus? (accept: What is Dreadnoughtus? {it is second place})