Paleontology Trivia and Quizzes

 Archaeopteryx etc 10 questions
Difficult, 10 Qns, succubus, Oct 17 01 A quiz concerning one of the most fascinating fossil discoveries.

 A Long, Long Time Ago 15 questions
Very Difficult, 15 Qns, nautilator, Jan 04 18 Can you match the fossil to the geological period of time you would have found it in? You have a margin of error of millions of years on your answers! Note: MYA = million years ago.

 Some Super State Fossils 10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, stuthehistoryguy, Jul 01 10 A quiz on the sundry specimens that the several states have selected to symbolize their spirit.

 Mass Extinction Events 15 questions
Tough, 15 Qns, pshelton, Nov 15 07 Scientists have identified a number of mass extinction events that have eliminated many species once present on Earth. How much do you known about them?

 Real! Dead! Monsters! 10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, jcpetersen, Feb 12 10 Some of the scariest creatures ever are fact, not fiction. Fortunately these real monsters are now extinct, so there's nothing to worry about.

 Dinosauria 25 questions
Tough, 25 Qns, Mr5, May 27 04 My 30th quiz : a potpourri on one of my favorite topics - dinosaurs. I wish you good luck in testing your "dino" skills!

 Australian Dinosaurs 10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jan 02 13 Its relatively dry climate means that there are not as many Australian dinosaurs known as in some parts of the world, but here are ten of them.

 Hominid Family Names 10 questions
Tough, 10 Qns, RSKimball, Jun 26 08 Names of many members of our evolutionary family have changed over time due to new findings about the original fossils, genetic testing, etc. You should find this quiz as difficult as my first: Human Evolution vs. Creationism. Comments are welcomed.

 Weirdosaurus Rex 10 questions
Tough, 10 Qns, nautilator, Dec 26 15 Move over, Allosaurus. Step aside, Triceratops. There's a new breed of dinosaur in town, and things are about to get strange!

 German Paleontology 10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, nautilator, Jan 09 15 These are some of the ways that Germans and/or Germany have contributed to the field of paleontology.

 Walking With Dinosaurs 10 questions
Easy, 10 Qns, Plodd, Sep 18 13 Dinosaurs roamed the earth millions of years ago and we will take a journey back in time to look at some of the most common.

 Meet the Ancestors 10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, jamesf, May 29 07 Apes and humans are believed to have evolved from common ancestors. How much do you know about the history of human evolution?

 The Bare Bones of Water 10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, JanIQ, Sep 15 13 The Four Winds have gone fishing. They retrieve several fossils from the water. What do you know about these fossils?

 Earth History: The Paleogene Period 10 questions
Tough, 10 Qns, albert11, Aug 29 15 The Paleogene was the period in Earth's history that occurred just after the dinosaurs went extinct. Come explore some of the interesting geological and biological events of the time.

 Dinosaur or Not? 15 questions
Average, 15 Qns, pu2-ke-qi-ri, Jun 04 06 What's a dinosaur? Any sort of great big extinct scaly reptile? Nope-- the dinosaurs were something of an exclusive club, with specialized requirements for membership. Take this quiz and test your powers of Dinosaur Determination!

 Snowmageddon 10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, reedy, Apr 14 12 We may still technically be living in the current ice age, but the LGM (last glacial maximum) was about 20,000 years ago, and many species that lived then are no longer with us. What do you know about that period?

 Prehistoric Who am I? Part 3 25 questions
Average, 25 Qns, ElusiveDream, Aug 13 15 Welcome to Prehistoric Who am I? Part 3. This time you'll get to know twenty-five animals from the Jurassic period.

 Dinosauria 25 questions
Average, 25 Qns, GeniusBoy, Aug 07 01 This quiz focuses on those magnificent animals belonging to the class Dinosauria. Good luck.

 A Brief History of Australopithecines 10 questions
Difficult, 10 Qns, alliefarrell, Dec 03 06 Australopithecines are our earliest human ancestors. How much do you know about the nearly one hundred years since their first discovery?

 Ultimate Predators 10 questions
Difficult, 10 Qns, Mr5, Dec 20 08 Meet 10 of the most skilled and terrifying predators the Earth has ever seen.

 Dinosaurs for Dummies 10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, suomy, Jun 16 13 I don't know about you but I am a bit of a dummy when it comes to my knowledge of dinosaurs and the Age of Reptiles. Here's some of the questions that I've come across in my search for information. Can you set me on the right track?

 Dinosaurs for Dummies 10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, zippolover, Oct 16 13 Actually, it is a quiz written by a dummy, as I know very little about dinosaurs. Fortunately I have found an online Dinosaur Encyclopaedia and the following questions are about their top ten. Hopefully this is a fun quiz, as that was my intention!

 Back to the Shed 10 questions
Easy, 10 Qns, kino76, Mar 31 17 ...to check our fossils. Can you match the dinosaur names to their meaning?

 Cretaceous Parking Lot 10 questions
Tough, 10 Qns, ElusiveDream, Jul 11 15 This quiz has the same lay-out as my 'Jurassic Parking Lot' quiz, only this time it features dinosaurs from the Cretaceous.

 Gone, But Not Forgotten 10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, AcrylicInk, Aug 20 18 Thousands of creatures existed at the time of the dinosaurs. They have been gone a while, but thanks to palaeontologists, they haven't been forgotten. Over the centuries, people from different fields and walks of life have contributed to palaeontology.

 Fossil Finds near Lake Turkana 10 questions
Difficult, 10 Qns, alliefarrell, Dec 27 06 In the past thirty years, some of the world's most fascinating evolutionary finds have been excavated near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Here is a quiz to help keep you up to date with recent discoveries!

 The Burgess Shale 10 questions
Tough, 10 Qns, pu2-ke-qi-ri, May 19 04 The Burgess Shale: the Cambrian explosion of life. But I'm mostly concerned about the weird and wacky critters that haunted that continental shelf 540 million years ago.

 Dinosaurs' Name Meanings 10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, andaman, Jul 25 05 This is a quiz on dinosaur name meanings.

 Ice Age Giants 10 questions
Tough, 10 Qns, stephgm67, Mar 06 17 The last Ice Age, or Pleistocene era, began around 1.8 million years ago and ended 12,000 years in the past. Let's meet some of the huge creatures that inhabited the earth during that time period!