Episode 39
Dinosaur Trivia (Trivia Battle)
🦖 Roar into a dinosaur trivia battle! In this prehistoric showdown, kids and parents test their knowledge of famous dinosaurs, time periods, and fascinating facts from millions of years ago. From T-Rex to stegosaurus, Who’ll rule the trivia era and claim the win? 🦕🦣
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Kids vs Parents is produced by Vandalpop Media
Producer: Steve Koch
Editors: Ever Cunningham, Steve Koch
Cover Design: Patrick Hardy
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to Kids vs Parents
01:09 Kids' Questions
05:41 Parents' Questions
10:31 Bonus / Tiebreaker
11:46 Suggest a Topic
Transcript
Quick question to start us off. What dinosaur is known as the king of dinosaurs?
Steve:Oh, that's got to be the Tyrannosaurus Rex or the T-Rex.
Lovella:Correct.
Lovella:Welcome to Kids vs. Parents. I'm Lovella.
Steve:And I'm Steve.
Lovella:This is the family trivia battle where the backseat takes on the front seat.
Steve:And today we're playing dinosaur trivia.
Steve:Suggested by Krista and Ramona in Seattle, Washington.
Lovella:Ella and Finley from Virginia
Steve:and Pierce from Dublin, Ireland.
Lovella:Thank you.
Steve:Yes.
Steve:From all over the world.
Lovella:Okay, Dad.
Lovella:So what are we playing for today?
Steve:Today's prize is the last slice of pizza left over at the end of Pizza Night.
Lovella:Ooh, yum.
Steve:You know how there's always one piece of pizza left over?
Lovella:Yeah, I feel that.
Steve:Well, the winner of this gets to eat it.
Lovella:Nice.
Steve:Nice.
Steve:All right, so next time you have Pizza Night.
Steve:All right, who's going to go first in Dinosaur Trivial, Lovella?
Lovella:How about the kids?
Steve:Kids?
Steve:You think you know your dinosaurs?
Steve:Yeah.
Steve:Yeah?
Lovella:All right.
Lovella:Well, actually, not me.
Lovella:But I'm sure all the other kids do.
Steve:You think all the other kids know your dinosaurs?
Steve:Yeah, I'm sure.
Steve:All right.
Steve:Kids, you're up first.
Steve:Question number one.
Steve:What do we call scientists who study dinosaurs?
Lovella:Oh, boy.
Lovella:Dinosaur studiers?
Steve:Nope.
Steve:There's a special name for them.
Lovella:Do I know this?
Lovella:I should know.
Steve:You will know it when I say it.
Steve:I'm pretty sure you will have heard it.
Lovella:Oh, dang it.
Steve:If you don't know it now, though.
Lovella:Oh, man.
Steve:Not that you've ever watched Friends, but Ross from Friends.
Steve:This was his occupation.
Lovella:Oh.
Steve:Giving a hint to the adults in case they don't know what the answer is.
Lovella:I don't know.
Lovella:I'm not going to get there.
Lovella:Dinosaur scientist?
Lovella:Yeah.
Lovella:I'm not going to get it.
Lovella:Okay.
Steve:It is a paleontologist.
Steve:Have you heard of that before?
Lovella:Probably, but I would have never guessed that.
Steve:No, you would have never guessed it.
Steve:But I'm wondering if you've heard of it before.
Lovella:Maybe.
Lovella:Does it sound familiar?
Lovella:I'm not that interested in dinosaurs.
Lovella:Right.
Lovella:But.
Steve:So you'll never be a paleontologist?
Lovella:No.
Steve:Okay.
Steve:I'm sure there are a lot of kids who love dinosaurs that are very excited to one day be a paleontologist.
Lovella:Yes.
Steve:And good for you kids.
Lovella:Yeah.
Steve:All right, question number two.
Steve:What does the word herbivore mean?
Lovella:Oh, it means, well, I think a carnivore is a dinosaur that only eats like meats and stuff.
Lovella:A herbivore is a dinosaur that I think only eats plants because herb, yeah, it's a dinosaur
Lovella:that only eats plants.
Steve:Yeah?
Steve:I think so.
Steve:You are correct.
Steve:Yes.
Steve:Carnivore only eats meats.
Steve:Herbivore means plant eater.
Steve:There you go.
Steve:All right.
Steve:Question number three.
Steve:What small, fast dinosaur is often shown hunting in packs?
Steve:cool wait what say it again what small fast dinosaur is often shown hunting in packs
Lovella:um i want to say it's a flying dinosaur or something no no hunting in packs so it means
Steve:on the ground hunting in a group.
Lovella:Oh my goodness.
Lovella:Jeez.
Steve:We're really seeing that you don't know much about dinosaurs, aren't we?
Lovella:No, I know nothing.
Lovella:This is like, I don't know anything, guys.
Lovella:I'm so sorry.
Steve:That's okay.
Lovella:Everyone in the car is probably yelling at you right now.
Steve:Just yelling at the speakers, yelling at the room.
Lovella:So there's a T-Rex.
Lovella:Yeah.
Steve:It's like a little mini T-Rex almost.
Lovella:That doesn't make things easy.
Steve:It's like a small version of the T-Rex.
Lovella:I know that there's a stegosaurus or something, but I don't think that's it.
Steve:Do you want to have a guess?
Lovella:No, I'm not going to get there.
Lovella:I'm not going to get there.
Steve:It is a raptor.
Lovella:Oh, yeah.
Lovella:You know the raptors?
Lovella:I've heard of those.
Steve:Yeah, you've heard of those.
Lovella:I thought those were the flying ones.
Steve:No, you're thinking of like a pterodactyl.
Lovella:Oh, yeah.
Steve:All right.
Steve:Last question, Lovella.
Steve:What event is believed to have caused the extinction of dinosaurs?
Lovella:I think
Steve:Like nobody really knows for sure for sure
Steve:But all the scientists who have done research
Lovella:Wasn't it?
Steve:They believe that this is what happened to them
Lovella:Wasn't it like a meteor or something?
Lovella:Like the rock that comes down from space on fire
Steve:and then the rock that comes down from space.
Lovella:I think it's a meteor, right?
Steve:I will give you a meteor.
Steve:That is correct.
Lovella:What is it?
Steve:Asteroid impact meteor, same thing.
Lovella:Okay, cool.
Lovella:Okay.
Lovella:So I got it?
Steve:They're probably not exactly the same thing,
Steve:but someone's going to write in to me and say,
Steve:they're not exactly the same thing.
Steve:But I'll accept both.
Lovella:Okay, cool.
Lovella:So I got it?
Steve:You got one right.
Steve:Okay.
Steve:Well done.
Lovella:Yay.
Steve:Okay, so quick score check, Lovella.
Steve:What do you want?
Lovella:Two out of four.
Steve:Two out of four.
Steve:All right.
Lovella:That's all right.
Steve:That's an average effort.
Steve:Yeah.
Steve:Well done.
Steve:All right.
Steve:We're going
Lovella:parents. All right. Here you go, parents. Question number one. What does the word dinosaur mean in
Steve:Greek? Oh, okay. Wait, I think I know this. I didn't know it was Greek, but I
Steve:think it's something lizard. It is, is it a scary lizard or terrible lizard? Terrible lizard,
Steve:I think it is. You're correct. All right. Nice. Nice. Interesting. I wouldn't think of that being
Steve:the Greek word for dinosaur. Yeah. I wonder if the Greeks are the first people who found dinosaurs
Lovella:and that's why they named it that. I don't know. Who knows? Okay. All right. Next question.
Lovella:What type of diet did the dinosaur Stegosaurus have?
Steve:Okay.
Steve:So Stegosaurus is, it's a herbivore.
Lovella:Correct.
Steve:Yes.
Lovella:Man, I got to give you a hard one.
Steve:Yeah.
Steve:All right.
Steve:You do.
Lovella:All right. Question number three. What is the name of the three main dinosaur time periods?
Steve:Oh, okay. You really wanted to go hard, didn't you?
Lovella:Oh, yeah.
Steve:Okay. Say it again. Three.
Lovella:What is the name of the three main dinosaur time periods?
Steve:Okay. This is a really hard one. Well, kind of. I know one of them is Jurassic, only because of Jurassic Park.
Steve:So Jurassic is one.
Steve:Something starting with C.
Steve:It is like croutons?
Steve:Cretaceous?
Steve:Cretaceous?
Steve:Oh, man.
Steve:I don't really know this.
Steve:It's been a long time.
Lovella:Dad, you should.
Lovella:You were literally born in this time period.
Steve:That is harsh.
Steve:That is harsh and not true.
Steve:Okay, is it the 80s then?
Steve:Jurassic in the 80s?
Steve:Is that your actual?
Steve:No, that's not my answer.
Steve:Jurassic, I don't think I'm going to know all three.
Steve:Jurassic, I think it's crutaceous or something.
Steve:I don't know.
Steve:And the third one I don't know at all.
Steve:So I'm going to say no, I don't know the three.
Lovella:So you did get Jurassic, right?
Steve:Yeah.
Lovella:The three were Triassic, Jurassic.
Lovella:and Cretaceous.
Steve:That's what I was trying to say.
Steve:So I think I got that one.
Steve:I got there.
Steve:It's like crouton,
Lovella:Cretaceous.
Lovella:You still didn't get it right.
Lovella:You didn't get them all.
Lovella:I didn't get it three.
Steve:I got two out of three.
Lovella:You're tied with me
Lovella:two out of three so far.
Steve:Okay.
Steve:All right.
Steve:Give me another question.
Lovella:Okay.
Lovella:Question number four.
Lovella:What modern group of animals
Lovella:are considered
Lovella:the closest living relatives
Lovella:of dinosaurs?
Steve:oh that's a great question um okay i don't think i know the answer to this but i'm gonna have to do
Steve:some reasoning here. Well, dinosaurs are reptiles. So could it be snakes? Or could it be crocodiles?
Steve:Maybe it's crocodiles. I think I've also heard that birds are another option for, I think people
Steve:have said that birds are the closest living relatives. No, I think crocodiles. Only because
Steve:I feel like I've heard Steve Irwin say that crocodiles are the closest living relatives to dinosaurs.
Steve:They're like modern dinosaurs.
Steve:So I'm going to go with crocodiles.
Lovella:You are incorrect.
Steve:Oh, was it birds?
Lovella:Yeah.
Steve:I should have gone with my gut.
Steve:Well, you didn't.
Steve:I didn't.
Steve:I went with Steve Irwin.
Steve:Okay.
Steve:All right.
Steve:So score check.
Steve:What are we on?
Lovella:Two out of four.
Steve:Two for you.
Steve:I'm on two out of four as well.
Steve:So we...
Lovella:We're going to a bonus tiebreaker.
Steve:Excellent.
Steve:How this works, if it's a tie in your car, you can use this as a tiebreaker or you can
Steve:use it as a bonus question.
Steve:It will be worth...
Steve:Two points.
Steve:That's right.
Steve:How it works is first team to buzz in gets the two points.
Steve:If you buzz in incorrectly, though, you're out.
Lovella:Ooh.
Steve:Ooh.
Steve:You lose the points and they go to the other team.
Steve:So, you got to know the answer.
Steve:All right.
Steve:Bonus or tiebreaker question.
Steve:Which dinosaur is known for having a spiky tail?
Lovella:Oh.
Steve:Buzz?
Steve:I think I'm going to buzz in.
Lovella:Okay.
Steve:Um, I'm not sure exactly.
Lovella:I know which one they're talking about.
Lovella:I just don't know.
Steve:You said it earlier.
Steve:I'm going to go with the stegosaurus because I think that is right.
Steve:I don't know the answer.
Steve:Lovella, do you have the answer?
Lovella:Yep.
Steve:What is it?
Lovella:A stegosaurus.
Lovella:Yay.
Lovella:I win.
Lovella:I understand why you got that right.
Lovella:I mean, you grew up with them.
Lovella:I'm sure you had one as a pet, you know?
Lovella:Like, okay, guys, my dad is so old.
Lovella:His childhood photos are cave paintings.
Steve:Oh, gee, this is harsh.
Steve:All right.
Steve:That's it.
Steve:We're moving on.
Steve:Well done to the parents in this car anyway.
Steve:Well done to the parents.
Steve:We win.
Steve:That means I get the last slice of pizza.
Steve:Too bad, Dad.
Lovella:I already ate it.
Steve:Oh.
Steve:All right.
Steve:Well, thank you for playing Kids vs. Parents today.
Steve:If you would like to suggest a topic, click the link in the show notes.
Steve:We love your suggestions, so leave them in there
Steve:and we might get to your episode in the future.
Steve:Thank you for joining us.
Steve:We hope you learned a little bit about dinosaurs
Steve:and also had some fun while doing it.
Lovella:Yeah.
Steve:Thanks for playing.
Lovella:Bye.
Steve:Bye.
Steve:Bye.
