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UPDATE:  THE WINNER OF THE TICKETS IS RICK P. OF SANTA CLARITA who will be bringing his 7-year-old son to the show for his birthday!  Thanks to all who played.

You have the books, the videos, the giant posters that identify all the known species.  Your kid won't stop talking about them.  Be a hero and take him or her to see them, live!  Walking With Dinosaurs, The Live Experience, is an international show with incredibly life-like dinosaurs, and it's coming to The Staples Center September 25 through September 28.  I don't know how they get the dinosaurs through the door.  They're pretty big.

If you're wondering what I'm talking about, check out this link to a quick video clip of the show.  It features imaginative interpretations of ten species of the ancient beasts,walking and snorting and...well, doing dinosaur-y stuff.  I've got a family four-pack of tickets to give away to the emailer (beingsavvysfv-la@savvysource.com) who answers the most of the trivia questions below correctly.  If you really have a little dino-lover at home, you'll ace this one.  This contest is open until next Thursday morning when I will announce the winner.

Even if you don't win the contest, you can get a $10 discount on tickets if you use this e-card.  Use the discount code in the "LA School District" ticket option.

TRIVIA QUESTIONS:

1.  What type of animal is a dinosaur?

a) Reptile

b) Mammal

c) Bird

 

2.  Dinosaurs ruled the Earth how long ago?

a) 10,000 years

b) 100,000 years

c) 100 million years

 

3.  How many different types of dinosaurs existed?

a) 10

b) 700

c) 10,000

 

4.  T-Rex is short for what?

 

5.  What do we call a scientist who studies fossils from dinosaurs?

a) Geologist

b) Archeologist

c) Paleontologist

 

6.  What does the term dinosaur mean?

a) Terrible lizard

b) Giant lizard

c) Old lizard

 

7.  What are the three time periods the dinosaurs lived in?

a) Prehistoric, Historic, Future

b) Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous

c) Eastern, Central, Mountain Time

 

8.  How did dinosaurs reproduce?

a) They gave birth to live young

b) They laid eggs

c) They evolved from other species

 

9.  What color were dinosaurs?

a) Brown

b) Purple

c) No one knows

 

10.  Most dinosaurs were Carnivores (meat-eaters) or herbivores (plant-eaters)?