The Paleontology of Chris Wildrick Is Overrated: Species-a-Rama, interactive performance, 2008-present
Participants are asked to name as many dinosaur species as they can in one of three time categories: either 1 minute, 5 minutes, or 15 minutes. The contest is written, so just writing the names alone takes a fair amount of time. Contestants can play as many times as they like.
Each contestant's name and total number of species is listed below.
| Name | Time Limit | Number of Species |
|---|---|---|
| Richard A. Kissel | 5 minutes* | 60 |
| Samantha Sands | 5 minutes* | 33 |
| Samantha Sands | 1 minute | 13 |
| Wally Kirschler | 1 minute | 12 |
| Maureen | 1 minute | 10 |
| Denise | 1 minute | 10 |
| Liam | 1 minute | 9 |
| Minseok (2nd try) | 1 minute | 9 |
| Kevin Wang | 1 minute | 8 |
| David Fleischman | 1 minute | 6 |
| Dan Lukas | 1 minute | 6 |
| Billy Kepner | 1 minute | 6 |
| Michael | 1 minute | 6 |
| Susan | 1 minute | 6 |
| Minseok (1st try) | 1 minute | 6 |
| Liz | 1 minute | 5 |
| Brandon Wilson | 1 minute | 5 |
| Adrian | 1 minute | 4 |
| Alexander Strauss | 1 minute | 4 |
| Jonathan | 1 minute | 3 |
| Tomer | 1 minute | 3 |
| Dyan (sp?) | 1 minute | 2 |
| Mamo (sp?) | 1 minute | 2 |
* These two contestants were playing in the 5-minute category, but due to a mistake on Chris' part, "time" was not called until after 6'22" had elapsed. Therefore their scores cannot be directly compared with other future 5-minute-category players, although they are a perfectly legitmate result otherwise.
Think you can beat their scores? You can play Species-a-Rama yourself by downloading the form here. Make sure to really keep yourself within the time restraints!
The full-size poster that presents and analyzes the results, as of April 2009, can be downloaded here.