1. Name the only continent that does not have any deserts.
Europe has no desert regions.
2. Name the desert in the Bible where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
The Sinai Desert.
3. True or false: Deserts are always sandy.
False. For instance, Antarctica, as a polar desert, is not sandy.
4. Which camel has two humps: the Arabian (dromedary) camel or the Asian (bactrian) camel?
The Asian camel (bactrian) has two humps. The Arabian (dromedary) camel has only one.
5. Name the largest desert in North America.
The largest desert in North America is the Chihuahuan, which covers north central Mexico and the southwestern United States.
6. Name the desert that Marco Polo crossed in the thirteenth century?
The Gobi Desert, in Mongolia and northern China.
7. Which popular British rock-and-roll band from the 1990s has a "desert-related" name?
"Oasis": which is also an isolated fertile area, usually limited in extent and surrounded by desert.
8. Name the desert that is called the "driest place on Earth" by the U.S. Geological Survey.
The Atacama Desert of northern Chile is the driest, declares the United States Geological Survey, averaging less than a half inch (1 cm) per year of precipitation from fog. Measurable rainfall (more than a mm of rain) occurs every 5 to 20 years, and heavy rains fall only two to four times a century.
9. What is the full name of Lawrence of Arabia?
Thomas Edward Lawrence.
10. Excluding Antarctica, which continent is the driest on Earth?
Australia is the driest continent on Earth, excluding Antarctica, with more than 70% of its land classified as arid or semi-arid.
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