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Chilling In Deserts Trivia Quiz

Water... waaaater... as you slowly make your way across this arid wasteland, let's take a quiz to become more familiar with deserts.

A multiple-choice quiz by Team Chill Inn. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Anton

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
342,296

Updated
Jan 09 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
495

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Canada is not usually thought of as a desert country. Located in British Columbia, the Osoyoos Desert is home to many unusual animals including a Burrowing Owl. This little guy has a strange way of defending itself when threatened. What does it do?
Hint

It imitates the sound of a rattlesnake

It pretends to have a broken wing

It tries to lure its opponent underground

It fluffs itself up to twice its size.

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Question 2 of 10

2. The names of deserts are usually related to their geographic location. Sometimes, however, the name is even simpler. What is the meaning of both Gobi and Sahara? Hint

Wasteland

No water

Sandy place

Desert

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Question 3 of 10

3. What oceanfront desert is famous for its Skeleton Coast? Hint

Atacama

Sahara

Namib

Karoo

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Question 4 of 10

4. What desert, the driest on Earth, has such an absence of life that parts are similar to Mars? Hint

Sahara

Great Sandy

Arabian

Atacama

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Question 5 of 10

5. Everything from "Lawrence of Arabia" to "Cleopatra" has been filmed at this desert. You've no doubt seen this Spanish desert, so which one is it? Hint

Sahara

Mojave

Negev

Tabernas

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Question 6 of 10

6. What desert is home to the infamous Death Valley? Hint

Great Basin Desert

Red Desert

Mojave Desert

Sonoran Desert

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Question 7 of 10

7. Australia has several deserts. What, however, is the general name given to the large expanse of territory which includes all the Australian deserts? Hint

Great Desert

The Out Beyond

Desert Island

The Outback

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Question 8 of 10

8. The first fossilized dinosaur eggs were found in which desert? Hint

Gobi

Namib

Sahara

Sonoran

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the largest hot desert in North America? Hint

Mojave Desert

Chihuahuan Desert

Great Basin Desert

Sonoran Desert

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Question 10 of 10

10. So you thought deserts were only found on Earth? There is another planet in our solar system on which deserts have been identified. Which one? Hint

Saturn

Venus

Mars

Jupiter

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: It imitates the sound of a rattlesnake

This desert is located near the city of Osoyoos, and close to British Columbia's wine country. There's lots to see and do during a visit.

Question by MargW

2. The names of deserts are usually related to their geographic location. Sometimes, however, the name is even simpler. What is the meaning of both Gobi and Sahara?

Answer: Desert

So, in effect, we are saying "desert desert" when we say Gobi Desert, or Sahara Desert. Local people know which desert they are referring to when they use the word; it's only when outsiders arrive that they mistake the geographical term for a name.

Question by MargW

3. What oceanfront desert is famous for its Skeleton Coast?

Answer: Namib

The Skeleton Coast originally got its name from the bones of beached whales and seals. The term was later updated to include the "skeletons" of wrecked ships. If a ship did land there, the sandy coast and fog conditions made it almost impossible for it to set sail again.

Question by SimonTheodore

4. What desert, the driest on Earth, has such an absence of life that parts are similar to Mars?

Answer: Atacama

The Mars-like environment found in the South American Atacama is used by NASA for testing instruments for future missions to the Red Planet. It was also used as a fill-in for Mars in the BBC television series "Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets". While other deserts also have areas of no life, the Atacama is also the driest desert on Earth.

Question by SimonTheodore

5. Everything from "Lawrence of Arabia" to "Cleopatra" has been filmed at this desert. You've no doubt seen this Spanish desert, so which one is it?

Answer: Tabernas

The Tabernas Desert and surrounding Almeria have been a backdrop for everything from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" to "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade". Its location in Spain, varying features, and relative size all make it an attractive location to filmmakers.

Question by SimonTheodore

6. What desert is home to the infamous Death Valley?

Answer: Mojave Desert

No other place in North America has a more fitting name than this place. In July of 1913, the air temperature reached as high as 134 degrees. In July of 1972, the ground temperature exceeded 200 degrees.

Question by AntonLaVey

7. Australia has several deserts. What, however, is the general name given to the large expanse of territory which includes all the Australian deserts?

Answer: The Outback

Australian deserts cover 18% of the area of the continent. The Aboriginal people learned how to live and survive successfully in this hostile environment.

Question by MargW

8. The first fossilized dinosaur eggs were found in which desert?

Answer: Gobi

Roy Chapman Andrews discovered the first known fossilized dinosaur eggs in the Gobi Desert in the 1920s. Originally, it was thought that these were the eggs of protoceratops, but later they were discovered to be from the oviraptor species. The eggs were about eight inches long and the baby dinosaur inside was estimated to be about twelve inches in length.

Question by diver5115

9. What is the largest hot desert in North America?

Answer: Chihuahuan Desert

Covering more than 200,000 square miles, the Chihuahuan Desert extends from the Southwestern United States into the country of Mexico. The elevation of the majority of this desert is from 3,500 to 5,000 feet. The great Basin Desert is the largest cold desert.

Question by Blackdresss

10. So you thought deserts were only found on Earth? There is another planet in our solar system on which deserts have been identified. Which one?

Answer: Mars

Found mainly in the polar regions, the deserts on Mars cover an area of about 5,000,000 square kilometers (over 1.9 million square miles.) They mainly consist of half-moon shaped dunes in the flat areas near the polar ice caps in the north.

Question by Hm3buzz

Source: Author Anton

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