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Roald Dahl biography

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  • Roald Dahl was born on...
    14 September
    13 September
    15 September
    16 September
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  • What kind of fairy tales did his mother tell him that inspired his later writings?
    English
    Irish
    Norwegian
    Icelandic
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  • Roald Dahl's favorite color paper was....
    blue
    green
    yellow
    white
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  • He published his first book, The Gremlins, in what year?
    1955
    1934
    1960
    1943
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  • Roald Dahl was named after the explorer Roald Amundsen, who was famous for what?
    First person to reach the South Pole
    First person to walk on the moon
    First person to reach the North Pole
    First person to swim across the Atlantic Ocean
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  • Why did his fellow pilots give him the nickname "lofty"?
    He was very tall.
    He had really long arms.
    His neck looked like a giraffe's.
    He could jump very high.
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  • The medical device he invented, the Wade-Dahl-Till valve, helped with surgery in what part of the body?
    Stomach
    Brain
    Lungs
    Heart
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  • What was the name of the last book he wrote?
    Going Solo
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    Matilda
    The BFG
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  • During WWII, he started writing after he was shot down over what country?
    Tunisia
    Libya
    France
    England
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  • Which of these is not a Roald Dahl book?
    The Magic Finger
    George's Marvelous Medicine
    The Dunces
    Esio Trot
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  • What does the BFG stand for?
    Black Feisty Gato
    Big Food Guy
    Big Friendly Giant
    Big Friendly Gnome
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  • Roald Dahl day is celebrated on what day?
    The day he published his last book
    The day he published his first book
    The day he died
    His birthday
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