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Roald Dahl biography

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