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Roald Dahl biography

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