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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...
    13 September
    16 September
    15 September
    14 September
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  • What kind of fairy tales did his mother tell him that inspired his later writings?
    Irish
    Icelandic
    Norwegian
    English
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  • Roald Dahl's favorite color paper was....
    yellow
    white
    green
    blue
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  • He published his first book, The Gremlins, in what year?
    1955
    1960
    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"?
    He was very tall.
    He could jump very high.
    He had really long arms.
    His neck looked like a giraffe's.
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  • The medical device he invented, the Wade-Dahl-Till valve, helped with surgery in what part of the body?
    Brain
    Stomach
    Lungs
    Heart
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  • What was the name of the last book he wrote?
    Going Solo
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    The BFG
    Matilda
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  • During WWII, he started writing after he was shot down over what country?
    Libya
    Tunisia
    England
    France
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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
    Big Friendly Giant
    Big Friendly Gnome
    Black Feisty Gato
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  • Roald Dahl day is celebrated on what day?
    His birthday
    The day he published his last book
    The day he published his first book
    The day he died
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