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