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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...
    15 September
    13 September
    14 September
    16 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?
    1934
    1960
    1943
    1955
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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 North Pole
    First person to reach the South Pole
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  • Why did his fellow pilots give him the nickname "lofty"?
    He could jump very high.
    He was very tall.
    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?
    Heart
    Brain
    Stomach
    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?
    France
    Tunisia
    Libya
    England
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  • Which of these is not a Roald Dahl book?
    George's Marvelous Medicine
    Esio Trot
    The Magic Finger
    The Dunces
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  • What does the BFG stand for?
    Black Feisty Gato
    Big Friendly Giant
    Big Friendly Gnome
    Big Food Guy
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  • Roald Dahl day is celebrated on what day?
    The day he published his last book
    The day he died
    The day he published his first book
    His birthday
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