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Roald Dahl biography

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