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Roald Dahl biography

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