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Roald Dahl

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Roald Dahl was born on which country?

a)

The United States

b)

Canada

c)

Wales

d)

Peru

2.

Roald Dahl was born on:

a)

14th September 1816

b)

13th September 1916

c)

14th November 1916

3.

Dahl was named after Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian who had been the first man to reach the South Pole just four years earlier.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which of the following is true?

a)

Roald Dahl changed his hairstyle with perm hair.

b)

Roald Dahl had almost all his teeth pulled out when aged 21.

c)

Roald Dahl twice killed a black mamba snake in his life.

d)

None of the above is true.

5.

Roald Dahl crashed in a ( ) when he was helping in ( ).

a)

Dessert, World War One

b)

Desert, World War Two

c)

Town, The American Revolution

d)

Village, The French Revolution

6.

Roald Dahl's first book for children was:

a)

Matilda

b)

James and the giant peach

c)

The magic finger

d)

The BFG

e)

The gremlins

7.

Roald Dahl's book, The Gremlins, was made into a movie.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

The gremlins wasn't written by him.

d)

During making the movie, Roald Dahl got ill and the movie was canceled.

8.

What did Roald Dahl call the words he made up?

a)

Gobblefunk

b)

Gobblefink

c)

Gibblefunk

d)

Gubblefunk

9.

There is a Roald Dahl Foundation.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

There was one, but they don't have it now.

d)

It's top secret, so no one but the CIA knows.

10.

His book Boy was based on his childhood.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

It's the story of his son,Theo

d)

The book Boy was based on his adulthood.

11.

Roald Dahl never learned how to type.

a)

False

b)

He didn't have a typewriter.

c)

True

d)

His secretary typed the words that Roald Dahl spoke to her.

12.

Roald Dahl's book Going Solo was based on his experiences in World War Two.

a)

True

b)

There never was a book called Going Solo.

c)

His book that was based on his experiences was named Going Alone.

d)

Going Solo was just a made-up story.

13.

How many children did Roald Dahl have?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

14.

How many Roald Dahl books for children are there?

a)

24

b)

46

c)

99

d)

29

e)

39

15.

What is the shortest Roald Dahl book?

a)

The story of Henry Sugar and six more

b)

Billy and the minpins

c)

Revolting Rhymes

d)

Charlie and the chocolate factory

16.

What animal checks nuts in 'Charlie and the chocolate factory'?

a)

Squirrel

b)

peacock

c)

snake

17.

What animal does George try his medicine on?

a)

frog

b)

chicken

c)

dog

d)

lamb

18.

Roald Dahl died aged:

a)

64

b)

74

c)

91

d)

85

19.

What was Mr.Wonka's invention that went sideways as well as up and down?

a)

Great Glass Stair

b)

Glass Merry-go-round

c)

Glass Rocking Chair

d)

Great Glass Elevator

20.

What does the 'Enormous crocodile' eat?

a)

dogs

b)

grown-ups

c)

children

d)

birds

21.

Which bird appears in both 'The Twits' and the 'Enormous crocodile' ?

a)

Roly-Poly bird

b)

pheasants

c)

flamingo

d)

swan

22.

What was the last book Roald Dahl wrote?

a)

Matilda

b)

James and the giant peach

c)

George's marvelous medicine

d)

The Twits

e)

Esio Trot

23.

What did Roald Dahl die of? Pick 2.

a)

a blood disease

b)

melodyplastic syndrome

c)

myelodysplastic syndrome

d)

myelodysplastick syndrome

24.

Roald Dahl died on:

a)

23 November, 1990

b)

23 September,1980

c)

24 November,1980

d)

23 September,1990

25.

He was buried with some of his favourite things. What was it? Pick 3.

a)

his HB pencils

b)

dishes

c)

chocolate

d)

power drill