WorksheetsRoald Dahl
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
What was Roald Dahl's job during the Second World War?
Cook
First Mate in the Royal Navy
Pilot in the Royal Airforce
What small creature were children turned into in Witches?
lizards
cockroaches
mice
hampsters
In Charlie and the Chocolate factory what was Mike Tevee obsessed with?
Watching Western movies
Watching musicals
watching crime shows
Watching sports shows
Who was a genius child and the name of one of Roald's stories?
(a)
What does the acronym BFG stand for?
Big Feeted Galump
Big Friendly Giant
Beautifully Featured Girl
Blue Feathered Galah
Select 3 Goldern ticket winners in Charlie and the Chocolate factory.
Charlie Bell
Augustus Gloop
Amanda Thripp
Veruca Salt
Violet Beauregard
How old would Roald Dahl be if he was alive today?
102
107
105
99
What was the last book Roald had published?
Matilda
Minpins
The Twits
ESIOTROT
Roald Dahl’s first successful book for children was James and the Giant Peach. True or False?
(a)
The surname Dahl comes from what country?
Switzerland
Denmark
Norway
The character of Sophie in the BFG was named after his daughter. True or False?
True
False
Which two stories have the Muggle-Wump character in them?
Witches and The Twits
ESIOTROT and The Twits
The Twits and The Enormous Crocodile
Roald Dahl got in a lot of trouble for putting a mouse in a jar of sweets when he was at school. True or False?
True
False
What book is a biography of Roald's early life?
(a)
Roald Dahl was also an inverter. What is he famous for inventing called a “Wade-Dahl-Till valve.”?
Dahl helped develop a neurosurgical shunt for hydrocephalus
Dahl developed a valve for filling Hot Air balloons.
Dahl developed a floating devise to help when wading in water.
In the 1940's Roald wrote a story and it was released in an anthology of children's stories. It was later made into a film about a creature that you should not get wet. What was it called?
Cinderella
Minpins
Gremlins
Trolls
In what Roald Dahl book was there a character named Bean?
Fantastic Mr Fox
James and the Giant Peach
Matilda
George's Marvelous Medicine
What are the names of Jame's aunties in James and the Giant Peach?
Aunt Mildred and Aunt Marry
Aunty Truchbowl and Aunty Punchbowl
Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge
Aunt Gerty and Aunt Trude
What was Matilda's favourite escape? She always had her head in a (a) ?
Which book had 3 animals as their main characters? Clue: One was a monkey.
Fantastic Mr Fox
Esiotrot
The Giraffe, the pelly and me.
