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Roald Dahl

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Roald Dahl's job during the Second World War?

a)

Cook

b)

First Mate in the Royal Navy

c)

Pilot in the Royal Airforce

2.

What small creature were children turned into in Witches?

a)

lizards

b)

cockroaches

c)

mice

d)

hampsters

3.

In Charlie and the Chocolate factory what was Mike Tevee obsessed with?

a)

Watching Western movies

b)

Watching musicals

c)

watching crime shows

d)

Watching sports shows

4.

Who was a genius child and the name of one of Roald's stories?

(a)  

5.

What does the acronym BFG stand for?

a)

Big Feeted Galump

b)

Big Friendly Giant

c)

Beautifully Featured Girl

d)

Blue Feathered Galah

6.

Select 3 Goldern ticket winners in Charlie and the Chocolate factory.

a)

Charlie Bell

b)

Augustus Gloop

c)

Amanda Thripp

d)

Veruca Salt

e)

Violet Beauregard

7.

How old would Roald Dahl be if he was alive today?

a)

102

b)

107

c)

105

d)

99

8.

What was the last book Roald had published?

a)

Matilda

b)

Minpins

c)

The Twits

d)

ESIOTROT

9.

Roald Dahl’s first successful book for children was James and the Giant Peach. True or False?

(a)  

10.

The surname Dahl comes from what country?

a)

Switzerland

b)

Denmark

c)

Norway

11.

The character of Sophie in the BFG was named after his daughter. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which two stories have the Muggle-Wump character in them?

a)

Witches and The Twits

b)

ESIOTROT and The Twits

c)

The Twits and The Enormous Crocodile

13.

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?

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What book is a biography of Roald's early life?

(a)  

15.

Roald Dahl was also an inverter. What is he famous for inventing called a “Wade-Dahl-Till valve.”?

a)

Dahl helped develop a neurosurgical shunt for hydrocephalus

b)

Dahl developed a valve for filling Hot Air balloons.

c)

Dahl developed a floating devise to help when wading in water.

16.

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?

a)

Cinderella

b)

Minpins

c)

Gremlins

d)

Trolls

17.

In what Roald Dahl book was there a character named Bean?

a)

Fantastic Mr Fox

b)

James and the Giant Peach

c)

Matilda

d)

George's Marvelous Medicine

18.

What are the names of Jame's aunties in James and the Giant Peach?

a)

Aunt Mildred and Aunt Marry

b)

Aunty Truchbowl and Aunty Punchbowl

c)

Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge

d)

Aunt Gerty and Aunt Trude

19.

What was Matilda's favourite escape? She always had her head in a (a)   ?

20.

Which book had 3 animals as their main characters? Clue: One was a monkey.

a)

Fantastic Mr Fox

b)

Esiotrot

c)

The Giraffe, the pelly and me.