Roald Dahl Quiz

1. What is the name of the eccentric chocolate factory owner in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

1. Augustus Gloop
2. Grandpa Joe
3. Mr. Bucket
4. Willy Wonka

2. In Matilda, what remarkable ability does Matilda develop?

1. Invisibility
2. Mind reading
3. Super speed
4. Telekinesis (moving objects with her mind)

3. BFG stands for:

1. Big Friendly Gentleman
2. Big Friendly Giant
3. Big, Fat Giant
4. Bold, Funny Giant

4. What is the name of the monstrous headmistress who torments children in Matilda?

1. Miss Blythe
2. Miss Havisham
3. Miss Honey
4. Miss Trunchbull

5. In James and the Giant Peach, James's companions inside the peach are:

1. Children from his village
2. Farm animals
3. Friendly giants
4. Magical insects and bugs

6. In The Witches, how can you identify a real witch (according to the Grand High Witch)?

1. No toes, clawed hands under gloves, and bald under their wigs
2. They cannot cross running water
3. They have green skin
4. They wear purple cloaks

7. In Fantastic Mr Fox, which three horrible farmers are trying to kill Mr Fox?

1. Boggis, Bunce, and Bean
2. Foxy, Farmy, and Fierce
3. Greed, Grudge, and Grim
4. Sour, Bitter, and Mean

8. What is the kind teacher's name in Matilda who truly loves and supports the children?

1. Miss Honey
2. Miss Lavender
3. Miss Plum
4. Miss Violet

9. How does Charlie Bucket find his Golden Ticket?

1. Grandpa Joe gives it to him
2. He buys it directly from Wonka
3. He finds it in a Wonka Bar bought with a coin he found in the snow
4. He wins it in a school competition

10. In Danny the Champion of the World, Danny's father has a secret obsession with:

1. Collecting antiques
2. Fishing
3. Horse racing
4. Poaching pheasants from the local estate

11. Roald Dahl was born in Wales but to parents of which nationality?

1. Danish
2. English
3. Norwegian
4. Swedish

12. Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for which famous James Bond film?

1. Goldfinger
2. The Spy Who Loved Me
3. Thunderball
4. You Only Live Twice

13. In The Twits, which revolting things does Mr Twit have hidden in his horrible beard?

1. A live mouse
2. Beetles and woodlice
3. Old food scraps including sardines and mouldy bits of breakfast
4. Worms

14. Roald Dahl's adult short story 'Lamb to the Slaughter' features a wife who murders her husband using:

1. A blunt instrument from the garden
2. A frozen leg of lamb
3. A kitchen knife
4. Poison

15. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, why is the Wonka factory's workforce so unusual?

1. They are all children
2. They are magical creatures
3. They are robots
4. They are the Oompa-Loompas, small people from Loompaland

16. In The BFG, what does the BFG do with the good dreams he collects?

1. He blows them into children's windows while they sleep
2. He eats them
3. He sells them to other giants
4. He stores them in jars

17. Which Roald Dahl book features a boy whose aunts are transformed into a tiny creature by a magic spell?

1. George's Marvellous Medicine
2. James and the Giant Peach
3. The Enormous Crocodile
4. The Magic Finger

18. Roald Dahl served as a fighter pilot for the RAF in World War II. His war experiences inspired which autobiographical book?

1. Boy
2. Danny the Champion of the World
3. Going Solo
4. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

19. In George's Marvellous Medicine, what does George make to replace his grandmother's medicine?

1. A chocolate drink
2. A magic potion from garden plants
3. A mixture of everything in the house — polish, paint, medicines
4. A soup made of vegetables

20. Which Roald Dahl book features a boy who discovers that respectable women in his town are secretly witches at a hotel in Norway?

1. Danny the Champion of the World
2. George's Marvellous Medicine
3. The Magic Finger
4. The Witches