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Quiz
- The Witches is a children's dark fantasy novel set partly in England and which other European country?
- In The BFG, Sophie, an eight-year-old girl looks out of her window and sees a giant in the street carrying a suitcase and which musical instrument?
- In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory what is Charlie's last name?
- Who makes nightly visits to local farms owned by three wicked and dim-witted farmers named Boggis, Bunce and Bean?
- The owner of the Cardiff sweet shop Roald Dahl frequented as a boy inspired which of his characters?
- How tall is the Big Friendly Giant: (a) 24-foot-tall, (b) 48-feet tall, or (c) 64-feet-tall?
- In The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me what job do the giraffe, pelican, and monkey do?
- The idea for which humorous children's book came about because Roald Dahl hated beards?
- Which 8-year old boy is the only son of Mr and Mrs Kranky?
- What is the name of Matilda's teacher?
- In James and the Giant Peach, when he is four years old what sort of carnivorous animal escapes from the zoo and eats James' parents?
- Who are the little people who work in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory?
- Who is the boy in Matilda’s class who is forced to eat a whole chocolate cake?
- What sort of pet does Mrs Silver own in the Roald Dahl book Esio Trot?
- Who was the illustrator for eighteen of Roald Dahl's books?
- In a 1975 children's book by Roald Dahl, which young boy was descibed in a book title as "Champion of the World"?
- Which large bird with fantastically coloured tailfeathers appears in both The Enormous Crocodile and The Twits?
- In The Witches the Grand High Witch arrives in England to turn all of the children into what?
- How many Golden Tickets were hidden in Wonka Bars?
- The BFG is a vegetarian giant and only eats which knobbly vegetable?
Answers
- Norway
- A trumpet
- Bucket
- Mr Fox
- Miss Trunchbull
- (a) 24-foot-tall
- Window cleaners
- The Twits
- George (in "George's Marvellous Medicine")
- Miss Jennifer Honey
- Rhinoceros
- Oompa-Loompas
- Bruce Bogtrotter
- Tortoise
- Sir Quentin Saxby Blake
- Danny ("Danny, the Champion of the World")
- The Roly-Poly Bird
- Mice
- Five Golden Tickets
- Snozzcumbers