Featured Quizzes
User Quizzes
Create Quiz
Data and Charts
Word Search
Badges and Games
About JetPunk
Message Board
Random Quiz
Dark Mode
The Life and Work of Roald Dahl - Statistics
General Stats
-
This quiz has been taken 11 times
9 since last reset
- The average score is 11 of 25
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Dahl was born in Wales, to parents from which country? | Norway | 88%
|
| In the novel The BFG, what do the letters BFG stand for? | The Big Friendly Giant | 88%
|
| In WWII he served in which branch of the British military? | The Royal Air Force | 88%
|
| Which 1972 novel was his only published sequel? | Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator | 63%
|
| The novel James and the Giant Peach ends in which city? | New York | 63%
|
| Who has illustrated 18 of Dahl’s works since 1979? | Quentin Blake | 63%
|
| After school he went to work for which oil company? | Shell | 63%
|
| Which bird features in The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me? | A pelican | 50%
|
| ..and for which other film based on an Ian Fleming book? | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 50%
|
| Which 1975 book featured innovative poaching methods? | Danny, the Champion of the World | 50%
|
| George Kranky was the protagonist of which 1981 book? | George's Marvellous Medicine | 50%
|
| Which book was published 3 months after his death? | The {Vicar} of Nibbleswicke | 50%
|
| Which 1984 memoir details stories from his school days? | Boy | 38%
|
| Which model, born in 1977, is one of Dahl’s granddaughters? | Sophie Dahl (née Holloway) | 38%
|
| Which type of animals feature in the 1990 book Esio Trot? | Tortoises | 38%
|
| A plaza, formerly known as The Oval Basin, in which Welsh city, was renamed Roald Dahl Plass in 2002? | Cardiff | 25%
|
| He wrote the screenplay for a 1971 film version of which book? | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 25%
|
| Which twist-in-the-tale TV show had his name in the title? | Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected | 25%
|
| What was the name of Donald Sturrock’s 2010 biography? | {Storyteller}: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl | 25%
|
| Which 1943 tale of fictional mischief-makers was his first novel? | The {Gremlins} | 25%
|
| What name was given to their house in Buckinghamshire? | Gypsy House | 13%
|
| Which Oscar-winning actress did Dahl marry in 1953? | Patricia Neal | 13%
|
| He attended which Derbyshire boarding school from 1929-1934? | {Repton} School | 13%
|
| What was his final children’s book, published in 1991? | The Minpins | 13%
|
| Dahl wrote the screenplay for which James Bond film? | You Only Live Twice | 13%
|
No matching quizzes found
Score Distribution
Percent of People with Each Score
Percentile by Number Answered
Your Score History
You have not taken this quiz since the last reset
New and Popular