| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Dahl was born in Wales, to parents from which country? | Norway | 88%
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| In the novel The BFG, what do the letters BFG stand for? | The Big Friendly Giant | 88%
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| In WWII he served in which branch of the British military? | The Royal Air Force | 88%
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| Which 1972 novel was his only published sequel? | Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator | 63%
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| The novel James and the Giant Peach ends in which city? | New York | 63%
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| Who has illustrated 18 of Dahl’s works since 1979? | Quentin Blake | 63%
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| After school he went to work for which oil company? | Shell | 63%
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| Which bird features in The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me? | A pelican | 50%
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| ..and for which other film based on an Ian Fleming book? | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 50%
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| Which 1975 book featured innovative poaching methods? | Danny, the Champion of the World | 50%
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| George Kranky was the protagonist of which 1981 book? | George's Marvellous Medicine | 50%
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| Which book was published 3 months after his death? | The {Vicar} of Nibbleswicke | 50%
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| Which 1984 memoir details stories from his school days? | Boy | 38%
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| Which model, born in 1977, is one of Dahl’s granddaughters? | Sophie Dahl (née Holloway) | 38%
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| Which type of animals feature in the 1990 book Esio Trot? | Tortoises | 38%
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| A plaza, formerly known as The Oval Basin, in which Welsh city, was renamed Roald Dahl Plass in 2002? | Cardiff | 25%
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| He wrote the screenplay for a 1971 film version of which book? | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 25%
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| Which twist-in-the-tale TV show had his name in the title? | Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected | 25%
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| What was the name of Donald Sturrock’s 2010 biography? | {Storyteller}: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl | 25%
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| Which 1943 tale of fictional mischief-makers was his first novel? | The {Gremlins} | 25%
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| What name was given to their house in Buckinghamshire? | Gypsy House | 13%
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| Which Oscar-winning actress did Dahl marry in 1953? | Patricia Neal | 13%
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| He attended which Derbyshire boarding school from 1929-1934? | {Repton} School | 13%
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| What was his final children’s book, published in 1991? | The Minpins | 13%
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| Dahl wrote the screenplay for which James Bond film? | You Only Live Twice | 13%
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