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1 According to Grandpa Joe, what is left on a person's tongue after they have sucked on a 'Blue Bird's Egg' sweet?
Answer: A pink sugary baby bird

This is just one of the creations that Grandpa Joe tells Charlie about in Chapter Two. Others include ice-cream that can stay frozen for hours without refrigeration, caramels that change colour every ten seconds as you suck them, chewing gum that never loses its flavour and candy balloons that can be blown up to enormous sizes before popping and eating.
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2 What was the name of the first "Golden Ticket" finder?
Answer: Augustus Gloop

It was Augustus Gloop, who is a fat pig and eats Wonka bars all day long! He finds the ticket in his mouth after he scoffs down some more bars of chocolate.
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3 What do Charlie's grandparents do all day?
Answer: Stay in bed

They are old and believe they are too weak to walk around.
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4 How many rooms were there in Charlie's house?
Answer: 2

There were only two rooms and one bed which was given to the four grandparents.
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5 Roald Dahl has been described as 'The World's Most _______ Storyteller'
Answer: Scrumdiddlyumptious

This tidbit is found on the cover of some editions of the book.
    Your options: [ Chocolicious ] [ Scrumdiddlyumptious ] [ Sweet-toothed ] [ Wonkalicious ]
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6 Charlie comes from a very poor family. Before his father gets laid off, what kind of work does he do?
Answer: toothpaste-cap screwer

Charlie's father goes to work and screws the little caps on the toothpaste tubes. Interesting, huh?
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7 What kind of chocolate bar does Charlie Bucket receive as a birthday present?
Answer: Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudge Mallow Delight

Roald Dahl was born September 13th 1916 in Wales and was named after the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. Both of Dahl's parents, Harald and Sofie, migrated from Norway. Dahl had three sisters, Astri, Alfhild and Else.
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8 What was the name of the second "Golden Ticket" finder?
Answer: Veruca Salt

Veruca was spoiled by her parents and she had a major tantrum when her dad couldn't get her one. Then her dad made all of the workers in his company find a "Golden Ticket" in one of the bars so that he could give it to Veruca.
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9 What did Violet turn into?
Answer: Blueberry

Violet chewed bubblegum Mr. Wonka hadn't perfected yet.
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10 Prince Pondicherry asked Mr Wonka to build him a palace made out of what?
Answer: Chocolate

There were a hundred rooms all made out of chocolate for the Indian prince.
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11 What does Mr. Bucket do?
Answer: screws toothpaste caps on

Mr. Bucket screws the caps on the toothpaste bottles. It earns only a measly pay, but he is the only breadwinnner in the little shack.
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12 Charlie receives a Wonka bar every year for his birthday. What does he hope to find in his candy bar now?
Answer: a golden ticket

Charlie wants more than anything to find a Golden Ticket that will allow him to visit Mr. Willy Wonka's factory!
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13 What did Willy Wonka call the edible grass in the Chocolate Room?
Answer: Swudge

The Chocolate Room is full of edible flowers, trees, shrubs and grass. It is also the room that contains the chocolate waterfall that is used to churn the chocolate to make it 'light and frothy'. While the visitors are in the Chocolate Room, the Oompa Loompas are seen for the first time and Augustus Gloop falls in the river and gets sucked up the pipe.
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14 What was the name of the third "Golden Ticket" finder?
Answer: Violet Beauregarde

It was Violet; she chews gum all day long and sticks it behind her ear, she also talks very quickly and she has been chewing gum all of her life!
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15 What button did Mr. Wonka press in the glass lift?
Answer: Up and out

The elevator went out of the building and soared above the town.
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16 What was the name of the Indian Prince who Grandpa Joe tells Charlie about?
Answer: Prince of Pondicherry

The prince asked Mr. Wonka to build him an entire palace out of chocolate, and he did, but it melted in India's heat.
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17 What did Willy Wonka make the boat out of, that was used to row down the chocolate river?
Answer: A boiled sweet

As an eight year old schoolboy, Roald, along with four of his schoolfriends, placed a dead rat into a jar of gobstoppers at the local sweet shop. As a result of this prank, which became known as 'The Great Mouse Plot of 1924', the boys all received a caning from their headmaster. So please, all you youngsters taking this quiz, don't get any crazy ideas.
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18 What was the name of the fourth finder?
Answer: Mike Teavee

Mike Teavee watches T.V all day long and doesn't like people asking him questions. He also takes an interest in "Gangsters"; as he does say, his favourite show is about gangsters.
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19 When did Charlie get his chocolate?
Answer: Once a year

Charlie received the chocolate once a year as a birthday present.
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20 When Mr Bucket lost his job what did he have to do to earn a few pennies?
Answer: Shovel snow

He still couldn't get enough money to buy enough food for the family.
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21 What was the name of the lady in the Oompa-Loompa's song about Violet Beauregarde?
Answer: Mrs. Bigelow

Violet ate the gum that simulated a real meal, but it wasn't ready yet. She ate it even thought Mr. Wonka told her not to and when she got to the dessert, she turned into a blueberry. The dessert was blueberry pie by the way.
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22 In the Inventing Room, Willy Wonka shows his guests his 'Hair Toffee' invention. What effect will it NOT have on anybody who eats it?
Answer: They will go bald

While Dahl was a student at Repton School in Derbyshire, the Cadbury chocolate company would occasionally send boxes of newly created chocolates for the students to taste test and give their opinions. It is believed that Roald daydreamed about inventing chocolate bars to impress Mr. Cadbury with and that this inspired him later in life to write his book.
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23 Who found the fifth and final ticket?
Answer: Charlie Bucket

Charlie buys two bars of chocolate and finds the final "Golden Ticket". He is very happy.
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24 How many golden tickets were there?
Answer: 5

Veruca, Charlie, Violet, Mike, and Augustus all found golden tickets.
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25 What time did the golden ticket holders have to arrive at the factory gates?
Answer: 10:00

They had to be there by 10:00 and no later on the first day of February.
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26 How many squirrels were in THE NUT ROOM that caught hold of Veruca Salt, including the one(s) that tapped her head?
Answer: 100

25 caught hold of her right arm, left arm, and right leg, but only 24 caught hold of her left leg. The last one ('obviously the leader') got her head and started tapping it. It made a hollow sound, of course
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27 What did Violet Beauregard turn into while finishing her chewing gum meal?
Answer: blueberry

The Oompa-Loompas must roll her to the Juicing Room in the hopes of squeezing the juice out of her before she pops!
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28 What were the three courses that made up the 'Chewing Gum Meal'?
Answer: Tomato Soup, Roast Beef, Blueberry Pie

This is the chewing gum that caused Violet Beauregarde to turn into a giant blueberry. Even though Willy Wonka tells her not to eat the gum because it isn't 'quite right', Violet, who chews gum all day, doesn't listen to him and is actually encouraged by her parents.
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29 Who went with Charlie to the factory?
Answer: Grandpa Joe

Grandpa Joe got out of bed so he could go with Charlie.
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30 What were the little people who worked in the chocolate factory called?
Answer: Oompa-Loompas

They were tiny and had long hair. Mr Wonka brought them to work for him.
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31 Who was the woman who claimed to have found a second ticket, even though it was only a clever fake?
Answer: Charlotte Russe

The ticket that she claimed to find was only a clever fake. Poor her.
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32 What does Mike Teavee want to be remembered for?
Answer: the first person to be sent by television

Mike Teavee, not listening to Mr. Wonka's warnings, sends himself by television, and winds up just an inch high!
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33 Of all the fruits that are on the 'Lickable Wallpaper', what is the name of the fruit that is not a real fruit at all?
Answer: Snozzberry

In 1953, Roald married the American actress, Patricia Neal. In their thirty years of marriage they had five children; Olivia, Tessa, Theo, Ophelia and Lucy. Sadly Olivia died at the age of seven after contracting the measles. Roald later dedicated his book 'The B.F.G' to Olivia after her death.
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34 What does Mike Teavee always carry around with him?
Answer: Toy guns

He likes toy guns and shoots the guns from time to time.
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35 What was Augustus Gloop's favorite hobby?
Answer: Eating

He was abnormally large and ate just about everything he saw.
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36 What was the name of the gobstopper that Mr Wonka invented?
Answer: Everlasting gobstopper
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37 Who was the professor who claimed to have a machine that could find a Golden Ticket in a Wonka candy bar?
Answer: Professor Foulbody

His machine went horribly wrong and accidently grabbed the gold filling of a duchess who was standing nearby. The angry crowd smashed the machine to pieces.
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38 What were the name of those little people that worked for Mr. Wonka and loved to sing?
Answer: Oompa Loompas

Most of their songs were silly, yet talked a bit about manners at the same time.
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39 What is so special about Willy Wonka's 'Square Sweets'?
Answer: They look round

This is a funny play on words that Roald Dahl was so good at. The Square Sweets don't look round in terms of their shape, obviously they look square, but because they have eyes they look round when the door is opened to see who it is coming through the door.
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40 How could Charlie afford to buy the two chocolate bars?
Answer: He found a 50p in the snow

He was so lucky to find that fifty pence piece in the snow; he got some change that went towards lots of different things that the family could buy.
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