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60 The BFG Trivia Questions, Answers, and Fun Facts

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1 Where did Sophie and the BFG first meet?
Answer: In the village where she lived

Sophie looked out of the window one night and saw a giant man in a black cloak walking along the street. Every so often he stopped and, as she later found out, blew nice dreams into the ears of sleeping children. This Big Friendly Giant (BFG) noticed she had seen him, so he carried her back with him to his country to stop her from telling other people about him.
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2 According to the BFG, what did people from Turkey taste like?
Answer: Turkey

Human beings from Turkey, well, tasted like turkey. It was the favourite delicacy of the giant named Bonecruncher. Human beings from Greece tasted greasy to them, and no giant ever visited Greece. People from Jersey tasted like cardigans to them, and citizens of Wales tasted fishy.
  From Quiz: A Gloriumptious and Hopscotchy Quiz
3 Which giant said "I is gunzleswiped!" at the end?
Answer: Meatdripper

Meatdripper said that while trying to free himself from his ropes and chains along with the other giants.
    Your options: [ Gizzardgulper ] [ Maidmasher ] [ Bonecruncher ] [ Meatdripper ]
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4 What do giants get enjoyment out of?
Answer: Whizzpopping

In the giant's culture burping is rude but gas coming from the other end is considered good clean fun.
  From Quiz: Meet The BFG!
5 What was the BFG wearing when Sophie first saw him?
Answer: A black cloak

When Sophie first saw the BFG she thought it was witching hour.
  From Quiz: The BFG
6 What is the name of the little girl in the story?
Answer: Sophie

Sophie lives in an orphanage for girls.
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7 Where did the BFG live at the start of the book?
Answer: In Giant Country

The BFG lived with other giants in a land known as Giant Country. To get there from England he had to run so fast that the landscape grew blurred and the wind howled around him. His home country looked unearthly, as it was flat and yellow with large blue rocks and dead trees. An airman later worked out that it must be located on one of the two blank pages at the end of an atlas.
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8 Every giant loves to drink frobscottle. What is unusual about this drink?
Answer: The bubbles in frobscottle travel downwards and burst at the bottom

The bubbles in frobscottle fizz downward. It tasted sweet and refreshing to Sophie. She described its taste by saying that it had the flavour of vanilla and cream, with the faintest trace of raspberries.
  From Quiz: A Gloriumptious and Hopscotchy Quiz
9 When Mr. Tibbs was serving the BFG's food to him, how many rashers of bacon were there?
Answer: sixteen

Mr. Tibbs served him eight eggs, twelve sausages, sixteen rashers of bacon, and a heap of fried potatoes.
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10 What is the giant's word for a nightmare?
Answer: trogglehumper

The BFG catches dreams and gives them to people while they're sleeping.
  From Quiz: Meet The BFG!
11 When the BFG snatched Sophie, what else did he grab hold of?
Answer: Her blanket

He picked her and the blanket up in one hand and lifted her out of the bedroom.
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12 What does BFG stand for?
Answer: Big Friendly Giant

The BFG describes himself as runty, since he's "only" 24 feet tall.
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13 How did the other inhabitants of his homeland treat BFG?
Answer: They bullied him

Big though the BFG was, the other nine giants who lived there were at least twice as tall and twice as wide as he was. They treated him very badly, led by the largest and nastiest one, called Fleshlumpeater. As well as calling him insulting names, they mishandled him, for instance playing 'catch' by throwing him from one to the other of them, but they would never have tried to kill him.
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14 Which giant loved to eat people from the city and had a very fast arm?
Answer: Gizzardgulper

While explaining to Sophie how the various giants catch people, the BFG said that the Gizzardgulping giant was a city lover. He usually laid down between the roofs of tall houses in the big cities and snatched the people who looked tasty to him. It was like choosing from a menu.
    Your options: [ Bonecruncher ] [ Meatdripper ] [ Fleshlumpeater ] [ Gizzardgulper ]
  From Quiz: A Gloriumptious and Hopscotchy Quiz
15 How many loyal subjects from Sweden were eaten by giants two nights before the royal breakfast?
Answer: 26

The Swedes of Sweden had a sweet and sour taste.
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16 On the first bottle Sophie reads what is the dream contained within it about?
Answer: someone saving his teacher from drowning

Sophie reads the descriptions on the dream bottles. She later suggests giving a dream to the Queen of England.
  From Quiz: Meet The BFG!
17 What did people from Panama taste like to the giants?
Answer: Hats

People from Wellington taste like boots and people from Turkey taste like turkey.
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18 How many giants (not including the BFG) live in Giant Country?
Answer: 9

These giants include Fleshlumpeater, MaidMasher, Bloodbottler, Childchewer, MeatDripper, Gizzardgulper, The Butcher Boy, Bonecruncher, and Manhugger.
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19 What did the nasty giants wear?
Answer: Short skirts

Although the BFG was clothed in trousers, shirt and waistcoat and wore shoes, the other giants just wore short skirts around their bottoms. They were fat, hairy and ugly with tiny eyes and noses but enormous mouths and they were very nasty beings. While the BFG ate only a particular vegetable that grew in Giant Country, the others went out every night into different countries and there they ate children and adults.
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20 What led all the giants to fight wildly when BFG and Sophie returned from the Dream Country?
Answer: BFG's use of a trogglehumper on Fleshlumpeater.

Trogglehumpers give people frightful nightmares, while phizwizards and ringbellers give them sweet dreams. When BFG used the trogglehumper on Fleshumpeater, in his nightmare he smacked the Meatdripping Giant and kicked Gizzardgulper. They awoke and lashed out on Fleshlumpeater, leading soon to an all-out giant fight.
  From Quiz: A Gloriumptious and Hopscotchy Quiz
21 How many well-trained efficient men were working and tying ropes on the legs and arms of each giant?
Answer: 6

The Fleshlumpeater was causing trouble for the soldiers because he was lying with his right arm tucked underneath his enormous body.
  From Quiz: The BFG
22 What does the BFG hear when a lady bug walks across a leaf?
Answer: clumpety-clumpety-clump

The BFG's large ears allow him to have exceptional hearing.
  From Quiz: Meet The BFG!
23 Which giant went into the BFG's cave to see who he was talking to?
Answer: The Bloodbottler

He accused the BFG of hiding a human in his cave and began looking for one.
    Your options: [ The Bloodbottler ] [ The Meatdripper ] [ The Gizzardgulper ] [ The Fleshlumpeater ]
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24 Why did Sophie and the BFG go to London?
Answer: To try and save people's lives

When Sophie found out giants were eating humans, she was very upset, especially about children being eaten. She wanted to stop them, so she and the BFG thought of a plan. They would go to London and get the Queen of England to have a bad dream about everything that was happening. Sophie would sit on the Queen's bedroom windowsill and, when the Queen awoke, convince her that the dream showed real-life events.
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25 Who is the only human being whom giants fear?
Answer: Jack

When Fleshlumpeater had the nightmare due to the trogglehumper, he kept pleading to Jack not to hurt him. When Sophie asked BFG the reason, he explained that Jack is the only human whom giants fear. They had heard that Jack had a weapon called "the beanstalk" which he used to kill giants. Sophie could not help but feel amused as she remembered the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk".
  From Quiz: A Gloriumptious and Hopscotchy Quiz
26 What were the names of the two Goochey children the BFG blew dreams on?
Answer: Michael and Jane

Sophie saw the BFG blew dreams on to them while sleeping.
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27 What colour was the dress the Queen gave to Sophie?
Answer: blue

The Queen had breakfast with the BFG and Sophie. She made Sophie get out of her nightie first.
  From Quiz: Meet The BFG!
28 What is the best kind of dream called?
Answer: A golden phizzwizard

A trogglehumper is the worst kind of dream.
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29 What's the name of the nasty vegetable that the BFG eats?
Answer: snozzcumber

According to Sophie, 'They taste of frogskins!' Says the BFG, 'They're filthsome!'
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30 How did Sophie travel back to England?
Answer: She sat on BFG's ear

Sophie had been travelling in one of the BFG's pockets, but on this journey he had a jar containing a bad dream about people-eating giants in there and she refused to be near it. The BFG had very large ears which could swivel so he turned the right ear to face upwards and Sophie was able to sit very comfortably next to his earhole. She had to be careful to only whisper very quietly, though, or else the sound hurt the BFG.
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31 In what chapter did the BFG say "What has us got here?"
Answer: The Cave

His booming voice rolled around the walls of the cave like a burst of thunder.
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32 What did the BFG say humans tasted like to giants.
Answer: strawbunkles and cream

All the other giants like to eat people. The BFG eats snozzcumbers.
    Your options: [ strawbunkles and cream ] [ strawbickles and cream ] [ strawbookles and milk ] [ strawbulcies and milk ]
  From Quiz: Meet The BFG!
33 How can the BFG tell the difference between the dreams?
Answer: They play a kind of music

He says they play music which he can understand.
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34 There is only one thing to drink in Giant Country, and it tastes wonderful. What's it called?
Answer: frobscottle

The bubbles in frobscottle go to the bottom, not the top!
  From Quiz: The BFG
35 Why did Sophie sometimes feel cold?
Answer: She only had her nightdress to wear.

As the BFG had carried her away in the nighttime, Sophie was only wearing her nightdress, so she was cold at times. It was not too bad in Giant Country, but she felt cold when he took her to Dream Country to collect dreams, because there was no sun there and it was misty. She was also cold when she was in London sitting on a windowsill during the night, but the sun did eventually came up and warm her.
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36 What are dreams made of, according to the BFG?
Answer: Zozimus

Sophie felt sad for the smashed dreams when BFG mixed them to create the special dream for the Queen. BFG assured him that dreams felt nothing as they had no brain and were made of zozimus. He also said that dreams did not require any food, despite being alive.
  From Quiz: A Gloriumptious and Hopscotchy Quiz
37 Which giant was the third to catch the BFG when the Fleshlumpeater tossed him high in the air?
Answer: Childchewer

The sequence goes like this: Manhugger, Bonecruncher, Childchewer, Meatdripper, Gizzardgulper, Maidmasher, Bloodbottler... until they got bored with the game.
    Your options: [ Manhugger ] [ Bonecruncher ] [ Maidmasher ] [ Childchewer ]
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38 Who said "I is goosegruggled!"?
Answer: Manhugger

Helicopters came to kidnap the giants so that they wouldn't not eat any more people.
  From Quiz: Meet The BFG!
39 How tall is the BFG?
Answer: 24 feet tall

He is just a runt of a giant. The other giants are closer to 50 feet in height.
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40 How did the Queen react when she found out what was happening to her people?
Answer: Ordered the giants to be captured

The Queen was very upset by having the bad dream the BFG had created for her. She was appalled and also angry when Sophie was able to convince her that what she had dreamed was true, and that giants were eating her people and those from other countries. The Queen ordered the army and air force to follow the BFG to Giant Country and capture the bad giants which, assisted by the BFG and Sophie, they did.
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