For Avid Roald Dahl Lovers! Trivia Quiz

For avid Roald Dahl lovers! Questions from his children's fiction.

A multiple-choice quiz by QueenMab. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
QueenMab

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
40,006

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
1232

Last 3 plays: Guest 49 (15/15), Guest 213 (10/15), Guest 222 (9/15).

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1. Which of the following is a chapter in 'The Witches'? Hint

Squelched like a Squodler

Roasted Like a Ruttler

Frizzled Like a Fritter

Charred Like a Chadler

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2. Which of the following was not one of James' companions in the Peach? Hint

old-green-grasshopper

the Centipede

the Slug

the glow worm

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3. In 'Esio Trot', how is the beloved tortoise 'helped to grow' Hint

he's given magic food

a magic song is whispered to him

he's bathed with magic water

a magic blanket is wrapped round him at night

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4. ' was thin as a wire, as dry as a bone only drier, she was so long and so thin when you carried her in you could use her for poking the fire.' Who does this rhyme describe? Hint

Aunt Spiker

Veruca Salt

The Trunchbull

Mrs. Twit

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5. Miss Trunchbull doesn't believe that Matilda read which book? Hint

Great Expectations

Bleak House

Oliver Twist

Nicholas Nickleby

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6. "That little brute has just gone down the garbage chute."

To whom is this referring?

Answer: (Two Words)

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7. Who has a great money-making scheme for George's Marvelous Medicine? Hint

George himself

his father

his mother

his grandmother

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8. Which giant is featured in the BFG? Hint

the bonecruncher

the eyeball chomper

the gutguzzler

the babybasher

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9. What fairy tale 'proves that gambling's not a sin, provided that you always win' in Dahl's 'Revolting Rhymes'? Hint

Red Riding Hood

Sleeping Beauty

Snow White

Jack and the Beanstalk

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10. Which of Mr. Twit's disgusting features is discussed in chapter one of 'The Twits'? Hint

His mouth

His nose

His beard

His hair

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11. The unfortunate Vicar of ______ always has to walk backwards. Hint

Nibbleswicke

Ashbury

Danby

Little Thudbroad

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12. In 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' which vegetable does Mr. Fox steal? Hint

carrots

peas

lettuce

corn

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13. How did the narrator's parents die in 'The Witches'? Hint

they were eaten by a rhino

in a boat accident

in a car crash

the witches got them

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14. Which of the following is not villain in a Dahl story? Hint

The grand high witch

George's Grandmother

Mr. Wormwood

The Centipede

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15. What do George and James have in common? Hint

they both live with horrible aunts

they are orphans

they both have no kids around to play with

they both want to go to New York

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following is a chapter in 'The Witches'?

Answer: Frizzled Like a Fritter

2. Which of the following was not one of James' companions in the Peach?

Answer: the Slug

3. In 'Esio Trot', how is the beloved tortoise 'helped to grow'

Answer: a magic song is whispered to him

4. ' was thin as a wire, as dry as a bone only drier, she was so long and so thin when you carried her in you could use her for poking the fire.' Who does this rhyme describe?

Answer: Aunt Spiker

5. Miss Trunchbull doesn't believe that Matilda read which book?

Answer: Nicholas Nickleby

6. "That little brute has just gone down the garbage chute." To whom is this referring?

Answer: Veruca Salt

7. Who has a great money-making scheme for George's Marvelous Medicine?

Answer: his father

8. Which giant is featured in the BFG?

Answer: the bonecruncher

9. What fairy tale 'proves that gambling's not a sin, provided that you always win' in Dahl's 'Revolting Rhymes'?

Answer: Snow White

The dwarves are all ex-race horse jockeys, and with the aid of the magic mirror (courtesy of Snow White) they can always back the winning horse.

10. Which of Mr. Twit's disgusting features is discussed in chapter one of 'The Twits'?

Answer: His beard

11. The unfortunate Vicar of ______ always has to walk backwards.

Answer: Nibbleswicke

Poor fellow has to walk backwards, or else he talks backwards, and says things like, 'Please don't krap behind the church' not 'please don't park behind the church'.

12. In 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' which vegetable does Mr. Fox steal?

Answer: carrots

His son reminds him, as they raid the farmer's pantries, that the rabbits will be needing food too.

13. How did the narrator's parents die in 'The Witches'?

Answer: in a car crash

14. Which of the following is not villain in a Dahl story?

Answer: The Centipede

15. What do George and James have in common?

Answer: they both have no kids around to play with

Only James lives with horrible aunts, because he's an orphan. George lives with his parents and horrible grandma

Source: Author QueenMab

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