RESEARCH QUESTIONS
When did Roald Dahl write The Witches? 1983
How many books did Roald Dahl write? 49 books
What are The Revolting Rhymes? A collection of poems
Did Roald Dahl only write stories for children? No, he wrote short stories and novels for adults
Why is Boy called Boy? Because the boy in the book the Witches did not have a name and he used the same characters in the book about himself as a young boy.
Who inspired the character of the Grandmother? His mum
Where was Roald Dahl ́s family, and his grandmother, originally from? Norway, Oslo
A film was made of The Witches in 1990, who directed it? Nicolas Roeg
Roald Dahl liked to invent words, try to find examples from his other books. Scrumdiddlyumptious, Uckyslush, Trogglehumper, Whoopsy,-Whiffling, Bopmuggered, Biffaquiggled, Frobscottle
A very famous film director, Steven Spielberg, is directing a film based on a book from Roald Dahl. What is the name of the book? The BFG
When is Roald Dahl day? 13 September
Roald Dahl had a very exciting life, research why his life was so interesting.
He was very creative, he liked making up words. He started writing when he was a pilot. He was an inventor who helped create the Wade Dahl-Till valve in 1960 that helped to drain excess fluid from the brain. This was to help his son who was in a car accident. He was a chocolate historian and liked travelling.
In Washington he was a spy and gave intelligence to MI6 who is like the CIA, but in England.
As a top fighter pilot he fought in the ‘Battle of Athens’, after he got better from crashing his plane in the Western Desert.
He was very successful in television; his stories were told in six episodes which were award winning.
Six of his books were made into movies. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory had two movies made called Willing Wonka and the Chocolate
