Did You Know?

1. Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff
2. Roald Dahl’s birthday was the 13th September 1916
3. Roald Dahl attended Repton boarding school for his senior years
4. Roald Dahl stared in 3 main sports; Squash, Fives and Boxing
5. Roald Dahl worked for Shell Oil Company in Dar es Salaam
6. Roald Dahl could speak 3 different languages; English, Norwegian and Swahili
7. Roald Dahl was 6 feet 5 and three-quarter inches tall (1.96cm)
8. Roald Dahl wrote 26 children’s books
9. 5 of Roald Dahl’s books were published after he died in 1990
10. Roald Dahl wrote 2 sets of sequels
11. Roald Dahl’s favourite food was Caviar
12. Roald Dahl’s favourite smell was bacon frying
13. Roald Dahl’s favourite colour was yellow
14. If Roald Dahl was not a writer, he would have liked to have been a doctor
15. Roald Dahl collected several different things but the main three were; Conkers, Bird eggs and chocolate wrappers which he made into a large ball