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At which school was Coombes the headmaster?
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St Peter's in Weston-super-Mare
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Why did the teachers watch what the boys wrote home so carefully?
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They did not want anything negative sent home about the school
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What is the first medical episode concerning Roald Dahl about?
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Having his adnoids removed
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Which character from Roald's early days is described as "...her hands disturbed us the most. They were disgusting."
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Mrs Pratchett
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Why did Roald's father settle in Wales?
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It had the coal which ships needed and Harald Dahl was a shipmonger.
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Where did Roald go every year for his family holiday?
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Norway
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Who was Bestepapa?
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Roald's grandfather
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What was a distinctive feature of Bestepapa?
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The pipe he smoked had a very, very long stem.
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Why did Roald remember the visit to the doctor's to have his adnoids removed so vividly?
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No anaesthetic was used for the procedure
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What was one distinctive food feature of the Norwegian diet?
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Fish
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