Вопросы для интеллектуальной игры на английском языке «Брейн-ринг» по книге
“Matilda” by Roald Dahl
5– 6 forms
1.How many members were there in Matilda’s family?

2.What could Matilda do when she was 1.5 years old?

3.How did parents call her?

4.What was the first book she read?

5. Who was older – Matilda or her brother?

6. What did she drink while reading at home?

7. What did Matilda do with her father’s hat?

8. Why did Miss Trunchbull dislike Amanda Tripp?
9. How did Miss Trunchbull punish Bruce Bogtrotter for stealing the cake?
10. What did Lavender put in Miss Trunchbull’s jug?
11. How did Miss Honey manage to live on one pound a week?
12. Which object did Matilda use to train her power lift?
13. What was Matilda’s best school friend’s name?
14. Who was “the burglar” and “the ghost”?

15. How did Miss Honey teach children to memorize spelling of words?

16. What was the second miracle?

17. What was the second miracle?

18. What was Miss Trunchbull’s name?

19. Who saw the chalk moving and screamed?

20. Where did Matilda’s family want to move?

1.How many members were there in Matilda’s family?

There were 4: her parents, her brother and herself.

2.What could Matilda do when she was 1.5 years old?

She could talk very well.

3.How did her parents call her?

They called her a noisy chatterbox.

4.What was the first book she read?

It was Easy Cooking.

5. Who was older – Matilda or her brother?

Her brother was.

6. What did she drink while reading at home?

She drank hot chocolate.

7. What did Matilda do with her father’s hat?

She put some glue on the inside rim of his hat.

8. Why did Miss Trunchbull dislike Amanda Tripp?

The girl wore pigtails, and Miss Trunchbull had a dislike for pigtails on girls.

9. How did Miss Trunchbull punish Bruce Bogtrotter for stealing the cake?

She made him eat a huge cake in front of all the pupils of the school.  

10. What did Lavender put in Miss Trunchbull’s jug?

She put a newt in Miss Trunchbull’s jug.

11. How did Miss Honey manage to live on one pound a week?

She rented a very small cottage with no furniture, no kitchen stove and no bathroom for 10 pence, and the rest was enough to buy her paraffin for her Primus portable stove and for her lamp; as for food, Miss Honey bought only a little milk, tea, bread, and margarine.

12. Which object did Matilda use to train her power lift?

She used a cigar to do that.

13. What was Matilda’s best school friend’s name?

It was Lavender.

14. Who was “the burglar” and “the ghost”?

It was a parrot borrowed by Matilda from her neighbour Fred.

15. How did Miss Honey teach children to memorize spelling of words?  

She gave them a song about every difficult word, and they all sang it together and that's how they memorized the spelling.

16. What was the first miracle?

With the power of her eyes, Matilda made a glass of water tip and spill the water over Miss Trunchbull.

17. What was the second miracle?

Matilda repeated the trick with the empty glass in front of Miss Honey’s eyes.

18. What was Miss Trunchbull’s name?

It was Agatha.

19. Who saw the chalk moving and screamed?

Matilda's classmate Nigel did.

20. Where did Matilda’s family want to move?

They wanted to move to Spain.