Prompt 7 of 7
Name a Roald Dahl book
33 accepted answers across 6 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion1 answer
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- My Uncle Oswald— A ribald adult novel about a con man selling the sperm of famous men. Yes, Roald Dahl wrote that.
85 ptsDeep Cut15 answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
- Dirty Beasts
- Going Solo— The sequel to Boy, covering his RAF years.
- Kiss Kiss— A collection of dark short stories for adults.
- Over to You
- Rhyme Stew
- Skin and Other Stories
- Someone Like You— His adult short-story collection, including Lamb to the Slaughter.
- Sometime Never— Dahl's first novel, from 1948 — gremlins, nuclear war, and no children's book in sight.
- Switch Bitch
- Tales of the Unexpected
- The Gremlins— His 1943 debut, written for a Disney film that never got made.
- The Mildenhall Treasure
- The Minpins— His very last children's book, published after his death.
- The Vicar of Nibbleswicke
60 ptsRare8 answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
- Danny, the Champion of the World
- Esio Trot— Tortoise spelled backwards, and it counts.
- Revolting Rhymes
- The Enormous Crocodile
- The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
- The Magic Finger
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
30 ptsSchooler4 answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- George's Marvellous Medicine
- The Twits
- The Witches
15 ptsToo Clever1 answer
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- Boy— His autobiography. The 'I read the memoir' flex, right on schedule.
10 ptsPlankton4 answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- James and the Giant Peach
- Matilda
- The BFG