Alex Clark 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: how much do you know? – quiz

It's 50 years since Charlie Bucket gained entrance to Willy Wonka's world. But what do you remember about Roald Dahl's boy hero, asks Alex Clark
  
  


  1. Where did Mr Bucket work?

    1. In a coal-mine

    2. In a toothpaste factory

    3. In a garden centre

  2. What were Charlie’s grandparents called?

    1. Joe and Josephine and George and Georgina

    2. Fred and Ethel and Sid and Agnes

    3. Frank and Frances and John and Joanna

  3. What disaster befell the chocolate palace that Willy Wonka built for Prince Pondicherry?

    1. He ate it

    2. It melted

    3. It was made into truffles

  4. Willy Wonka closed his factory because rivals were stealing his secret recipes. What did Fickelgruber’s factory start making?

    1. A chewing gum that would never lose its flavour

    2. An ice cream that would never melt

    3. Giant sugar balloons that you could pop with a pin

  5. Which chocolate bar does Charlie find his golden ticket in?

    1. Wonka’s Nutty Crunch Surprise

    2. Wonka’s Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight

    3. Twix

  6. Which dangerous creature might eat 10 Oompa-Loompas for breakfast?

    1. A snozzwanger

    2. A hornswoggler

    3. A whangdoodle

  7. Which of Willy Wonka’s disobedient guests gets turned into a giant blueberry?

    1. Violet Beauregarde

    2. Augustus Gloop

    3. Veruca Salt

  8. How many chocolate bars did Veruca’s father buy to make sure she got her ticket?

    1. 50,000

    2. 2 million

    3. Half a million

  9. What colour is Willy Wonka’s tailcoat?

    1. Plum

    2. Turquoise

    3. Emerald

  10. Which director brought Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to London’s West End last year?

    1. Stephen Daldry

    2. Rupert Goold

    3. Sam Mendes

Solutions

1:B, 2:A, 3:B, 4:B, 5:B, 6:C, 7:A, 8:C, 9:A, 10:C

Scores

  1. 3 and above.

    You were obviously a sensible sort of child, one totally immune to cavity-filling caramels, toffee-apple trees and fizzy lemonade swimming pools. Lighten up!

  2. 6 and above.

    You’ve got a semi-sweet tooth, but you need to brush up on wriggle-sweet and sugar-coated pencils. Time to get off your lollipop laurels

  3. 10 and above.

    You’ve won the sixth golden ticket! And Willy Wonka himself is beckoning you into his great glass elevator to head off for adventures new. Just make sure you brush your teeth twice a day

 

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