Question

This author fictionalized Captain Stephen Lancaster in an autobiography that reproduces part of his essay “The Life Story of a Penny,” which went unfinished after he stubbed a nib. The narrator of an autobiography by this author was described as “the nastiest of the lot” by Mrs Pratchett, whose sweetshop is targeted by the “Great Mouse Plot of 1924.” One of this author’s characters “did [his grandmother] a favour” by (*) pouring gin into a mixture that causes a chicken to grow ten times larger. This author of the autobiography Boy described (10[1])the extraterrestrial “quogwinkles” in a novel in which Sophie tries to catch a “trogglehumper.” (10[1])In a novel by this author, the ghost of Magnus Honey scares off Agatha Trunchbull. (10[1])For 10 points, name this author of George’s Marvellous Medicine, The BFG, and Matilda. ■END■

ANSWER: Roald Dahl
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2023 UMN COOT08/19/2023Y3100%0%0%104.33