In "Matilda," Hortensia was put in the chokey for writing insults about Miss Trunchbull on the blackboard in the classroom. Miss Trunchbull discovered the insults and punished Hortensia by locking her in the chokey, a small, dark cupboard with spikes protruding from the walls.
Chokey is the very tall but very narrow cupboard.the floor is only 10inches square so u can't sit down or squat in it.you have to stand.and 3 of Walls r made of cement with bits of broken glass sticking out all over,so you can't lean avaunt them.you have to stand more or less at attention all the time when you get loked up in that. (This is the exact answer from the novel).
AB "Banjo" Paterson's Waltzing Matilda was first performed on 6 April 1895 at the North Gregory Hotel in Winton, Queensland. The occasion was a banquet for the Premier of Queensland.
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A shearers' strike was occurring at the time of the writing of Waltzing Matilda, on Dagworth sheep station north of Winton.
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"Matilda" takes place in an unnamed English town and is set in the late 20th century. The exact time period is not specified, but it is generally understood to be contemporary to when the book was written in 1988.
As opposed to the Kings wife: Matilda had a claim to the throne in the time of King Stephen. The first female Monarch is Queen Mary I , Bloody Mary, Mary Tudor.
The running time for the movie Matilda is 102 minutes. This rounds to approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes. This movie is a very long movie for some people.
Empress Matilda was born on February 7, 1102 and died on September 10, 1167. Empress Matilda would have been 65 years old at the time of death or 913 years old today.
She was born 24th July 1987. She appeared in the film Matilda in 1996 - which would mean she was eight or nine at the time.
She was a queen at 5 years of age and died at the age of five.
she didn't marry, she got dumped by three men at the same time.