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Tintin Characters Defined

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Tintin Characters Defined game quiz
"A musician named Wagner? A professor called Calculus? Hmmm... the friends and foes of Tintin seem to have fitting names. All of this quiz's definitions are straight from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Match them to the characters they define."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Which character is named after "an important food fish of the cod family?"
    Sherpa Tharkey
    Captain Haddock
    Zorrino
    Admiral Mackerel


2. This amigo bears the name of "a Spanish fortress or palace."
    Chiquito
    Caraco
    General Alcazar
    Zorrino


3. Part of this character's name means "a small territorial division of a country."
    Professor Phostle
    Chang Chon-Chen
    Sherpa Tharkey
    Paul Cantonneau


4. Better clear out the desk. Apparently this character is "one whose position or term of office will soon end."
    Sitting Roe
    Browsing-Bison
    Lame Duck
    Chief Keen-eyed-Mole


5. Oddly enough, this villain's name is a British term for a "police officer."
    Bobby Smiles
    Spalding
    Muller
    Max Bird


6. A homonym to this character's name says that he is a "wit" or "joker."
    Thomson
    Piotr Skut
    Abdullah
    Jolyon Wagg


7. This one doesn't necessarily fit the character. However, the first part of his name describes "an adherent of a religious movement among black Jamaicans."
    Senhor Oliveira da Figueira
    the Maharaja of Gaipajama
    Rastapopoulos
    Professor Alembick


8. According to this character's name, he can also be called a "kneecap."
    Doctor Patella
    Doctor Finney
    Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine
    Professor Tarsal


9. Well, here's a guy who is supposed to be "one who is a patriarch or leader in a field."
    Bruno the magician
    Paolo Colombani
    Nestor
    Thompson


10. And finally, this character is named for "a small widely cultivated perennial artemisia."
    Professor Reedbuck
    General Tapioca
    Red Rackham
    Professor Tarragon


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