The Crab With the Golden Claws

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1. What drink do the Thompsons buy for Tintin? A beer A cup of tea A mineral water An orange juice

2. What nationality is the man who tries to deliver a letter to Tintin, but is kidnapped? Japanese Belgian Chinese Laotian

3. Which character, previously seen in 'Cigars of the Pharaoh', do we meet again on board the Karaboudjan? Allan Senor Oliveira da Figueira Rastapopoulos Captain Haddock

4. What is Tintin offered to eat and drink whilst tied up in the hold of the Karaboudjan? Hamburger & fries and coke Seaweed and water Bread and water Stew and no drink

5. What does Tintin find in the tins of crab? Opium Oil Crab Nothing

6. What does Captain Haddock do to try and keep Tintin warm whilst on the boat? Give him his jumper Make him drink some rum Put a blanket round him Set the boat alight

7. Who or what does Captain Haddock mistake Tintin for whilst under the influence of the desert heat? His mother Captain Chester A tree A bottle of Champagne

8. What is the name of the Port where Tintin and Captain Haddock go to try and track down the Karaboudjan? Khemed Bagghar Wedesdah Keffheir

9. Having had too much to drink, Captain Haddock makes something of a scene twice in the space of minutes. Why does he do so the first time? He thought he had been kidnapped by aliens The bar refused to serve him any more He lost his wallet He recognised the Karaboudjan under a false name

10. Why does the car Tintin uses to try and follow the Captain's kidnappers not work? It's out of petrol It's not a real car It has a flat tyre It is being towed by a breakdown truck

11. What does the shopkeeper call Tintin and the Thompsons? Sahib Senor Effendi Sidi

12. What building do the Thompsons quite literally get kicked out of? A local house A nightclub A shop A mosque

13. Details of which Greek philosopher help Tintin work out where Allan has disappeared? Answer: (One word)

14. What exclamation does Omar Ben Salaad, the ringleader of the drug-runners, use when the Thompsons ask him if he is doing so? By Allah By the beard of the Prophet By the horn of the goat Strewth

15. Why is Captain Haddock taken ill at the end of the story? He drinks a glass of water He had eaten some crab which was past its best He has one whisky too many in celebration He had taken in too much sea air