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Tintin Characters Defined

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"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."


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


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


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


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


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."
    Jolyon Wagg
    Abdullah
    Thomson
    Piotr Skut


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."
    the Maharaja of Gaipajama
    Rastapopoulos
    Professor Alembick
    Senhor Oliveira da Figueira


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 Tarragon
    Red Rackham
    Professor Reedbuck
    General Tapioca


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