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Tintin Characters Defined

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Introduction:
"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?"
    Captain Haddock
    Zorrino
    Sherpa Tharkey
    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."
    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."
    Lame Duck
    Chief Keen-eyed-Mole
    Browsing-Bison
    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."
    Piotr Skut
    Thomson
    Jolyon Wagg
    Abdullah


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."
    Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine
    Professor Tarsal
    Doctor Finney
    Doctor Patella


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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