The Adventures of Tintin quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which alcoholic drink is Captain Haddock's favorite?

   Answer: Whisky

   Why: Sailors are usually associated with rum, but Haddock stays devoted to his beloved Loch Lomond scotch.

2. 2 Medium

   Why does Tintin's moon rocket have a red-and-white checkered pattern?

   Answer: To track its rotation in flight

   Why: Hergé took the checkers from a V-2 illustration in a 1947 book on German wartime research; the pattern let observers spot a rocket's roll.

3. 3 Hard

   What was the title of the final, unfinished Tintin adventure?

   Answer: Tintin and Alph-Art

   Why: Hergé died in 1983 leaving Alph-Art as sketches and notes with no ending, and his widow refused to let anyone finish it; it was printed as is in 1986.

4. 4 Easy

   Where did Haddock's ancestor hide the three treasure parchments?

   Answer: Inside model ships

   Why: Sir Francis Haddock built one model for each of his three sons and hid a rolled parchment inside every mast.

5. 5 Medium

   Inside what do Tintin and Snowy hide in The Blue Lotus's opium den?

   Answer: A vase

   Why: Hergé's rejected cover art of that hiding place, with a red dragon overhead, sold at auction in 2021 for over 3.1 million euros.

6. 6 Hard

   Which fictional island is the site of the alien encounter in Flight 714?

   Answer: Pulau-pulau Bompa

   Why: In Indonesian, pulau-pulau just means islands, since doubling a noun makes it plural, and this volcanic one sits in the Celebes Sea.