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Who doesn't love an old-fashioned, action-filled, Saturday-matinee kind of movie? That's what the animated film "The Adventures of Tintin" offered audiences in 2011. Now, test your "Tintin" knowledge with our quiz!
Who directed "The Adventures of Tintin"?
Guillermo Del Toro
Kimberly Peirce
Sam Mendes
Steven Spielberg
Spielberg said he discovered "Tintin" after a reviewer compared his "Raiders of the Lost Ark" to it. Still, it was years before a "Tintin" movie would finally come to the screen.
In what city does Tintin live?
Brussels
Herge, the cartoonist, was Belgian and set the "Tintin" adventures in that city. That's why the newspaper has a French name -- though the headlines are in English, so English-speaking audiences could understand them.
London
Paris
Cherbourg
What is Tintin's job?
shoeshine boy
reporter
Tintin is part of the "intrepid boy (or girl) reporter" tradition. This is particularly popular in fiction for kids and teenagers, as it's a little more realistic than having a teenager be part of a police force.
student
this is never made clear
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Who is Snowy?
a cat burglar
an owl
Tintin's dog
Snowy accompanies Tintin everywhere. Pure white, he appears to be some kind of terrier.
Tintin's love interest
What color is Tintin's hair?
black
blond
brown
red
Tintin is what people would call a "ginger." Are we the only ones who think this designation doesn't make sense? Ginger root is pale yellow on the inside ... this should be a nickname for blondes!
A rash of which crime plagues Brussels as the movie opens?
arson
murders
pick-pocketings
As the movie opens in a Brussels market, the pickpocket is going through the crowd, taking wallets. He's very good at his job.
art thefts
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The original "Adventures of Tintin" were in which media?
comics
"The Adventures of Tintin" was created by Belgian cartoonist Herge, and ran in a youth newspaper called "Le Petit Vingtieme." Since then, the "Tintin" stories have been adapted into multiple media.
dime novels
radio drama
film
What are the names of the two detectives who are friendly with Tintin?
Thomas and Thomason
Thompson and Thomson
Thompson and Thomson are the classic "good-natured but incompetent" foils to TIntin the adept sleuth. (See also: Lestrade in the Sherlock Holmes stories).
Watson and Wilson
Lupin and Holmes
What is the Unicorn?
a newspaper
an airplane
a ship
Well, it was a ship, now sunk. Tintin buys a model of the Unicorn at the market in Brussels, and later learns it's not the only replica.
an antique typewriter
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Thomson and Thompson were played by Simon Pegg and his regular collaborator, __________.
Nick Frost
Frost and Pegg's breakthrough movie was "Shaun of the Dead," which they followed up with the cop-movie parody, "Hot Fuzz." Spielberg hired Pegg and Frost because he wanted a pair of actors who would work well as a team.
Mark Gatiss
Stephen Fry
Eddie Izzard
What is the name of the movie's main bad guy?
Moriarty
Haddock
Mako
Sakharine
We meet Ivan Sakharine in the movie's first scene, but it takes a little while to realize he's bad news. Fun fact: look closely at Sakharine's rimless glasses. They're not just rimless; they have no earpieces. They seem to stay on his face by magic.
How many people try to buy the model of the Unicorn from Tintin?
one
two
Both an American and a mysterious stranger (who turns out to be Sakharine) offer to buy the model from Tintin, mere minutes after he purchases it. Tintin, however, refuses to sell it.
three
none
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How does the model of the Unicorn break?​
the cleaning lady knocks it over
a ceiling fan falls on it
Snowy chases a cat around the apartment
A Siamese cat comes into Tintin's rooms, provoking the vigorous chase. The damage to the Unicorn proves to be a fortunate accident, though, as it will​ turn out.
thieves ransack the apartment
What was hidden in the mast of the model ship?
drugs
a watch
money
a scroll
Tintin doesn't find the scroll, in its metal case, right away. It rolls under his desk, where it stays while he goes to the library to research the Unicorn and its history.
What does Tintin find when he and Snowy return from the library?
the apartment has been ransacked
Fortunately, the thieves didn't find the scroll. Snowy retrieves it from under the desk, and it's then that Tintin realizes what the intruders were after.
Mrs. Finch has been shot
Sakharine is waiting for him
Thomson and Thompson are waiting for him
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What is the name of the unoccupied manor Tintin and Snowy explore?
Havisham Hall
Haddock Abbey
Marlinspike Hall
Tintin and Snowy arrive at the estate in pursuit of his stolen model ship. There they meet Sakharine and realize he has a model of the Unicorn, like Tintin's, except without the damage from the cat chase.
Marlin Manor
What is the name of the family who used to occupy Marlinspike Hall?
Crane
Haddock
Sir Francis Haddock was the captain of the Unicorn. His family fell on hard times after the sinking of the ship, and now their estate has fallen into near-ruin.
Marlon
Jones
What happens when Barnaby, the American, visits Tintin?
Barnaby's wallet is stolen by the pickpocket
Barnaby asks if he's seen Sakharine
Barnaby is shot and killed
Barnaby has come one last time to get Tintin to give up the model ship (which Tintin couldn't do anyway, it having been stolen). Just then, Barnaby is cut down in a hail of bullets.
Snowy bites Barnaby
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What is the name of Captain Haddock's ship?
the Bougie Girl
the Karaboudjan
Tintin is kidnapped and held prisoner aboard the Karaboudjan. It's been taken over by Sakharine, with Haddock's crew now loyal to him.
the Saloop
the Sea Life
What is Captain Haddock's first name?
Archibald
Francis Haddock was his bold and famous ancestor, the captain of the Unicorn. Archibald Haddock drinks because he feels he'll never measure up to Francis and his legend.
Henry
Francis
Louis
Why is Sakharine headed for Morocco?
he thinks the Unicorn's treasure is there
he thinks Tintin is headed there
it's the nearest place he can refuel
the third model of the Unicorn is there
Sakharine needs the third scroll to finish solving the mystery of the Unicorn's treasure. Tintin knows where he's headed, so he and Haddock are headed there too.
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What is the name of the port city in Morocco where the third model ship is​?
Bagghar
Bagghar, which is fictional, is where Omar ben-Salaad, the collector of model ships, lives. Above, Rabat and Marrakesh are real Moroccan cities, but only Rabat is on the coast. Marrakesh is inland.
Marrakesh
Rabat
Lisbon
To what does Captain Haddock set fire?
the Karaboudjan
a lifeboat
It gets cold on the ocean, so as Haddock tells Tintin, "I started a wee fire." Tintin's appropriate response: "On a BOAT?"
a treasure map
a trunk full of cigars
How do Tintin, Haddock and Snowy get to land after their lifeboat capsizes?
they swim
they flag down a merchant ship
they steal a seaplane Sakharine sent after them
Cary Elwes, of "Princess Bride" and "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" fame had a very small role voicing the seaplane pilot. Did he owe Spielberg a favor? Need gas money during the price spikes of the early 20-teens? We'll probably never know.
they paddle the wreckage of the lifeboat
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What does Captain Haddock hallucinate about in the Sahara?
giant dancing whiskey bottles
rivers and lakes of fresh water
food
Francis Haddock's last battle and the sinking of the Unicorn
Tintin knows that Sakharine wanted Haddock alive so he could remember something. Once Haddock sobers up in the desert, he begins to remember the sinking of the Unicorn, which seems to be important to Sakharine's quest.
What quantity of treasure was hidden on the Unicorn?
"ten chests full of gold and jewels"
"100,000 francs' worth of gold and jewels"
"four hundredweight of gold and jewels"
We're not sure how much a "hundredweight" is. But "four hundredweight" certainly gets everyone involved excited.
"gold and jewels without measure"
Why has the pickpocket, Aristide Silk, been stealing wallets?
he has eight children to feed
he has gambling debts
he works for a crime syndicate
he's just obsessed with wallets
When Thomson and Thompson finally track Silk down, the wallets contain all their money and contents. They are, however, labeled with the date of each theft -- the mark of an obsessive collector.
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What animal is Sakharine's companion and helper?
a Doberman
a falcon
Sakharine wears a leather gantlet (a long glove), like falconers do. Late in the movie, he uses the falcon to retrieve the scrolls for him.
an Arabian horse
the Siamese cat from earlier
What is Bianca Castafiore's nickname?
la Folle Belgienne
the Continental Crooner
the Milanese Nightingale
Castafiore didn't appear in the three "Tintin" stories from which the script was adapted. However, the writers included her because she was such a key part of the "Tintin" universe.
the White Flower
Why does Sakharine bring Bianca Castafiore to Bagghar?
they are lovers
she is so sexy she'll distract the sheik's security guards
her high notes will break the bulletproof glass around the model ship
Sonic waves can actually shatter glass at certain frequencies. We're not sure they could shatter bulletproof glass, but "The Adventures of Tintin" probably didn't hire science advisers.
she can sweet-talk the sheik into taking the ship out of its case
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What was the name of the pirate who was Sir Francis's foe?
Duke Demarest
Billy Blazes
Red Rackham
In the crucial fight scene, Rackham makes his appearance by walking down a fallen mast that is partially in flames, and coolly addressing Sir Francis. He might be a bad guy, but Rackham's got a certain style.
Captain Morgan
Who turns out to be Red Rackham's descendant?
Captain Haddock
Sakharine
Sakharine didn't want to keep Archibald Haddock alive just so he'd remember clues to the treasure's location. He also wanted to kill Haddock's last descendant, because Sir Francis Haddock killed Red Rackham (sort of).
Tintin
Silk the pickpocket
Where do the coordinates from the three scrolls lead Tintin and Haddock?
back to Marlinspike Hall
Instead of leading to a plausible spot for a shipwreck, the secret coordinates lead to Marlinspike Hall. This was the ancestral home of the Haddocks.
to a bay off Bagghar
to the Indian Ocean
to the north Atlantic
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Where is the treasure of the Unicorn?
at the bottom of the sea
in a globe in Marlinspike Hall's cellar
buried in Marlinspike Hall's garden
both #1 and #2
Remember, when the Unicorn exploded, Sir Francis caught some of the shower of gold coins and jewels in his hat; that's what's hidden in the globe. But the rest sank with the Unicorn -- and Haddock is game to go find it with Tintin!
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