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Obscure Tintin Knowledge

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New co-pilot in Carreidas’ jet
Hans Boehm
Sakharine’s Full Name
Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine
Full first name of G. Bird
Gustav Bird
Name of colonel that ‘accommodates’ Haddock, Calculus, and later Tintin during their stay in San Theodoros
Colonel Alvarez
New name General Tapioca gives Los Dopicos (San Theodoro’s capital)
Tapiocapolis
Sakharine’s address
21 Eucalyptus Avenue
Name of the room in Marlinspike where the Captain displays objects recovered from the Unicorn’s wreck
The Maritime Gallery
What Thompson forgets to put on prior to diving
Weighted boots
Type of dog Snowy is
A wire fox terrier
What Barnaby Dawes points at after being shot
Birds (sparrows)
What Allan compares Rastapopoulos’ nose to in Flight 714 to Sydney
A proboscis monkey
Foreign term used for ‘sparkling water,’ told to the Captain by a checkpoint guard
Döszt
Code name given to Calculus’ expedition in Destination Moon/Explorers on the Moon
Ulysses
The name written on the band of the Pharaoh’s cigars
Flor fina (Spanish for ‘fine flower/bloom’)
Beverage the Captain says is his least favourite
Sparkling water
Funders of Tintin’s expedition in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳
The European Foundation for Scientific Research (E.F.S.R.)
Society that the Captain is supposedly president of
The Society of Sober Sailors (S.S.S.)
Name of the company that refuses the Captain oil
Golden Oil
Fabricated organisation owning the Cithara, the fictitious ship in distress in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳
The John Kingsby Navigation Company
Asteroid to which the Captain attempts to travel to in space
Adonis
Name Professor Phostle gives to the new metal found in the asteroid
Phostilite
Method used by Carreidas to cheat at Battleships
Closed-circuit television (CCTV)
The type of ship that the 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯 is
A frigate
What Tintin’s kidnappers in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯 say their delivery is
Dinner service
Direction in which the Captain throws Calculus’ Pendulum
West
Time the Thom(p)sons erroneously thought the rocket launch was scheduled for
1:34 PM
Sakharine’s profession (or at least what his card claims)
Collector
Part of the astronaut statue that must be pressed to reveal the escape path
Its right eye (and pressed hard at that!)
“Fujiyama!”
Mitsuhirato
“My hat!”
Laslo Carreidas
“Mamma mia!”
Gino
Is there a statue of an actual eagle when Tintin and the Captain discover the globe containing Red Rackham’s Treasure?
Yes (revealed when a painting concealing it is put to one side)
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Level 62
Jun 11, 2025
Not sure what's wrong, but the answer "society of sober sailors" was not recognized.