Thursday 26th March 2026
    Difficulty: Very hard

    Tintin characters in other languages (#1,224)

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    The Adventures of Tintin is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgian cartoonist Hergé (pen name of Georges Remi). They tell the stories of intrepid reporter Tintin and his friends. Tintin has been published in more than 70 languages.

    1. Which of these names for Tintin's dog, Snowy, comes from the country nearest to Belgium?

    2. Professor Calculus's name often reflects the local language's equivalent for "calculus", or...what?

    3. What are Thomson and Thompson called in the Scots language Tintin books?

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