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Are we supposed to answer #1 all at once? If so, I don’t know the answer
Otherwise, the 5th one in #1 is Shooting Star ???

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Thanx for pointing that out BAN…I re-numbered #1’s sub-questions!

You got (e) correct.
Well done! Was that a wild guess?

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C’mon Rudi- I know I’m not the best puzzle-solver in the world, but this is a wee bit difficult. Any clues?

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This is a sensitive issue! But here goes:

CLUES:
1. I’ll use this statement as a clue! One clue can give the entire puzzle away
2. Also, you have BAN’s answer to (e) as another clue!
3. Think of your childhood!

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1. Fill the blanks!

a) C**a** of the ***ra** (Age old stress reliever)
 *l**h* *14 (Going somewhere?) 
c) *e**n *r**t** b***s (Looking forward)
d) P***o*e** of *** *u* (Hot and bonded)
e) S****in* *t** (Hey, Lee!)
f) C*l***u* **f**r (Think numbers)
g) B*** *o**s (Beautiful symbol)
h) **a*k **l*** (Alcatraz)
i) *ec*** *f *** *n*c*** (Unknown equine)
j) *a*d o* **ac* **l* (Middle east)
k) E***o**** of *** m*** (Giant leap)
l) R** *e* ***r** (I won't swim there)
m) C*** w*t* *** *o**e* c*** (Watch your toes!)

2. What is the relationship to these completed entries?

3. Name 4 other completed entries that fit into the puzzle!

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g) Bank books ?

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I’ve extended the puzzle to prevent those famous Rudi-isms! (Hope I haven’t over done it now!)

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Presumably by Q2 you mean what do the answers have in common? If so, I would guess they are all to do with things in the sky….…?

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Sorry, No!
You should see the relationship when all (or at least most) of Question 1 is answered! You can’t answer Q2 or Q3 if you do not fully know Q1.

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k. exploring of the moon

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Yes! Thats close enough! Well done!
The correct answer is : Explorers of the moon

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T**t*n *n T***t

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seems you have Q#2 correct!

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No, that was my solution, it was put in code to let you know I know

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Yes I know. Then I saw your answer, I knew you understood the context of all the entries in question1. That is why I say you have Q2 correct. This is the relationship between all the entries in Q1.
[thunmup]

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Oh, sorry

So now I know that you know that I know that you know that I know, no?

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Si!

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h. shark island

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Close but No!

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Aha!

*h* B***e* *a*

(I still don’t quite understand Q2.)

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Don’t worry about Q2. Work on Q1!

PS: You can’t answer a puzzle with a puzzle!!!

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Well, if you can’t answer your own puzzle…! The Broken Ear

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Sorry Leif, it seems my list was incomplete! You are quite correct!

BTW: Tony…Spot On.

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Another one for the list

T**t*n *** *h* P**a**s

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1)d. Prisoners of the Sun

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Finally a puzzle I know…

a Cigars of the Pharaoh
b Flight 714
c Seven Crystal Balls
d Prisoners of the Sun
e Shooting Star
f Calculas Affair
g Blue Lotus
h Black Island
I Secret of the Unicorn
j Land of Black Gold
k Explorers of the moon
l Red Sea Sharks
m Crab with the Golden Claws

Destination Moon
Tintin in Tibet
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
Tintin in America
Tintin and the Alpha Art (incomplete at Herge’s death)
Tintin in the Congo
The Broken ear
The Blue Lotus
The Scepter of Ottokar
Red Rackrams Treasure
Temple of the Sun
The Castafiore Emerald
Tintin and the Picaros

ahh the memories, by far and away the best books from my childhood. So much so I still have them, although some are a bit tatty from repetitive use.

cheers
Andrew

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>>> ahh the memories, by far and away the best books from my childhood.

Agreed…I have most of my collection still too! I lived on these! And now my son is too. All he reads now-days in Tintin!!

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Ok, no wonder I was stumped….. I love to read, but have never read a Tintin book in my life!

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I don’t think I have either, but once you get one answer, searching Amazon makes light work of it all…

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Ooh, such underhand tactics sir!

Actually, I’m only jealous cos I don’t have web access here at work

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Then who is pretending to be you online at the moment?

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WOW, have you NEVER heard of Tintin and the Herge range of Tintin adventure books! Lyra…I’m in awe!

I can tell you one thing, if you read 1 book…you will be hooked!

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I know you addressed that to Lyra, but not reading and never hearing about are two totally separate things! I am very familiar with the characters:

but it doesn’t mean I have read any of the books or don’t know who the author is!

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Yeah I’ve heard of them Rudi, just never read any….

And Leif, my Masters at work believe wopr.com to be a useful resource, therefore it’s on the ‘allowed sites’ list. If only they knew…..

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Is Google blocked too?

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Yeah

The only things we can get to are microsoft.com, here, compuware & client sites. Hey-ho. Wouldn’t be so bad, but I can only get to the http://www.microsoft.com domain, no support, no technet, no msdn…

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I have also never read Tintin.

If I had never seen the TV series (I think on Nickoledeon a number of years ago) watching with my (then much younger) son, I would never have even heard of it. (at least until now)

Steve

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Shows you…the lounge is useful for literature also!! (Hail WOPR!)

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I’ve never read or heard of any Tintin books, either. However, if they’re that good, I see my local library has them, so as soon as we get through the Lemony Snickett books we’re reading maybe we’ll move on to those next…

Thanks.

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You’ll soon be hooked!

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