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Q72: About a drawn & dated Zodiacal sign

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yamilah
Member
#1 · Posted: 23 Oct 2006 11:07
In which book can a Zodiacal sign be spotted on a 21st, namely on the day it starts -for the French speaking?

Please quote album, page, sign and date.
labrador road 26
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#2 · Posted: 23 Oct 2006 17:18
-for the French speaking?
I'm quite sure the rules for the trivia clearly states that it is only the english language books that are to be used. But maybe I just didn't understood what you meant, as usual.
yamilah
Member
#3 · Posted: 23 Oct 2006 18:47
To be precise, this sign starts on the 21st in the concerned Tintin book, be it an English version or not.
For some, this sign starts on the 22nd, depending likely on local astronomical data.
lintondrums
Member
#4 · Posted: 24 Oct 2006 13:17
Is it the starsign of Cancer, which can be found in The Cigars of the Pharaoh?
edcharlesadams
Trivia Challenge Score Keeper
#5 · Posted: 24 Oct 2006 21:43
It's time for a clue please yamilah.

Ed
yamilah
Member
#6 · Posted: 25 Oct 2006 10:20
Sorry I wasn't around yesterday.

The clue is this 21st doesn't show up but can be calculated via a 'manga-like' (reverse) reading of the book.
edcharlesadams
Trivia Challenge Score Keeper
#7 · Posted: 25 Oct 2006 23:23
It's been well over 48 hours now so perhaps you could give the answer yamilah.

Ed
yamilah
Member
#8 · Posted: 26 Oct 2006 13:10
In Red Rackham Treasure, big crabs (Crab = Cancer) pinch the Thompsons' toes (p.25-C1) on the 21st of June, as can be calculated via a reverse chronology since the 23rd of July (p.56-A1), when the 'Sirius' arrives back home.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_%28astrology%29 (for Cancer Sign, the wikisite in French gives 21 June to 22 July).

Maybe there are more Zodiac Signs to be found in Tintin?

Might be worth mentioning Sirius is a star related to the 'dog days' (Fr. canicule), a hot period that occurs mainly in July!
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Days

PS: thanks admin for capitalizing 'Sign' in this post's title!
Harrock n roll
Moderator
#9 · Posted: 27 Oct 2006 01:05
Actually I counted back the days from the 23rd of July to the crab scene in Red Rackham and it came to the 23rd of June!
yamilah
Member
#10 · Posted: 27 Oct 2006 11:33
Harrock n roll
Actually I counted back the days from the 23rd of July to the crab scene in Red Rackham and it came to the 23rd of June!

I'm baffled. Could the English edition differ from the original one?
In that case, it might be worth knowing from whom the Red Rackham Treasure's fake time comes!

p.25 .. 21 June = arrival on the island + big crab
p.33 .. 22 June (first frame)
p.45 .. 23 June (2nd strip)
p.49 .. 8 July ('15 days later', last strip)
p.54 .. 9 July (speech bubble, frame C1)

p.56 .. 23 July = month is named only when the Sirius gets at the harbour.

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