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  THE SHERLOCK HOLMES QUIZ BOOK

  This book is dedicated to The Dogs in the Nighttime:

  The Sherlock Holmes Society of Anacortes, Washington.

  A special dedication to Sherlockian Sheila Holtgrieve 1944–2020

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  Copyright © 2020 by Kathleen Kaska

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  Parts of this book were originally published in The Sherlock Holmes Triviography and Quiz Book by Kathleen Kaska. Copyright © 2000 by Kathleen Kaska

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  CONTENTS

  Cover

  Half Title

  Title

  Dedication

  Copyright

  Contents

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  CHAPTER 1 The World of Sherlock Holmes Quiz 1 A Study in Statistics

  Quiz 2 Characters According to Holmes

  Quiz 3 Sherlock Holmes Gazetteer

  Quiz 4 Words of Wisdom

  Quiz 5 Dr. John Watson

  Quiz 6 Professor Moriarty

  Quiz 7 Mycroft Holmes

  Quiz 8 Holmes Returns

  Quiz 9 Messages and Secret Codes

  Quiz 10 First Words

  Quiz 11 Characters According to Watson—Part 1

  CHAPTER 2 Sherlock Holmes Novels Quiz 12 A Study in Scarlet

  Quiz 13 The Sign of Four

  Quiz 14 The Hound of the Baskervilles

  Quiz 15 The Valley of Fear

  CHAPTER 3 The First Collection: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Quiz 16 “A Scandal in Bohemia”

  Quiz 17 “The Red-Headed League”

  Quiz 18 “A Case of Identity”

  Quiz 19 “The Boscombe Valley Mystery”

  Quiz 20 “The Five Orange Pips”

  Quiz 21 “The Man with the Twisted Lip”

  Quiz 22 “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”

  Quiz 23 “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”

  Quiz 24 “The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb”

  Quiz 25 “The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor”

  Quiz 26 “The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet”

  Quiz 27 “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches”

  CHAPTER 4 The Second Collection: Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Quiz 28 “Silver Blaze”

  Quiz 29 “The Yellow Face”

  Quiz 30 “The Stock-broker’s Clerk”

  Quiz 31 “The Gloria Scott”

  Quiz 32 “The Musgrave Ritual”

  Quiz 33 “The Reigate Squires”

  Quiz 34 “The Crooked Man”

  Quiz 35 “The Resident Patient”

  Quiz 36 “The Greek Interpreter”

  Quiz 37 “The Naval Treaty”

  Quiz 38 “The Final Problem”

  Quiz 39 Characters According to Watson—Part 2

  CHAPTER 5 The Third Collection: The Return of Sherlock Holmes Quiz 40 “The Adventure of the Empty House”

  Quiz 41 “The Adventure of the Norwood Builder”

  Quiz 42 “The Adventure of the Dancing Men”

  Quiz 43 “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”

  Quiz 44 “The Adventure of the Priory School”

  Quiz 45 “The Adventure of Black Peter”

  Quiz 46 “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton”

  Quiz 47 “The Adventure of the Six Napoleons”

  Quiz 48 “The Adventure of the Three Students”

  Quiz 49 “The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez”

  Quiz 50 “The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter”

  Quiz 51 “The Adventure of the Abbey Grange”

  Quiz 52 “The Adventure of the Second Stain”

  CHAPTER 6 The Fourth Collection: His Last Bow Quiz 53 “The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge”

  Quiz 54 “The Adventure of the Cardboard Box”

  Quiz 55 “The Adventure of the Red Circle”

  Quiz 56 “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans”

  Quiz 57 “The Adventure of the Dying Detective”

  Quiz 58 “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax”

  Quiz 59 “The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot”

  Quiz 60 “His Last Bow”

  CHAPTER 7 The Final Collection: The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Quiz 61 “The Adventure of the Illustrious Client”

  Quiz 62 “The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier”

  Quiz 63 “The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone”

  Quiz 64 “The Adventure of the Three Gables”

  Quiz 65 “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”

  Quiz 66 “The Adventure of the Three Garridebs”

  Quiz 67 “The Problem of Thor Bridge”

  Quiz 68 “The Adventure of the Creeping Man”

  Quiz 69 “The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane”

  Quiz 70 “The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger”

  Quiz 71 “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place”

  Quiz 72 “The Adventure of the Retired Colourman”

  CHAPTER 8 More Sherlock Holmes Quiz 73 Sherlock Holmes on the Big Screen

  Quiz 74 Sherlock Holmes over the Wire

  Quiz 75 Sherlock Holmes on Stage

  Quiz 76 Sherlock Holmes on TV

  Quiz 77 Sherlockian Literature

  CHAPTER 9 Sherlock Continues GUY RITCHIE’S SHERLOCK HOLMES Quiz 78 Sherlock Holmes (2009) Facts

  Quiz 79 Sherlock Holmes (2009) Canonical Quotes

  GUY RITCHIE’S A GAME OF SHADOWS Quiz 80 A Game of Shadows (2011) Facts

  Quiz 81 A Game of Shadows (2011) Canonical References

  BBC’S SHERLOCK Quiz 82 “A Study in Pink”

  Quiz 83 “The Blind Banker”

  Quiz 84 “The Great Game”

  Quiz 85 “The Scandal in Belgravia”

  Quiz 86 “The Hounds of Baskerville”

  Quiz 87 “The Reichenbach Fall”

  Quiz 88 “The Empty Hearse”

  Quiz 89 “The Sign of Three”

  Quiz 90 “His Last Bow”

  Quiz 91 “The Six Thatchers”

  Quiz 92 “The Lying Detective”

  Quiz 93 “The Final Problem”

  Quiz 94 “The Abominable Bride” Facts

  CBS’S ELEMENTARY Quiz 95 Sherlock Holmes in the Big Apple

  Quiz 96 “Tremors”

  Quiz 97 “Enough Nemesis to Go Around”

  Quiz 98 “A View With a Room”

  Quiz 99 “Moving Targets”

  Quiz 100 “An Infinite Capacity for Taking Pains”

  Quiz 101 “The Further Adventures”

  HBO AND HULU’S MISS SHERLOCK Quiz 102 Tokyo’s Miss Sherlock

  CHAPTER 10 The Man Behind the Detective Quiz 103 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  Quiz 104 Beyond Sherlock Holmes

  Quiz 105 The Spiritual World of Arthur Conan Doyle

  CHAPTER 11 Crossword Puzzles Puzzle 1 Chemic
als, Clues, and Deadly Things

  Puzzle 2 A.K.A.

  Puzzle 3 In Other Words: Reworded Titles

  Puzzle 4 Butlers, Maids, Valets, etc.

  Puzzle 5 Canines and Other Creatures

  ANSWERS TO QUIZZES

  ANSWERS TO CROSSWORD PUZZLES

  APPENDICES

  BIBLIOGRAPHY

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  Guide

  Cover

  Half Title

  Title

  Dedication

  Copyright

  Contents

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  Start of Content

  ANSWERS TO QUIZZES

  ANSWERS TO CROSSWORD PUZZLES

  APPENDICES

  BIBLIOGRAPHY

  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  In writing this book, I discovered enough Sherlock Holmes trivia to fill the Tower of London. The more I researched, the more I uncovered. This book includes both questions that are “elementary” and those that are challenging, for readers of Sherlock Holmes range from young school-age children to veteran Sherlockians who spend much of their time dissecting the Canon. The Sherlock Holmes Quiz Book was written to entertain and enhance Sherlock Holmes fans of any age.

  A special acknowledgement to Margie Deck (Sherlockian Extraordinaire) of the Seattle Sound of the Baskervilles Sherlock Holmes Society and The John H. Watson Society for her thorough reading of the manuscript and setting the record straight.

  William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes in the Broadway production of Sherlock Holmes 1899-1900

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  THE WORLD OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

  “My name is Sherlock Holmes.

  It is my business to know what other people don’t.”

  —SHERLOCK HOLMES

  KNOWING WHAT OTHERS DON’T and disclosing his deductions in such a simple and log
ical manner has made Sherlock Holmes the most popular detective of all time. Since the publication of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s first novel, A Study in Scarlet, in 1887, the public’s enjoyment and fascination have not waned over the past century. In fact, Sherlock Holmes fans have an insatiable appetite for the clever sleuth and his sidekick, the prolific Dr. Watson.

  Conan Doyle’s short stories and novels continue to be published today and have been adapted for radio, stage, television, and film, as well as for books and TV programs for children. According to author Martin Fido in his recently published book, The World of Sherlock Holmes, 200 to 300 Sherlock Holmes films and 1,000 to 2,000 radio and TV programs have been produced. Conan Doyle’s works have been translated into sixty-five languages, as well as into braille, shorthand, and pig Latin. More than 100 books, along with dozens of articles, essays, and parodies about Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, the villain Moriarty, and Conan Doyle have been written. Today over 300 Sherlock Holmes societies exist worldwide, and dozens of Holmes websites have brought the Great Detective into cyberspace. Numerous authors have continued writing Sherlock Holmes stories in Conan Doyle’s style. It seems that the more Sherlockians have, the more they want. No other character in recent literature continues so to grow in popularity and demand.

  What makes Sherlock Holmes the greatest detective of all time? Why has his name become a household word, synonymous with cleverness and deductive reasoning? His creator, Conan Doyle, did little more than mass produce his stories and send them off to his publisher for the next monthly edition. To Conan Doyle, Holmes was a stepping-stone to his writing career, and once established, his passion for writing historical fiction took precedence over producing adventures for his detective. Nevertheless, once the Strand Magazine provided its readership with monthly tales of Holmes and Watson, these two fictional characters seemed to take on lives of their own.

  QUIZ 1 A STUDY IN STATISTICS

  Rarely is there a person, young or old, who could not instantly identify the man with the chiseled facial features wearing a deer-stalker cap, puffing on a curved pipe, and staring intently through a magnifying lens, as Sherlock Holmes. When the words, “Elementary, my dear Watson,” are spoken, no explanation as to the phrase’s origin or meaning is necessary. And even if one has never seen the film or read the story, everyone knows that The Hound of the Baskervilles is a spine-chilling mystery involving the world’s greatest detective.

  Test your knowledge of twenty Sherlock Holmes facts. The short-answer questions in this quiz are divided into three levels: easy, moderate, and difficult.

  EASY

  1. What is the name of Sherlock Holmes’s older brother?