The Sherlock Holmes Quiz Book

By Andrew Murray

In which street is the Diogenes Club? A Study in Pink is a problem deserving how many nicotine patches? Who is found dead in a locked chamber, with a poison dart above his ear? Which company employed a full-time secretary to answer Sherlock-related mail? What kind of creature swallowed the Blue Carbuncle? And in which TV episode can we find a cross-dressing Jude Law? From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's immortal stories to Sherlock and Elementary, through a century of Sherlock on the silver screen and on television, The Sherlock Holmes Quiz Book is packed with 1000 questions to test the wits of every armchair detective. Whether your favourite Holmes is Rathbone or Brett, Cumberbatch or Miller, whether you search with magnifying glass or mobile phone, here are clues, codes and conundrums to challenge the sharpest of sleuths. A must for every true Sherlock fan.

• Language: English
• Publisher: MX Publishing
• Release date: Sep 26, 2013
• ISBN: 9781780925301

Andrew Murray

ANDREW MURRAY (1828-1917) was a church leader, evangelist, and missionary statesman. As a young man, Murray wanted to be a minister, but it was a career choice rather than an act of faith. Not until he had finished his general studies and begun his theological training in the Netherlands, did he experience a conversion of heart. Sixty years of ministry in the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, more than 200 books and tracts on Christian spirituality and ministry, extensive social work, and the founding of educational institutions were some of the outward signs of the inward grace that Murray experienced by continually casting himself on Christ. A few of his books include The True Vine, Absolute Surrender, The School of Obedience, Waiting on God, and The Prayer Life.

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Questions

1 - Sherlock Holmes - I

Arthur Conan Doyle said that the character of Sherlock Holmes was based on which medic at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary?

Who is the acquaintance who introduces Dr John Watson to Holmes?

Holmes’ brother is seven years older, possibly even more gifted, but lacking in drive. His name?

What skill does Holmes often display, for example to infiltrate a dangerous opium den, to get into Irene Adler’s house, or to escape Moriarty’s attentions on the train from Victoria?

In The Yellow Face, Watson remarks that Holmes ‘was undoubtedly one of the finest ____ of his weight that I have ever seen’. What?

When bored, Holmes may indulge in a seven percent solution of which drug?

In A Study in Scarlet, Watson describes Holmes’ knowledge of which field as ‘immense’ - sensational literature, botany or politics?

Which august figure evidently rewarded Holmes with an emerald tie-pin for his efforts in The Bruce-Partington Plans?

Doyle said, ‘Holmes is as inhuman as a ______’s calculating machine and just about as likely to fall in love’. Which genius, father of modern computing?

Wanting to focus on other projects, Conan Doyle killed Holmes in The Final Problem. Answering to popular pressure, he continued the Holmes canon with which work?

2 - Dr Watson - I

Dr John Watson gained his medical degree from which university in 1878?

He trained to be an army surgeon at which military hospital near Southampton?

Joining the British Army in India, in which war did Watson see action?

He was wounded in the shoulder by a Jezail bullet at which battle?

Watson played rugby for which south-east London club?

Examining Watson’s watch in The Sign of Four, Holmes deduces that Watson’s brother suffered from what addiction?

In Conan Doyle’s canon, how many times does Holmes say ‘Elementary, my dear Watson’?

Who did Watson get engaged to in The Sign of Four?

If Holmes was ‘Samuel Johnson’, who was Watson?

Who plays Watson to Michael Caine’s ‘Holmes’ in the 1988 film Without a Clue?

3 - Sherlock’s World

Can you name the countries (or regions if stated) in which these events happen?

Brigham Young rescues John Ferrier and little Lucy from hunger and dehydration (A Study in Scarlet)

Jonathan Small uses his wooden leg to smash the skull of a Pathan convict-guard (The Sign of Four)

Black Jack of Ballarat and his gang raid a gold convoy (The Boscombe Valley Mystery)

The tyrannical ruler Don Murillo is dubbed the Tiger of San Pedro (in this region) (The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge)

Dr Sterndale gathers a sample of Devil’s-foot root from the Ubangi country (The Adventure of the Devil’s-Foot)

Holmes and Watson stay at the Englischer Hof (The Final Problem)

Here the great House of Ormstein are hereditary kings (A Scandal in ______)

Gennaro Lucca joins the secret society the Red Circle (The Adventure of the Red Circle)

Godfrey Emsworth flees the Boers and takes refuge in a Leper Hospital (The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier)

This is the birthplace of the interpreter Mr Melas (The _____ Interpreter)

4 - A Study in Scarlet

When Watson first meets Holmes, what is he studying? Cigarette ash, fingerprints or haemoglobin?

How does Watson rate Holmes’ knowledge of Literature, Philosophy and Astronomy?

A Study in Scarlet is the first detective story to feature the use of which well-known detection aid?

What word is written in blood above the bodies of Drebber and Stangerson?

Back in 1847 Utah, which religious group rescued John Ferrier and Lucy?

Why was Lucy forbidden to marry Jefferson Hope?

Who murdered Ferrier?

What fateful choice did Hope give to both Drebber and Stangerson?

What was the story originally titled, when published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual 1887?

Who illustrated the Beeton’s publication, and was therefore the first Holmes illustrator? Sidney Paget, DH Friston or Arthur Conan Doyle’s father?

5 - Sherlock’s London - Then

Holmes and Watson first meet in which London hospital?

Which square’s name links Jabez Wilson’s pawn-shop to the British royal family?

What’s the significance of 2 Upper Wimpole Street to Holmes fans?

Norbury (The Adventure of the Yellow Face) and Norwood (The Adventure of the Norwood Builder) are both in which South London Borough?

Which notorious spy is murdered in his home in Godolphin Street in The Adventure of the Second Stain?

In A Scandal in Bohemia, Irene Adler flees the country via the 5:15 train from which terminus?

What did a goose swallow at 117 Brixton Road?

Who met his end at 3, Lauriston Gardens, just off the Brixton Road?

In which hotel does Sir Henry Baskerville have one boot after another stolen?

Baker Street tube station was opened in 1863 as part of the M_____ Railway, now the M_____ Line. What’s the M?

6 - The Ones with Benedict Cumberbatch - I

Who auditioned for the role of Watson in Sherlock, before nailing Dr Who?

Which original Conan Doyle story is renamed A Study in Pink?

‘Who do we trust, even though we don’t know them? Who passes unnoticed wherever they go? Who hunts in the middle of a crowd?’

What is the dying cabbie’s last word?

In The Blind Banker, two’s a date and three’s a crowd at which circus?

When the circus crossbow is first demonstrated, what weight does it take to trigger it?

Who finally defeats the masked swordsman at the circus?

What book ‘that everybody would own’ (at least in London) is the book code based on?

A credit card, a cheque and theatre tickets lead Shan to make what mistake?

What did Eddie Van Coon give his girlfriend that was worth £9 million?

7 - Sherlock Holmes and Forensic Science

The first instance of Holmes using a magnifying glass is in A Study in Scarlet - at the scene of whose murder?

Which other evidential tool does he use at the scene?

In Mr Merryweather’s bank vault, ‘Holmes fell upon his knees upon the floor and, with the lantern and a magnifying lens, began to examine minutely the cracks between the stones.’ What’s so interesting about these stones?

‘I have, as you know, devoted some attention to this, and written a little monograph on the ashes of ___ different varieties of pipe, cigar, and cigarette tobacco.’ How many varieties?

In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Dr Mortimer observes that Sir Charles Baskerville had stood by the wicket-gate for five or ten minutes. How does he know this?

In which story is a bloody thumbprint a