How well do you know the world of Sherlock Holmes? Test yourself with 10 pub quiz questions on Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective, from Baker Street to the Reichenbach Falls.
📝 10 questions
First question:
At what street address in London does Sherlock Holmes famously reside?
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1At what street address in London does Sherlock Holmes famously reside?
💡 221B Baker Street
2Who is Sherlock Holmes's loyal companion and biographer, a former army doctor who narrates most of the stories?
💡 Dr John Watson
3What is the name of Sherlock Holmes's arch-nemesis, the criminal mastermind he describes as 'the Napoleon of Crime'?
💡 Professor Moriarty
4In which 1893 short story does Holmes apparently plunge to his death at the Reichenbach Falls while grappling with Professor Moriarty?
💡 The Final Problem
5What is the name of Sherlock Holmes's elder brother, a man Holmes describes as even more intellectually gifted than himself, who works for the British government?
💡 Mycroft Holmes
6Which Scotland Yard inspector is the most frequent official police contact for Sherlock Holmes throughout the stories?
💡 Inspector Lestrade
7In which Holmes story does the King of Bohemia hire the detective to recover a compromising photograph from a woman — who outwits Holmes so thoroughly that he refers to her ever after simply as 'the woman'?
💡 A Scandal in Bohemia
8In 'A Scandal in Bohemia', what is the name of the house in St John's Wood where Irene Adler resides?
💡 Briony Lodge
9What is the name of Irene Adler's husband in 'A Scandal in Bohemia', a lawyer whom Holmes observes entering a church with her?
💡 Godfrey Norton
10The canonical Sherlock Holmes stories comprise four novels and a number of short stories — how many short stories in total did Arthur Conan Doyle write featuring Holmes?
💡 56
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