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Sherlock Holmes Quiz

Can you guess these facts about the great detective Sherlock Holmes?
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Last updated: October 5, 2018
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First submittedApril 5, 2017
Times taken18,954
Average score75.0%
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Author who created Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
City that Sherlock lives in
London
Street he lives on
Baker
Musical instrument that he plays
Violin
Type of hat he wears
Deerstalker
His brother
Mycroft Holmes
His trusty sidekick
Dr. John Watson
His landlady
Mrs. Hudson
His archnemesis
Professor James Moriarty
Fill the blanks in the titles of these Sherlock Holmes novels
A Study in Scarlet
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Drug which Sherlock injects a 7% solution of
Cocaine
Agency that Inspector Lestrade works for
Scotland Yard
Sherlock quote: When you have eliminated the _______, whatever remains,
however improbable, must be the truth
Impossible
Word he uses that means "obvious" or "basic"
Elementary
Word, starting with D, that means "to reach a conclusion by
applying rules of logic to given premises"
Deduce
Sherlock's romantic interest introduced in "A Scandal in Bohemia"
Irene Adler
Actor who starred as Sherlock in the recent Hollywood movie series
Robert Downey Jr.
Actor who starred as Sherlock in the recent BBC television series
Benedict Cumberbatch
American TV doctor modeled on Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Gregory House
Djilas
+1
Level 82
Apr 6, 2017
Excellent
dirtylenzes
+42
Level 50
Apr 6, 2017
Please accept all of the following for the last one:

Beetle Cumbersome

Berating Cucumbers

Beehive Cumberjumbo

Buddhist Encumberment

Belated Cumberbumps

Brown v cumberboard of education

among others

irish41
+17
Level 59
Oct 2, 2017
Excuse me, you forgot Bonkyhort Crumblysnacks.
OfficerDibble
+11
Level 80
Oct 2, 2017
Some of those are a bit obscure, when he is frequently known as Bendyface Slumbercrunch or Bonyshanks Cummerbund. And indeed Brittlebean Cloudycrotch.
kogatora
+3
Level 93
Jan 3, 2020
and Boneydice Congabash
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 89
May 22, 2022
Benjamin Sexyback?
KevinDuBrow
+5
Level 53
Oct 3, 2017
Hmm I believe true fans call him Bendytoots
LVSAS
+4
Level 43
Oct 7, 2017
I know him as Bumbershoot Candlesticks, ;)
quizpop
+3
Level 24
Apr 9, 2018
haha. good nicknames i haven't even heard some of them. I'm a huge fan of his. check out 'The Imitation Game'
SirPhilippines
+2
Level 65
Jan 7, 2021
Butterscotch Consonants
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Mar 10, 2021
Benedict Cumberbatch is extremely easy to spell (for me).
brandybuck96
+1
Level 83
Oct 29, 2023
You misspelled Boisterous Cockerspaniel
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
May 22, 2022
I put it "cummerbund" and it was accepted.
dkjfhksjfh
+1
Level 26
Jan 30, 2023
butternut crinklefries

benadryl cucumberpatch

HeeHoo
+1
Level 66
May 24, 2023
bandersnatch counterstrike*
DonTheLamplighter
+16
Level 84
Jun 9, 2017
Omitting reference to Jeremy Brett in this quiz, while still mentioning Robert Downey, Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch, is egregious. The latter can't hold a candle to Brett's performance. For a LARGE number of Holmes fans, there is Jeremy Brett, and then there's everybody else, as it relates to actors portraying the super-sleuth.

For all who are unfamiliar with Jeremy Brett's performance, Granada produced a series of Holmes episodes for a decade beginning in 1984. Must've been approx. 41 episodes in all. The first 13 featured David Grant as Dr. Watson, followed by Edward Hardwicke as Watson for the rest. Do yourself a favor, and get a hold of a set of these and kick back one winter and binge of the best Sherlock Holmes depiction there ever was, or ever will be.

Anzi
+11
Level 69
Oct 2, 2017
And yet you mention Brett without saying anything about Rathbone. Each to their own :-)
fitheach
+3
Level 59
Oct 2, 2017
Well said - a piece of cherry-picking there by DonTheLampLighter
ander217
+2
Level 75
Oct 4, 2017
Basil's my favorite.
jf15
+1
Level 63
May 22, 2022
Indeed.
CapDundas
+2
Level 60
Oct 3, 2017
David Burke, not David Grant.
aunk05
+2
Level 56
Nov 7, 2020
Not to mention Clive Merrison who, as far as I know, is the only actor to have played Holmes in adaptations of all the Canon stories, as well as stories derived from incidental comments made by Watson about other cases.
JWatson24
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Level 71
Jul 7, 2021
I'm a pretty big fan of Sherlock Holmes, but I have yet to watch the Brett adaptations yet. I have heard, however, he plays the best Sherlock Holmes ever.

Interestingly, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder while the series was still being filmed. I wonder somewhat if that was a major factor in his acting/his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes (since Sherlock himself was likely bipolar).

OfficerDibble
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Level 80
Oct 2, 2017
No Brit would ever refer to "Baker" rather than the full "Baker Street" (not sure why the shorter American usage has never caught on here, but perhaps it's too confusing when there's often nearby a Baker Rd, Baker Circus, Baker Crescent, Baker Ave, Baker Sq, etc). I'd suggest adding "St" to the answer, therefore, but honestly it's too trivial to bother with...
TheCrusher
+11
Level 72
Oct 2, 2017
Or maybe - and hear me out - Baker is sufficient because the question asked is "What STREET does he live on?"
svitapeneela
+10
Level 65
Oct 4, 2017
Yeah, but in Britain if someone asked what street you live on, you'd still answer "Baker Street". Because that's what it's called...
NawTeeCal
+4
Level 40
Oct 15, 2017
The question asks for the street, and the street is Baker. I'm a Brit and I can see Baker is acceptable since the question asks for what street, not just 'where does he live'.
nichster
+3
Level 55
Oct 2, 2017
Got 10, I love watching the British TV series of Sherlock: Cumberbatch plays it perfectly.
LVSAS
+4
Level 43
Oct 7, 2017
And Andrew Scott is amazing as Moriarty
quizpop
+1
Level 24
Apr 9, 2018
amazing and funny

I <3 it

pmack18
+1
Level 47
Oct 2, 2017
100% 2:45 left.

Thank you, BBC! That was such a great show, very well written and acted, indeed.

jm
+1
Level 84
Oct 2, 2017
This quiz didn't require much deduction. An elementary beginning, now we need one worthy of Mycroft or Moriarty.
jmellor13
+11
Level 67
Oct 3, 2017
Irene Adler isn't really a romantic interest in "A Scandal in Bohemia." She outwits Holmes, and he is clearly impressed by her, but that's pretty much it. She doesn't show up in any of the other written Holmes stories. She only became a proper romantic interest in screen adaptations. The question is fair enough (especially since we get the last name), but I thought it worth keeping the record straight.
jmellor13
+7
Level 67
Oct 3, 2017
Also, if I remember correctly (and I'm reaching waaaay back here), Adler's scheme is responsible for Holmes earning enough money from the king of Bohemia for this one case that he is free to pursue whatever pleasures he likes for the rest of his life. This is one of the very early Holmes stories, so that bit is used to explain his irascible behavior and his general indifference to whether anyone but him is satisfied with his work.
jf15
+1
Level 63
Oct 8, 2017
Right on.
jf15
+1
Level 63
Oct 8, 2017
Took the words out of my mouth.
RobNobody
+3
Level 76
May 22, 2022
And we don't even really see her in "Scandal in Bohemia"! I mean, the plot centers around her, and Holmes deals with her a decent amount, but since Watson isn't present for most of the direct dealings she spends almost the entire story "off-screen," as it were. She only speaks a single, solitary line on the page, and it's when she's passing by in disguise.

Also, I feel like every adaptation ignores the fact that she's from New Jersey.

CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 79
Aug 19, 2023
The two Guy Rtichie movies from the 2000s make her American origins clear, though she isn't really in the second one.
brandybuck96
+2
Level 83
Oct 29, 2023
And it's only Watson's excessively romantic imagination who even suggests the notion that Holmes might almost have been romantically into her, if he was in fact capable of it. Because Watson mostly just cares about how romantically approachable the women in the stories are
HB3450
+2
Level 82
Jun 25, 2020
Scotland Yard isn’t an agency, it was merely a headquarters building for the Metropolitan Police Service
Froststar101
+1
Level 74
Nov 24, 2021
It is a metonym.
ryantheman
+7
Level 68
May 22, 2022
Could you please accept RDJ for robert downey jr?
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
May 22, 2022
Only missed the one which has nothing to do with Sherlock Holmes.
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 79
Aug 19, 2023
Deduce? Or House?
MindWax
+1
Level 83
May 22, 2022
In "A Scandal in Bohemia", Mrs. Hudson is referred to as "Mrs. Turner", thought to be simply because Arthur Conan Doyle had forgotten the name of his own character. Perhaps

Mrs. Turner" ought to be an acceptable answer?

ObaiAhmed
+1
Level 67
May 24, 2022
It could also be discern
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 79
Aug 19, 2023
The definition given is awfully specific, and discern doesn't really fit it.
blizzrd33
+1
Level 79
Mar 16, 2023
Beg to differ that Robert Downey Jr's roles in 2009 and 2011 still qualify as "recent".
Andrew169
+1
Level 73
Mar 19, 2023
An excellent quiz! I have always liked Sherlock Holmes. I scored 20/20 in 1:51. This is not a complaint, but I also enjoyed the programs where Sherlock was portrayed by Jeremy Brett. I have around 20 of those episodes on VHS tapes. Thanks for the quiz!
elcampeador
+1
Level 78
May 18, 2023
I have to say this quiz does very little to address the actual contents of the works... I am probably saying that because I missed two, but such is life!
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