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.
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.
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).
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...
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'.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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!
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!
Beetle Cumbersome
Berating Cucumbers
Beehive Cumberjumbo
Buddhist Encumberment
Belated Cumberbumps
Brown v cumberboard of education
among others
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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.
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).
I <3 it
Thank you, BBC! That was such a great show, very well written and acted, indeed.
Also, I feel like every adaptation ignores the fact that she's from New Jersey.
Mrs. Turner" ought to be an acceptable answer?