1. A Study in Scarlet
   The Hounds of the Baskervilles
2. The Sign of Four
   The Tell-Tale Heart

Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Tell-Tale Heart, and was best known for his mysterious and macabre poetry and short stories. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

1. 221B Baker Street in London
   112 Baker Street in New York
2. 221 Bakery Street in London
   221A Baker Street in Rome

221B Baker Street in London is the home of the most famous of fictional detectives.

1. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
   Arthur Patrick Conan
2. Mr. Conan Doyle
   Sir Arthur “Big Jim” Conan Doyle

His name is in the register of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh.

1. “The body tells all … alive or dead”
   “Facts, figures, I always go with my instinct on these matters.”
2. “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
   “A companion, dog or tortoise, is all I need.”

Sherlock has said, “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Similar expressions occur in The Sign of Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet and other stories.

1. Their favorite fruit is bananas.
   They are physicians.
2. They are both double-jointed.
   Their favorite drink is a martini, shaken not stirred.

In A Study in Scarlet, Watson, as the narrator, establishes having received his medical degree from Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1878, and subsequently being trained at Netley as an assistant surgeon in the British Army.

1. A statue of a book
   A statue of Sir Conan Doyle
2. A statue of Sherlock Holmes
   A statue of a pigeon

Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on May 22 1859.

1. 1887
   1893
2. 1918
   1923

The rights to A Study in Scarlet were bought by Ward Lock & Co in 1886. The piece was published one year later in the Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887, when Grover Cleveland was president of the United States.

1. Robert Downey Jr.
   Basil Rathbone
2. Jonathan Lee Miller
   Sir Ian Murray McKellen

Jonathan Lee Miller portrays Sherlock Holmes on the *TV series*, Elementary.

1. Morticia
   Dr. Morris
2. Professor Moriarty
   The Crowner

Professor Moriarty is the well-known nemesis of Sherlock Holmes, who describes him as the "Napoleon of crime." Moriarty is only mentioned in a handful of Sherlock Holmes stories, and yet he remains one of most memorable characters in all of fiction.

1. Colonel Sebastian Moran
   Colonel Clink
2. Sergeant Wadesworth
   Major Davenish

Colonel Moran first appears in the short story "The Adventure of the Empty House". Holmes once described him as "the second most dangerous man in London" - the most dangerous being Professor Moriarty, Moran's employer.

1. Morphine
   Cocaine
2. Alcohol
   All of the above

Sherlock Holmes partook in all of the above substances when he did not have a case and his mind was not stimulated.

1. 7 percent
   13 percent
2. 20 percent
   40 percent

The literature refers to Sherlock Holmes using a seven percent solution. He had a powerful mind, but still had to be capable of serious thought while dabbling in cocaine.

1. Beethoven
   Wagner
2. Handel
   He disliked them all.

In The Adventure of the Red Circle, Holmes particularly enjoyed the music of Wagner.

1. Lady McBeth
   Mademoiselle Shea
2. Mrs. Hudson
   Penelope

Mrs Hudson wants her home to be kept clean and tidy, and often fights with Holmes about this.

1. His occasional revolver practice indoors
   His weird and often malodorous scientific experiments
2. People visiting Holmes at all hours of the day and night
   All of the above

Poor Mrs. Hudson!

1. The Baker Street Dozen
   London Undies
2. The Baker Street Irregulars
   The Regulars

Not your typical group, these agents included a host of informants and a group of street children.

1. Mary Morstan
   Mary Anderson
2. Marilyn Manson
   Marilyn Monroe

Mary Morstan is first introduced in The Sign of the Four, where she and Watson are tentatively attracted to each other, but only when the case is resolved is he able to propose to her. She is described as blonde with pale skin. At the time she hires Holmes she had been making a living as a governess.

1. Trumpet
   Flute
2. Violin
   All of the above

While Holmes’s association with the violin is well known through modern representations of his character on radio, television and film, there are actually relatively few references to his musical passion in Conan Doyle’s original books. References to his playing are rarer still, but they are sufficient to give a picture of a cultured, if unusual, player who – of course – possessed a Stradivari.

1. Singlestick combat
   Boxing
2. Sword fighting
   Cross bow shooting

It is mentioned by Watson, as the narrator of the first Sherlock Holmes story “A Study in Scarlet”, that Holmes is “an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman”.

1. Notebook and pen
   Meerschaum pipe
2. Deerstalker hat
   Trench coat

Meerschaum is a soft white clay material which resembles sea-foam, thus the name which is German for "foam of the sea." The first recorded use of meerschaum for making pipes was around 1723. It soon became prized as the perfect material for providing a cool, dry, flavorful smoke.

1. Michael Caine
   Daniel Craig
2. Peter O’Toole
   Larry Hagman

Daniel Craig starred as James Bond in Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015). Born the year after the release of You Only Live Twice, he is the first James Bond actor to be born after the start of the film series, also making him the first Bond actor to be born after Ian Fleming died. Much media attention has also been given to him for being the "blondest" Bond.

1. Leonard Nimoy
   Roger Moore
2. Timothy Dalton
   Ronald Howard

Timothy Dalton is another English actor known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989), as well as Rhett Butler in the television miniseries Scarlett (1994).

1. Conan Doyle’s grandfather
   The James Bond character
2. Joseph Bell, Doyle’s mentor and a forensic surgeon
   Peter Falk

Joseph Bell was born on December 2, 1837 and died October 4, 1911. He was a Scottish lecturer at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in the 19th century and Doyle served as his clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

1. Marzipan
   Spot
2. Toby
   Esmerelda

Toby is first introduced in The Sign of the Four and is described by Watson as a "ugly long-haired, lop-eared creature, half spaniel and half lurcher, brown and white in colour, with a very clumsy waddling gait." Holmes has stated he would "rather have Toby's help than that of the whole detective force in London" and requests the dog by name.

1. Jude Law
   Lucy Liu
2. Thomas Reilly
   Gareth David-Lloyd

Lucy Liu got her acting break playing the role of the vicious Ling Woo on the TV series Ally McBeal (1998–2002), for which she was nominated for an Emmy. She went on to star in Charlie's Angels (2000), played O-Ren Ishii in Kill Bill (2003), and has lent her voice to the animated series Kung Fu Panda (2008).

1. Andrew Scott
   Richard Roxburgh
2. Al Pacino
   Jared Harris

Did you know: Al Pacino attended the Actors Studio in 1966, studying under legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg, creator of the Method Approach that would become the trademark of many '70s-era actors.

1. Ron
   Rupert
2. Mycroft
   Charles

Mycroft and Sherlock also had a younger sister named Enola.

1. A woman
   A child prodigy
2. Sherlock Holmes’ brother
   Sherlock Holmes’ uncle

Professor Moriarty is played by a woman, actress Natalie Dormer, who is also well known for her roles as Anne Boleyn on the Showtime series The Tudors, and as Margaery Tyrell on the HBO series Game of Thrones.

1. Only 9 months
   2 years
2. 3 years
   7 years

In John Dickson Carr's "Sir Henry Merrivale" novels, the brilliant, overweight military intelligence chief is compared to Mycroft Holmes, much to his annoyance.

1. Sherlock has far superior brain power.
   Mycroft had deductive abilities and knowledge superior to Sherlock.
2. It has never been compared in the literature.
   They are equal in their deductive and observation power.

Mycroft did not become a detective due to his poor physique and dislike of fieldwork, but his deductive capabilities were described as exceeding Sherlock's.

1. John Noble
   Tom Baker
2. Peter Cushing
   Tobias Gregson

Australian actor John Noble is perhaps best known for the roles of Dr Walter Bishop in the science-fiction television series Fringe, and Henry Parrish in the action-horror series Sleepy Hollow. His most high-profile film role was as Denethor in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

1. 15
   36
2. 54
   101

From Japan to France to the UK and US, there are 101 actors to date who have portrayed Sherlock Holmes.

1. Benedict Cumberbatch
   Patrick Macnee
2. Peter Cushing
   Michael Caine

Avengers star Patrick Macnee has played both Holmes and Watson.

1. Jeremy Brett
   Johnny Lee Miller
2. Jude Law
   Robert Downey Jr.

Downey Jr. made his debut as an actor at the age of five in the film Pound (1970), written and directed by his father, Robert Downey Sr.

1. BBC radio series
   Animated film
2. Stage musical
   Rap song

The BBC was the first production company in the world to dramatize all sixty of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories with the same two actors in the lead roles throughout -- Clive Merrison playing Sherlock Holmes and Michael Williams playing Watson.