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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Sherlock Holmes

In the Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone,” what is the name of the wax figure used in Holmes’s deception?

Answer

Holmes

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Sherlock Holmes

In Sherlock Holmes’s “The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez,” what is the surname of the murdered secretary Willoughby Smith?

Answer

Smith

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Sherlock Holmes

In Sherlock Holmes’s “The Adventure of the Dancing Men,” what is the name of the American criminal who sends the coded messages?

Answer

Abe Slaney

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Sherlock Holmes

In Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, in which year did the story begin serialization in The Strand Magazine?

Answer

1901

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Sherlock Holmes

In the Sherlock Holmes film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, who played Professor Moriarty?

Answer

Jared Harris

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Sherlock Holmes

In the Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Second Stain,” what kind of item is stolen from a European statesman?

Answer

A letter

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Sherlock Holmes

In Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,” what is the bridegroom’s title?

Answer

Lord Robert St. Simon

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Sherlock Holmes

In Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes story “A Study in Scarlet,” what is the first name of the murdered man found in Lauriston Gardens?

Answer

Enoch

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Sherlock Holmes

In Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novel The Sign of the Four, what treasure are Holmes and Watson searching for?

Answer

The Agra treasure

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Sherlock Holmes

In Sherlock Holmes’s story “The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot,” on which continent is the poisonous root found?

Answer

Africa

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Sherlock Holmes

In Sherlock Holmes’s novel The Valley of Fear, what is the name of the secret society at Vermissa?

Answer

The Scowrers

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Sherlock Holmes

In Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Crooked Man,” who is the husband of Nancy Barclay?

Answer

Colonel James Barclay

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