Which actor played Sherlock Holmes in the 1988 comedy film Without a Clue?
Answer
Michael Caine
90 Sherlock Holmes Trivia Questions with Answers
90 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which actor played Sherlock Holmes in the 1976 film The Seven-Per-Cent Solution?
Answer
Nicol Williamson
What is the name of the Holmes story in which the detective disguises himself as a bookseller to catch a criminal?
Answer
The Adventure of the Empty House
Which Sherlock Holmes novel features the criminal group called the Scowrers?
Answer
The Valley of Fear
In the 1985 film Young Sherlock Holmes, who played the teenage Sherlock Holmes?
Answer
Nicholas Rowe
Which story first introduces Professor Moriarty in the Sherlock Holmes canon?
Answer
The Final Problem
What is the title of the first short-story collection about Sherlock Holmes?
Answer
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
What is the name of the London club founded by Sherlock Holmes’s brother Mycroft?
Answer
Diogenes Club
Which London magazine first published “A Scandal in Bohemia” in 1891?
Answer
The Strand Magazine
At which battle was Dr John Watson wounded before meeting Sherlock Holmes?
Answer
Battle of Maiwand
Where was A Study in Scarlet first published in 1887?
Answer
Beeton’s Christmas Annual
Which Sherlock Holmes story features the coded stick-figure messages called the Dancing Men?
Answer
The Adventure of the Dancing Men
In Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Blue Carbuncle,” where is the stolen jewel discovered?
Answer
Inside a Christmas goose
What is the name of Dr Watson’s wife in The Sign of the Four?
Answer
Mary Morstan
What is the name of Sherlock Holmes’s informal street network of child informants?
Answer
The Baker Street Irregulars
Which Sherlock Holmes story introduced Dr Watson as Holmes’s companion and narrator?
Answer
A Study in Scarlet
In Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Dying Detective,” what illness does Holmes pretend to have?
Answer
A fatal tropical disease
In the BBC series Sherlock, what is the title of the first episode?
Answer
A Study in Pink
In Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Naval Treaty,” what is the missing document about?
Answer
A secret naval treaty
What is the name of the detective inspector who often investigates cases with Sherlock Holmes?
Answer
Inspector Lestrade
What is the name of Sherlock Holmes’s older brother in the BBC series Sherlock?
Answer
Mycroft Holmes
Which actor played Sherlock Holmes in the BBC television series Sherlock?
Answer
Benedict Cumberbatch
In Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,” what object is repeatedly destroyed?
Answer
Busts of Napoleon
In “A Scandal in Bohemia,” what profession does Irene Adler have?
Answer
Opera singer
In the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes, who played Dr John Watson?
Answer
Jude Law
Who directed the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr.?
Answer
Guy Ritchie
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