Kathleen Kaska - The Sherlock Holmes Quiz Book

In writing this book, I discovered enough Sherlock Holmes trivia to fill the Tower of London. The more I researched, the more I uncovered. This book includes both questions that are elementary and those that are challenging, for readers of Sherlock Holmes range from young school-age children to veteran Sherlockians who spend much of their time dissecting the Canon. The Sherlock Holmes Quiz Book was written to entertain and enhance Sherlock Holmes fans of any age.

A special acknowledgement to Margie Deck (Sherlockian Extraordinaire) of the Seattle Sound of the Baskervilles Sherlock Holmes Society and The John H. Watson Society for her thorough reading of the manuscript and setting the record straight.

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My name is Sherlock Holmes.

It is my business to know what other people dont.

SHERLOCK HOLMES

K NOWING WHAT OTHERS DONT and disclosing his deductions in such a simple and logical manner has made Sherlock Holmes the most popular detective of all time. Since the publication of Sir Arthur Conan Doyles first novel, A Study in Scarlet, in 1887, the publics enjoyment and fascination have not waned over the past century. In fact, Sherlock Holmes fans have an insatiable appetite for the clever sleuth and his sidekick, the prolific Dr. Watson.

Conan Doyles short stories and novels continue to be published today and have been adapted for radio, stage, television, and film, as well as for books and TV programs for children. According to author Martin Fido in his recently published book, The World of Sherlock Holmes, 200 to 300 Sherlock Holmes films and 1,000 to 2,000 radio and TV programs have been produced. Conan Doyles works have been translated into sixty-five languages, as well as into braille, shorthand, and pig Latin. More than 100 books, along with dozens of articles, essays, and parodies about Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, the villain Moriarty, and Conan Doyle have been written. Today over 300 Sherlock Holmes societies exist worldwide, and dozens of Holmes websites have brought the Great Detective into cyberspace. Numerous authors have continued writing Sherlock Holmes stories in Conan Doyles style. It seems that the more Sherlockians have, the more they want. No other character in recent literature continues so to grow in popularity and demand.

What makes Sherlock Holmes the greatest detective of all time? Why has his name become a household word, synonymous with cleverness and deductive reasoning? His creator, Conan Doyle, did little more than mass produce his stories and send them off to his publisher for the next monthly edition. To Conan Doyle, Holmes was a stepping-stone to his writing career, and once established, his passion for writing historical fiction took precedence over producing adventures for his detective. Nevertheless, once the Strand Magazine provided its readership with monthly tales of Holmes and Watson, these two fictional characters seemed to take on lives of their own.

Rarely is there a person, young or old, who could not instantly identify the man with the chiseled facial features wearing a deer-stalker cap, puffing on a curved pipe, and staring intently through a magnifying lens, as Sherlock Holmes. When the words, Elementary, my dear Watson, are spoken, no explanation as to the phrases origin or meaning is necessary. And even if one has never seen the film or read the story, everyone knows that The Hound of the Baskervilles is a spine-chilling mystery involving the worlds greatest detective.

Test your knowledge of twenty Sherlock Holmes facts. The short-answer questions in this quiz are divided into three levels: easy, moderate, and difficult.