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The Sherlockian Game
Holmes On Screen
100
Holmes's nemesis.
Who is Moriarty?
100
From "The Sign of Four": "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be" this.
What is "the truth"?
100
Watson is sent to Dartmoor to investigate a demonic hound.
What is "The Hound of the Baskervilles"?
100
One of the drugs Holmes struggled with addiction to.
What are cocaine or opium?
100
The actor who plays Holmes on the BBC's current adaptation.
Who is Benedict Cumberbatch?
200
In the army, Watson was stationed in this country.
What is Afghanistan?
200
The name Holmes gave the street children he employed.
What is the Baker Street Irregulars?
200
The only case in which the character Irene Adler appears.
What is "A Scandal in Bohemia"?
200
After his retirement, Holmes writes a book on this topic.
What is beekeeping?
200
The television adaptation set at the Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.
What is "House, MD"?
300
Watson described his knowledge of literature, philosophy, and astronomy as "nil."
Who is Holmes?
300
In "The Hound of the Baskervilles," Holmes describes this character as "not [himself] luminous" but "a conductor of light."
Who is Watson?
300
Holmes and Watson investigate a job only available to redheaded men.
What is "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League"?
300
Holmes's address.
What is 221B Baker Street.
300
The actor who plays Watson opposite Robert Downey, Jr.'s Holmes.
Who is Jude Law?
400
One of the detectives with whom Holmes worked.
Who is Lestrade (Gregson and others acceptable)?
400
Holmes famously compared the brain to an empty this.
What is an attic?
400
Holmes and Watson lie in wait for Moriarty's second in command.
What is "The Adventure of the Empty House"?
400
When they first meet in "A Study in Scarlet," Holmes impresses Watson with deductions based on this item.
What is his pocket watch?
400
In "Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century," Watson is one of these non-human entities.
What is a robot?
500
Holmes would rather have the help of this dog than "the whole detective force in London."
Who is Toby?
500
The title of this Mark Haddon novel is a quote from "Silver Blaze."
What is "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"?
500
Holmes investigates a series of murders attributed to vampires.
What is "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire"?
500
The proper name for singlestick, the martial arts style in which both Holmes and Moriarty are experts.
What is bartitsu?
500
Ms. C.'s favorite on-screen Holmes.
Who is Jeremy Brett?
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