Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Terminology
Mystery Elements
Anything Goes
100
The place and time Doyle was born.
What is Edinburg, Scotland in 1859
100
He is Holmes' best friend (and Doyle's foil for him).
Who is Dr. Watson?
100
A detective who is investigating a case.
What is a sleuth?
100
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! This tells us the REASON a suspect commits a crime. This tells us the WAY a suspect commits a crime. This tells us how the suspect has the CHANCE to commit a crime.
What is motive, means, and opportunity?
100
A person who committed or assists in a crime.
What is a culprit?
200
The reason Doyle began writing magazine stories.
What is to pay his medical school expenses?
200
Besides is cap and cape, Holmes usually has these items as well.
What is pipe and magnifying glass?
200
A person who may be involved in a crime.
What is a suspect?
200
This is a conclusion reached based on fact.
What is a deduction?
200
This illustrator is credited with giving Holmes the deerstalker cap and cape.
Who is Sidney Paget?
300
The story and detective from Edgar Allan Poe that inspired Doyle?
What is Dupin from The Murders in the Rue Morgue?
300
This is where Holmes lives.
What is 221 B Baker Street?
300
Something that helps prove who a criminal is.
What is evidence?
300
Something that cannot be disputed.
What is a fact?
300
A guess based on facts.
What is an inference?
400
The man who Doyle based his character Sherlock Holmes.
Who is Dr. Joseph Bell?
400
He is Holmes' brother.
Who is Mycroft Holmes?
400
This is a misleading clue.
What is a red herring?
400
These are 5 types of clues.
What are fingerprints, suspicious items, hair-blood-fabric, body parts, personal items, financial records, lifestyle changes, telephone calls (text, email), what people say about themselves or others, connections between or among people?
400
The pieces of the puzzle that help solve the mystery.
What are clues?
500
The story in which Doyle "revived" Holmes after killing him off.
What is The Hound of the Baskervilles?
500
He is Holmes enemy?
Who is Professor Moriarity?
500
Proof that a suspect was nowhere near the crime.
What is an alibi?
500
A guess based without proof.
What is an assumption?
500
Fill in the quote: "When you have excluded the _____, whatever remains, however ______, must be the _______.
What is impossible, improbable, truth
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