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Sherlock Holmes Quiz

Can you guess these facts about the great detective Sherlock Holmes?
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Author who created Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
City that Sherlock lives in
London
Street he lives on
Baker Street
Musical instrument that he plays
Violin
Type of hat he wears
Deerstalker
His brother
Mycroft Holmes
His sidekick
Dr. John Watson
His landlady
Mrs. Hudson
His archnemesis
Professor James Moriarty
Fill the blanks in the titles of these Sherlock Holmes novels
A Study in Scarlet
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Drug which Sherlock injects a 7% solution of
Cocaine
Agency that Inspector Lestrade works for
Scotland Yard
Sherlock quote: When you have eliminated the _______, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth
Impossible
Word Sherlock uses that means "obvious" or "basic"
Elementary
Word, starting with D, that means "to reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises"
Deduce
Woman who outsmarted Sherlock in "A Scandal in Bohemia"
Irene Adler
Actor who starred as Sherlock in the 2009 Hollywood movie
Robert Downey Jr.
Actor who starred as Sherlock in the 2010–2017 BBC television series
Benedict Cumberbatch
American TV doctor modeled on Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Gregory House
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47 Comments
Djilas
+2
Level 86
Apr 6, 2017
Excellent
dirtylenzes
+53
Level 49
Apr 6, 2017
Please accept all of the following for the last one:

Beetle Cumbersome

Berating Cucumbers

Beehive Cumberjumbo

Buddhist Encumberment

Belated Cumberbumps

Brown v cumberboard of education

among others

irish41
+24
Level 58
Oct 2, 2017
Excuse me, you forgot Bonkyhort Crumblysnacks.
OfficerDibble
+17
Level 86
Oct 2, 2017
Some of those are a bit obscure, when he is frequently known as Bendyface Slumbercrunch or Bonyshanks Cummerbund. And indeed Brittlebean Cloudycrotch.
kogatora
+4
Level 96
Jan 3, 2020
and Boneydice Congabash
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 94
May 22, 2022
Benjamin Sexyback?
KevinDuBrow
+7
Level 53
Oct 3, 2017
Hmm I believe true fans call him Bendytoots
LVSAS
+6
Level 43
Oct 7, 2017
I know him as Bumbershoot Candlesticks, ;)
Broseph
+3
Level 51
May 22, 2024
or bungalow cucumberpatch
quizpop
+3
Level 24
Apr 9, 2018
haha. good nicknames i haven't even heard some of them. I'm a huge fan of his. check out 'The Imitation Game'
SirPhilippines
+4
Level 73
Jan 7, 2021
Butterscotch Consonants
JackintheBox
+3
Level 82
Mar 10, 2021
Benedict Cumberbatch is extremely easy to spell (for me).
brandybuck96
+4
Level 82
Oct 29, 2023
You misspelled Boisterous Cockerspaniel
jmellor13
+3
Level 68
May 22, 2022
I put it "cummerbund" and it was accepted.
dkjfhksjfh
+1
Level 29
Jan 30, 2023
butternut crinklefries

benadryl cucumberpatch

HeeHoo
+1
Level 70
May 24, 2023
bandersnatch counterstrike*
DonTheLamplighter
+18
Level 87
Jun 9, 2017
Omitting reference to Jeremy Brett in this quiz, while still mentioning Robert Downey, Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch, is egregious. The latter can't hold a candle to Brett's performance. For a LARGE number of Holmes fans, there is Jeremy Brett, and then there's everybody else, as it relates to actors portraying the super-sleuth.

For all who are unfamiliar with Jeremy Brett's performance, Granada produced a series of Holmes episodes for a decade beginning in 1984. Must've been approx. 41 episodes in all. The first 13 featured David Grant as Dr. Watson, followed by Edward Hardwicke as Watson for the rest. Do yourself a favor, and get a hold of a set of these and kick back one winter and binge of the best Sherlock Holmes depiction there ever was, or ever will be.

Anzi
+14
Level 68
Oct 2, 2017
And yet you mention Brett without saying anything about Rathbone. Each to their own :-)
fitheach
+6
Level 58
Oct 2, 2017
Well said - a piece of cherry-picking there by DonTheLampLighter
ander217
+2
Level 73
Oct 4, 2017
Basil's my favorite.
jf15
+1
Level 63
May 22, 2022
Indeed.
CapDundas
+2
Level 64
Oct 3, 2017
David Burke, not David Grant.
aunk05
+3
Level 61
Nov 7, 2020
Not to mention Clive Merrison who, as far as I know, is the only actor to have played Holmes in adaptations of all the Canon stories, as well as stories derived from incidental comments made by Watson about other cases.
JWatson24
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Level 71
Jul 7, 2021
I'm a pretty big fan of Sherlock Holmes, but I have yet to watch the Brett adaptations yet. I have heard, however, he plays the best Sherlock Holmes ever.

Interestingly, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder while the series was still being filmed. I wonder somewhat if that was a major factor in his acting/his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes (since Sherlock himself was likely bipolar).

timshorts
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Level 62
Sep 19, 2025
Absolutely.

the 2009 film was an abomination.

nichster
+5
Level 57
Oct 2, 2017
Got 10, I love watching the British TV series of Sherlock: Cumberbatch plays it perfectly.
LVSAS
+6
Level 43
Oct 7, 2017
And Andrew Scott is amazing as Moriarty
quizpop
+1
Level 24
Apr 9, 2018
amazing and funny

I <3 it

pmack18
+1
Level 46
Oct 2, 2017
100% 2:45 left.

Thank you, BBC! That was such a great show, very well written and acted, indeed.

jm
+1
Level 88
Oct 2, 2017
This quiz didn't require much deduction. An elementary beginning, now we need one worthy of Mycroft or Moriarty.
HB3450
+3
Level 86
Jun 25, 2020
Scotland Yard isn’t an agency, it was merely a headquarters building for the Metropolitan Police Service
Froststar101
+4
Level 73
Nov 24, 2021
It is a metonym.
ryantheman
+8
Level 68
May 22, 2022
Could you please accept RDJ for robert downey jr?
Jeg333
+1
Level 54
Sep 19, 2025
Yeah, I tried that first as well.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 74
May 22, 2022
Only missed the one which has nothing to do with Sherlock Holmes.
CaptainUnderpant
+2
Level 81
Aug 19, 2023
Deduce? Or House?
MindWax
+1
Level 88
May 22, 2022
In "A Scandal in Bohemia", Mrs. Hudson is referred to as "Mrs. Turner", thought to be simply because Arthur Conan Doyle had forgotten the name of his own character. Perhaps

Mrs. Turner" ought to be an acceptable answer?

obeezy
+1
Level 71
May 24, 2022
It could also be discern
CaptainUnderpant
+2
Level 81
Aug 19, 2023
The definition given is awfully specific, and discern doesn't really fit it.
blizzrd33
+3
Level 81
Mar 16, 2023
Beg to differ that Robert Downey Jr's roles in 2009 and 2011 still qualify as "recent".
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 5, 2025
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Andrew169
+1
Level 77
Mar 19, 2023
An excellent quiz! I have always liked Sherlock Holmes. I scored 20/20 in 1:51. This is not a complaint, but I also enjoyed the programs where Sherlock was portrayed by Jeremy Brett. I have around 20 of those episodes on VHS tapes. Thanks for the quiz!
elcampeador
+1
Level 77
May 18, 2023
I have to say this quiz does very little to address the actual contents of the works... I am probably saying that because I missed two, but such is life!
Stoggler
+2
Level 56
Sep 19, 2025
Q. "Agency that Inspector Lestrade works for"

A. "Scotland Yard".

The answer is the Metropolitan Police (or just the police). Scotland Yard was/is just the police HQ in London, and the term is used as a metonym for the police in London. Scotland Yard is not the name of the "agency". Poor question.

Kardona3
+1
Level 33
Sep 19, 2025
Please accept RDJ
MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 64
Sep 20, 2025
I'm nearly finished reading the complete Sherlock Holmes books and stories, and I really don't think he's said "elementary" much at all--it must be a movie thing. Also, why is the whole world so obsessed with Irene Adler? She was barely in one scene! But I guess that's as much as Moriarty...
SweetDizaster63
+1
Level 61
May 4, 2026
How many parents named their kid Mycroft?? Seriously but what a nice quiz.
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