Quizzes at Fun Trivia Fun Trivia | quizzes Quizzes | games Games | community People | services Services | help Help | me Me
New Player - Log In
Currently 13036 players online.   Trivia games, quizzes, and contests - FREE !     Get Started! quiz register

Rache - Sherlock Holmes' First Case

Created by xxharryxx

Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Doyle, Arthur Conan
Rache  Sherlock Holmes First Case game quiz
"This is a quiz on "A Study in Scarlet," Sherlock Holmes' first published case. It deals with the murders that introduced Sherlock Holmes to the world. Read the book first, and good luck! WARNING: This quiz contains spoilers about many aspects of the book"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. How did Sherlock Holmes startle Dr John Watson upon their first meeting?
    He attacked Watson like a wild beast.
    He deduced that Watson had been in Afghanistan.
    He immediately confided in Watson about a murder mystery.
    He was very rude and offered no introduction at all.


2. Who was murdered at Number 3, Lauriston Gardens?
    Joseph Stangerson
    Dr. John Watson
    Sawyer
    Enoch Drebber


3. While on the murder scene, John Rance let the murderer slip right through his hands. What was the murderer pretending to be?
    a drunkard
    an assassin
    a curious bystander
    a policeman


4. What item was used to lure the murderer to Holmes and Watson?
    poison capsules
    money
    gold wedding ring
    diary of secrets


5. Who answered the advertisement of Holmes and Watson?
    the murderer
    an old lady
    a young woman
    a very small boy


6. Who was murdered at Halliday's Private Hotel?
    Joseph Stangerson
    Sawyer
    Enoch Drebber
    Tobias Gregson


7. To scrape a living in London, the murderer, Mr Jefferson Hope, was working as what?
    hotel clerk
    cab driver
    professional stalker
    delivery man


8. What group of people rescued John and Lucy Ferrier from the desert?
    Native Americans
    Mormons
    The U.S. Army
    Several Pony Express riders


9. On what condition did John and Lucy's rescuers take them from the desert?
    They would have to work as slaves forever.
    They would have to teach them how to read.
    They would have to lead the group out of the desert.
    They would have to follow their rescuer's creed.


10. Brigham Young demanded what of John Ferrier?
    He must kill Stangerson and Drebber.
    He must leave and never come back.
    He must marry Lucy into Drebber's or Stangerson's family.
    He must marry seven women and father fourteen children.


11. What did Jefferson Hope find after his hunting expedition?
    John Ferrier had been killed, and Lucy was gone.
    The Mormons had all fallen off of a cliff and died.
    John and Lucy were being held prisoner.
    John and Lucy had ambushed a sentry and killed him.


12. Within a month of her marriage to Drebber, what happened to Lucy Ferrier?
    She became pregnant.
    She murdered her husband.
    She died.
    She ran away.


13. How did Mr Jefferson Hope kill Drebber?
    Drebber was stabbed by Jefferson Hope.
    Drebber wasn't murdered, he died of natural causes.
    Drebber was killed due to Mr. Jefferson Hope giving him a head injury.
    Drebber picked a poison pill out of two identical pills.


14. What is the true identity of Jefferson Hope's accomplice (the one who came for the ring)?
    John Rance
    It was never revealed.
    Brigham Young
    Lucy Ferrier


15. What brought about the death of Mr Jefferson Hope?
    execution
    suicide
    murder
    aortic aneurism


Copyright, FunTrivia.com. All Rights Reserved.
Legal / Conditions of Use