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Sherlock Holmes - Detective Skills

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Introduction:
"The famed detective, Sherlock Holmes was a master at using his multiple talents in many cases he solved. Your job is to find the skill/knowledge in an area which he used to solve his cases."


1. The case in question is "The Adventure of Black Peter". Holmes is investigating the murder of Peter Carey, the retired ship captain. Which field of knowledge did he use to deduce that the killer is not John Hopley Neligan?
    Chemistry
    British Law
    Geology
    Physiology


2. The case in question is "Musgrave Ritual". Which area of knowledge enabled Holmes to arrive at the actual location of the treasure?
    Trigonometry
    Foot prints
    British Law
    Chemistry


3. The case in question here is "The Reigate Puzzle". What knowledge did Holmes use to trap the murderers?
    Genealogy
    Foot prints
    Graphology
    Biology


4. This time the case is "The Boscombe Valley Mystery". How did Holmes correctly identify the killer of Mr. McCarthy?
    Toxicology
    Graphology
    Foot prints
    Psychology


5. What knowledge came to Holmes' aid in solving the mystery of "The Lion's Mane"?
    Foot prints
    Graphology
    Toxicology
    Chemistry


6. Now to something a bit different. Holmes was able to catch the schemer in "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder" by observing what?
    Chemistry
    Foot prints
    Finger prints
    Graphology


7. Which area of scientific knowledge helped Holmes to solve the "Adventure of the Creeping Man"?
    Medicine
    Biology
    Graphology
    Foot prints


8. What knowledge came to Holmes' aid in solving the problem of "Five Orange Pips"?
    History
    Biology
    Chemistry
    Toxicology


9. What gave Holmes an insight into solving the troubles of Ms Violet Hunter in "The Copper Beeches" ?
    Foot prints
    Chemistry
    Biology
    Genetics


10. What knowledge helped Holmes in identifying the culprit in "A Case of Identity"?
    Foot prints
    Biology
    Genetics
    Typography


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