Elementary? Not in the Least!

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. How many years older was Mycroft Holmes than Sherlock? 8 years 5 years 7 years 6 years

2. Which one of Holmes' cases involved forgery? The Adventure of the Red Circle The Stockbroker's Clerk The Adventure of the Three Gables The Engineer's Thumb

3. Which case is commonly believed to involve a homosexual affair? The Adventure of the Three Students The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton

4. Which of these Inns visited by Holmes was also an opium den? The Green Dragon The Alpha Inn The Bar of Gold The Black Swan

5. In which case did Holmes NOT allow the killer to go free? The Veiled Lodger The Devil's Foot Boscombe Valley Mystery The Cardboard Box

6. Which of these is a librarian friend of Watson? Lomax Lowenstein Lucas Lynch

7. What was the name of the bar where Watson met Stamford, who would soon introduce him to Sherlock Holmes? Claridge's The White Eagle The Criterion Bentley's

8. There are many 'Jacks' in the various stories and novels. Which of these adventures did NOT involve anyone named Jack? The Solitary Cyclist Silver Blaze The Sussex Vampire The Gloria Scott

9. Much is made about Holmes' arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty. But we really only hear about him in His Last Bow, the Final Problem and the Valley of Fear. Which of these titles is mentioned by Holmes to have been written by the Professor? The Polyphonic Motets of Lassus The Dynamics of an Asteroid Distinctions of Global Echoes Substitutions of Polar Bodies

10. In the "Second Stain," Holmes and Watson are visited by a 'Lord Bellinger' who we are to believe is 'twice premier of Britain.' Despite the fact that Watson deliberately hides the year and even the decade of the case, who amongst these is NOT considered by Sherlockians to be a possibility? Benjamin Disraeli Sir Stafford Northcote William Gladstone Robert Salisbury