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The Firsts of Holmes

Created by anubhav1990

Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Doyle, Arthur Conan
The Firsts of Holmes game quiz
"Conan Doyle is my favorite author and Sherlock Holmes my favorite character. The rules for this quiz are simple. I give you the first line of a short story, and you have to identify it. Shouldn't be too difficult for true Sherlockians!"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman.
    The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
    The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
    A Scandal in Bohemia
    A Case of Identity


2. I had called upon my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, one day in the autumn of last year and found him in deep conversation with a very stout, florid-faced, elderly gentleman with fiery red hair.
    The Adventure of the Red Circle
    The Red-bearded Association
    The Stock-broker's Clerk
    The Red-headed League


3. Of all the problems which have been submitted to my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, for solution during the years of our intimacy, there were only two which I was the means of introducing to his notice.
    The Greek Interpreter
    The Adventure of the Doctor's Finger
    Colonel Warburton's Madness
    The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb


4. It is with a heavy heart that I take up my pen to write these the last words in which I shall ever record the singular gifts by which my friend Mr. Sherlock Holmes was distinguished.
    The Final Problem
    The Adventure of the Dying Detective
    His Last Bow
    The Adventure of the Empty House


5. We have had some dramatic entrances and exits upon our small stage at Baker Street, but I cannot recollect anything more sudden and startling than the first appearance of Thorneycroft Huxtable, M.A., Ph.D., etc.
    The Adventure of the Delhi Public School
    The Adventure of the Three Students
    The Adventure of the Priory School
    The Boscombe Valley Mystery


6. The ideas of my friend Watson, though limited, are exceedingly pertinacious.
    The "Gloria Scott"
    The Musgrave Ritual
    The Yellow Face
    The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier


7. It was pleasant to Dr. Watson to find himself once more in the untidy room of the first floor in Baker Street which had been the starting-point of so many remarkable adventures.
    The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
    The Kohinoor
    The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
    The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone


8. I don't think that any of my adventures with Mr. Sherlock Holmes opened quite so abruptly, or so dramatically, as that which I associate with The Three Gables.
    The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
    The Adventure of the Three Gables
    The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
    The Adventure of the Second Stain


9. The Lord St. Simon marriage, and its curious termination, have long ceased to be a subject of interest in those exalted circles in which the unfortunate bridegroom moves.
    The Adventure of the Unfortunate Bridegroom
    The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
    The Adventure of the Innocent Widower
    The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor


10. Isa Whitney, brother of the late Elias Whitney, D.D., Principal of the Theological College of St. George's, was much addicted to opium.
    The Crooked Man
    The Man with the Twisted Lip
    The Adventure of the Creeping Man
    The Man with the Scarred Face

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