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Holmes and Watson are back at it again in this holiday special.

A multiple-choice quiz by Shadowmyst2004. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
381,278
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
259
Last 3 plays: Guest 180 (5/10), Guest 152 (8/10), Guest 73 (6/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. The opening scene of the special is set during which war? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What was Sherlock doing when he first appeared in the episode? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which holiday is the plot of the story framed around? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What word was repeated many times during the apparent suicide and murder? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What was special about The Diogenes Club? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What happened to Watson while he was in a horse carriage with Sherlock? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which character, who died in the previous season of the show, reappeared in this episode? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Mycroft Holmes is portrayed as smarter than Sherlock throughout the episode.


Question 9 of 10
9. Where was Mary Watson when Holmes and Dr. Watson went to attempt to save her? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Holmes, talking to Watson in 1895, described an airplane and what other modern technology? Hint



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Most Recent Scores
Mar 17 2024 : Guest 180: 5/10
Mar 05 2024 : Guest 152: 8/10
Feb 15 2024 : Guest 73: 6/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The opening scene of the special is set during which war?

Answer: Afghan War

The series had previously been set in modern times, so viewers were understandably confused at the start of the episode when it opened at the close of the Second Anglo-Afghan war in 1890s.

The setting ends up being Sherlock imagining what his life would have been back in that timeframe.
2. What was Sherlock doing when he first appeared in the episode?

Answer: Beating a corpse with a whip

Sherlock was beating the corpse in order to establish how long after death a human body would still bruise.

This was where Sherlock and Dr. Watson were introduced in the 1890s setting.

Sherlock then walked out of the meeting and told Watson to meet him at 221B Baker Street to finalize their living arrangements.
3. Which holiday is the plot of the story framed around?

Answer: Christmas

When Insp. Lestrade is first introduced in the episode, he Watson and Mary (Watson's wife) each exchanged pleasantries and a Christmas greeting.

Holmes simply remarked about being glad they had gotten that out of the way.
4. What word was repeated many times during the apparent suicide and murder?

Answer: You

The word was used by the bride, just before shooting herself, and again just before shooting her husband and also written in blood on the wall at the morgue.

There were then five more murders not shown on screen where the word was written on the wall in blood.
5. What was special about The Diogenes Club?

Answer: The foyer was a completely silent room

The Diogenes Club was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and varies depending on plot of the book, movie or TV show it is used in.

In this version the club has a sign hanging in the foyer that proclaims "absolute silence".

Sherlock and the attendant spoke in perfect sign language, while Watson had messed up several words and caused a bit of confusion.
6. What happened to Watson while he was in a horse carriage with Sherlock?

Answer: His mustache disappeared momentarily.

The story, which was mostly set in Sherlock's "Mind Palace". While it wasn't explained in the story, the disappearance of the mustache and his wardrobe changing back to a modern clothes, was simply a glitch in his otherwise thought to be impenetrable fortress of a mind.

There is also a modern reference when Sherlock looks at a picture in a locket that is also a modern photo.

Several times in the story the setting switched 1890s London and modern times.
7. Which character, who died in the previous season of the show, reappeared in this episode?

Answer: Moriarty

He was revealed to be a Math professor in this episode, the first reference to his career as anything other than a criminal.

The entire episode is based around Sherlock trying to figure out how Moriarty could still be alive. The parts in his "Mind Palace" were his way of trying to figure out the resurrection of Moriarty.

In the end he figured out that Moriarty was in fact dead, and his "return" (in the modern world) was only part of a preplanned scheme.
8. Mycroft Holmes is portrayed as smarter than Sherlock throughout the episode.

Answer: True

The character is mentioned to be more clever than Sherlock on several occasions.

Both Sherlock and Holmes said as much during the episode. Mycroft also, on several occasions, tells Sherlock how to look into parts of his case.
9. Where was Mary Watson when Holmes and Dr. Watson went to attempt to save her?

Answer: In a desanctified church

Mary was working for Mycroft Holmes to solve the same case that Sherlock and her husband were working on.

Officially Mary was a nurse, but she was also a very smart detective.

The three of them met up at the desanctified church and interrupted a secret ritual.
10. Holmes, talking to Watson in 1895, described an airplane and what other modern technology?

Answer: Telephone

In the "Mind Palace" version Sherlock's real life was the "dream" as he spoke with Watson about it.

After describing the two items, Watson said he didn't think he'd like it in the future. Sherlock told him that he would and then said that he had always thought of himself as a man out of time anyway.
Source: Author Shadowmyst2004

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