Sherlock Holmes

The conversation from 'A Scandal in Bohemia' went like this:

HOLMES: ". . . For example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead up from the hall to this room."

WATSON: "Frequently."

HOLMES: "How often?"

WATSON: "Well, some hundreds of times."

HOLMES: "Then how many are there?"

WATSON: "How many! I don't know."

HOLMES: "Quite so! You have not observed. And yet you have seen. That is just my point. Now, I know that there are seventeen steps, because I have both seen and observed. . . ."

There are also steps leading further up to more rooms, but a count has never been given for those.

His main arch enemy was Professor James Moriarty.

He saw his cigarette when he walked up to the cave

I believe it was a methodology to determine if a crime had been committed, and way to not automatically jump to that conclusion. But I could have this completely wrong:

Example - you come home, and the vase of flowers is knocked over, and there's a puddle of water on the floor.

1) Can the facts be explained by natural law? If the window was open, it's possible the wind knocked the vase over. Or an earthquake could have occured. If natural law runs contrary to the facts (i.e. the window was closed and there were no earthquakes), go to 2.

2) Can the facts be explained by chance? Some things just happen sometimes, but it's rather unlikely that the vase randomly decided to fall over, so go to 3.

3) Can the facts be explained by design? That is, did someone plan and execute a crime here? Was there a motive, and an action? Prehaps our naughty Simaese cat has knocked the vase over to get at the fresh water inside? Clever plan, and an inspection of the wood floor shows the tell-tale wet pawprints. Elementary, my dear Ruckus!

- Justin Snow

I think that it depends on whether or not you believe that Sherlock Holmes was ever alive, or if he were simply a fictional character. If you are a Sherlockian, and believe that he was real, then I figure that he is probably dead by now, simply because he was 'supposedly' born January 6, 1854. Which at this point in time, would make him about 156 years old. It is possible, (I guess) that he could have lived that long, but I highly doubt it.

As for, if you believe that he was fictional, well.... he technically was never alive to begin with. Unless you are speaking of his life through the world of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In that case, I'm not exactly sure because it is claimed that he had died once at a waterfall, and later revealed himself to be alive the entire time. So, he may very well have died later on and has simply not 'come back to life' again.

Not in A Scandal in Bohemia.

In SCAN, Irene falls in love with a lawyer she had hired named Godfrey Norton. He's an impetuous, excitable but well-mannered guy described as a "remarkably handsome man, dark, aquiline, and moustached". The two of them get married, with Holmes being a witness to the ceremony.

Any romantic relationship between Holmes and the former Prima Donna comes from other people's imaginations (and maybe the recent movies directed by Guy Ritchie).

Because of the early Sherlock Holmes movies, the hat most commonly associated with him is the "deerstalker".

In the stories, the hat is never clearly identified, but it is described in one story as a "close-fitting cloth cap" and in another as "his ear-flapped travelling cap". A deerstalker fits both those descriptions, and would have been a common choice of cap in the setting (in both stories, he's in a rural area and out of doors much of the time).

However, the Holmes described in Conan-Doyle's stories would never wear such a hat at all times; it's a hat such as might be worn outdoors in the country, not one that anyone of the era would wear in downtown London. Contemporary illustrators drawing Holmes in the city would usually depict him in a top hat or bowler, both of which would have been considered appropriate urban headgear.

The setting of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" in April of 1883. The story was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and starts out in the city of London then moves to Stoke Moran.

Not often, most of the time the police (Scotland Yard) got in the way.

'The force of his character'

'My step daughter was here. I traced her.'

'Don't you dare meddle with my affairs.'

'Resemblance of a fierce bird of prey.'

All help describe Dr Roylott and can be used well to explain his character.

Kate Campbell is no longer on the show Holmes on Holmes. As of May 2014, she is on Decked Out. Kate Campbell is married.

The answer is:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle!

Most people should know that!

Watson joins Holmes in his work because Watson is fascinated by the remarkable events.

Charlie Chaplin

Rectal thermometer is the only way that I know of.

Sherlock Holmes came from a rich family. "My ancestors were country squires, who appear to have led much the same life as is natural to their class." Country squires meant landowners, hence "old money". He was well educated, as one can tell from his speech, and his uncaring attitude towards money speaks of a life where he never wanted for anything he might've truly needed.

As far as who lived next door to him (such as in 220 Baker Street), it is not mentioned in the canonical stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Only does it say that he lives in a boarding house with two others - the first being Mrs. Hudson, the landlady, who lives on the lower (ground) floor and cooks and cleans the house, and the other being (naturally) Dr. John Watson, whose bedroom is on the third (second) floor. Holmes' room is on the second (first floor) as well as the men's shared sitting room.

The only other I can think of is Madame Tussaud's, which opened on the Baker Street Bazaar in 1835.

Inspector G Lestrade who appears in 13 of the Sherlock Holmes adventures and was named after a friend of Conan Doyle from his days at the University of Edinburgh, a medical student by the name of Joseph Alexandre Lestrade.

Sherlock Holmes did indeed. Sher standed for Sure and Lock because he solved cases so if you put it together he was sure to solve and unlock the case. And Holmes because he is very comforting as a home is to anyone.

He is an educated man who is thoughtful, trust worthy, brave and compassionate.

John Clay aka Vincent Spaulding

Archie aka Duncan Ross aka William Morris

Well, he isn't the first detective, but he IS the greatest detective!! Check out the answer to "What makes Sherlock Holmes special?" or something like that if you want to find out more about him!!!

because she killed him, dressing up like a massive hound and scaring him to death

John Burges Watson (b.1803 near Kingston in Surrey, d. 1881) was an architect. His best-known design was the Duck House in St James' Park, built for the Ornithological Society of London in 1840.