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Sherlock Holmes
Includes questions about this famous FICTIONAL detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Questions about Sherlock Holmes movies (which mostly ask about the actors rather than the stories) should be placed under "Movies."
1,260 Questions
What was Sherlock's vice when bored and not on a case?
A seven-percent solution of cocaine (which was legal at that time in England).
What happens in the bank cellar on Saturday night in the short story The Red-Headed League?
In the short story "The Red-Headed League" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mr. Jabez Wilson goes to the bank cellar on Saturday night to copy out the Encyclopedia Britannica in exchange for a high salary. However, this is all part of a ploy orchestrated by criminals to keep him out of his workplace so they can tunnel into a nearby bank and attempt a robbery.
In the hound of the baskervilles how was the hound made to look ghostly?
This is from chapter 14 of the story:
... Even now, in the stillness of death, the huge jaws seemed to be dripping with a bluish flame, and the small, deep-set, cruel eyes were ringed with fire. I placed my hand upon the glowing muzzle, and as I held them up my own fingers smouldered and gleamed in the darkness.
__'Phosphorus,' I said.
The hound appeared to glow due to phosphorous.
Which was not one of the clues about Dr Mortimer that Holmes was able to deduce from the object?
He smoked a pipe and used fine Virginia tobacco.
Perhaps the full quote will enlighten you:
"Really, Watson, you excel yourself. I am bound to say that in all the accounts which you have been so good as to give of my own small achievements you have habitually underrated your own abilities. It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it. I confess, my dear fellow, that I am very much in your debt." -- Sherlock Holmes, 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'
In Hound of the Baskervilles what is the moors?
the moor is a high bit of land with rough grass this is used in the hound of the baskervilles as a gothic fiction reference and adds a bit of mystery to the novel. the moor is also where the beast as it is refered to lives :)
How does Sherlock Holmes conform to the generic conventions of a superhero?
He doesn't. Sherlock Holmes has no superhuman abilities.
Holmes used science to solve his crimes, modern day forensics. In a Victorian age, this would have been seen as a superhuman capability to solve crimes throw blood matching, chemistry and fingerprints. He did not have superhuman powers but had capabilities that did not conform to Victorian conventions of the police detectives of the time.
When did Mrs Stoner die in The Adventure of the Speckled Band?
"Shortly after our return to England my mother died - she was killed eight years ago in a railway accident near Crewe." -- Helen Stoner
What are the weak points in the hound of the baskervilles?
there is any romantic parts and excited parts on other topics only here is a part of crimes and evils distructions
Does Sherlock Holmes have a partner in crime?
Sherlock Holmes was not a criminal. He was a private investigator, a fictional character. His partner in solving crimes was Dr. Watson.
Watson
Selden and Barrymore are two people in The Hound of the Baskervilles. Barrymore was the butler at Baskerville Hall. Selden was "The Notting Hill Murderer", who escaped from Princetown Prison and was living rough out on the moor. Selden was Mrs. Barrymore's little brother, thus Mr. Barrymore's brother-in-law. That's why Barrymore brought food out to him.
Because the ash had dropped twice from his cigar.
In 'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle' in what unusual location is the jewel found?
In the crop of a goose. The crop is a small pouch that many birds have in their digestive track that collects small pebbles and stones. These are used to help grind food up.
Characters of The Yellow Face by Sherlock Holmes?
Sherlock Holmes,
John H. Watson MD,
Grant Munro,
Effie Munro,
John Hebron,
SH's unnamed page,
Munro's unnamed maid,
Lucy Hebron (Effie's daughter),
unnamed Scottish woman (Lucy's nurse),
Effie's unnamed maiden aunt with whom she came to live at Pinner
Who are the characters in the story The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton?
Sherlock Holmes
Dr Watson
Lady Eva Blackwell
Earl of Dovercourt (Lady Eva's fiance)
unnamed "impecunious young squire" to whom Lady Eva had written her imprudent letters
Charles Augustus Milverton
Agatha (Milverton's maid to whom Holmes got "engaged")
other unnamed servants of Milverton
unnamed vigilante and her late husband
the Honourable Miss Miles (previous victim of Milverton)
Colonel Dorking (previous victim of Milverton)
Countess d'Albert (Milverton's next intended victim)
Inspector Lestrade
Who plays Sherlock Holmes older brother?
In the TV show Sherlock, Mycroft Holmes is played by Mark Gatiss. In the latest Sherlock Holmes movie A Game of Shadows Mycroft is played by Stephen Fry.
What is the German 'Rache' in English?
"Revenge" is an English equivalent of "Rache."
Perhaps one of the word's most famous uses is its occurrence in "A Study in Scarlet," magnificent debut work by Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) on the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The word is written in the blood of the valiant Jefferson Hope. It symbolizes Hope's attempt to exact some kind of justice for the cruel, undeserved, unenviable fates of Lucy and John Ferrier.
How is Sherlock Holmes work SCIENTIFIC?
Simply because it involves forensics. When the minutiae mattered and a single detail could prove or disprove a man's alibi, the knowlege of, say, how long bruises can remain post-mortem became invaluable to Holmes. Sherlock Holmes knew how to identify poisons, what bit of dirt was from where by color and consistancy and whether a drop of water came from the Thames or from Niagra Falls. Such knowlege was very useful to him and without it he wouldn't have been able to solve some cases simply from lack of information, wouldn't be able to "make bricks without clay", as it were.
Holmes was insulting him because Watson did not know that his old friend was asking for help on his own behalf instead of for a friend as he said in the letter. It was a kind of "is there no limit to your stupidity?" statement.
Holmes had just learned that Watson played rugby for Blackheath, which is a rugged sport. Of course, he could be referring to the fact that Watson's blunder about whose case it was had yet again helped him to hit upon the truth.
___"Of course I remember him," said I, as I laid down the letter. "Big Bob Ferguson, the finest three-quarter Richmond ever had. He was always a good-natured chap. It's like him to be so concerned over a friend's case."
___Holmes looked at me thoughtfully and shook his head.
___"I never get your limits, Watson," said he. "There are unexplored possibilities about you. Take a wire down, like a good fellow. 'Will examine your case with pleasure.' "
___"Your case!"
___"We must not let him think that this Agency is a home for the weak-minded. Of course it is his case. Send him that wire and let the matter rest till morning."
