Sherlock Holmes Quiz – Book Quizzes Online
1. At what address did Sherlock Holmes live?
663a Butcher Street
221b Baker Street
442c Candlestickmaker Street
2. In the Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, what was a carbuncle?
A gemstone
An early bicycle
A hat
3. Where was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle born?
Edinburgh
Dublin
London
4. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s mother and father were respectively…?
Scottish and Irish
Irish and English
English and Scottish
5. What was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s occupation after leaving university?
Solicitor
Journalist
Doctor
6. Which of these actors was NOT famous for playing Sherlock Holmes?
Basil Rathbone
Jeremy Brett
Christopher Lee
7. Complete the title of the Sherlock Holmes’ mystery, ‘The Adventure of the Man with the Twisted … ?
Sister
Lip
Hat
8. Where was ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ banned in 1929 for occultism?
USSR
USA
UK
9. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a book in which he supported which famous hoax?
Cottingley Fairies
Piltdown Man
Roswell alien autopsy
10. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was criticised for his attatchment to which religious movement?
Mormonism
Unification Church
Spiritualism
Answers to the Sherlock Holmes Quiz:
1.221b Baker Street 2. A gemstone 3. Edinburgh 4. Irish and English 5. Doctor 6. Christopher Lee 7. Lip 8. USSR 9. Cottingley Fairies 10. Spiritualism