The Life and Works of Arthur Conan Doyle Trivia Questions

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  1. This brilliant detective, known for his deerstalker cap and pipe, lives at 221B Baker Street in London.

    Difficulty: Easy
    • Sherlock Holmes
    • Auguste Dupin
    • Philip Marlowe
    • Hercule Poirot
  2. This 1890 novel featuring the consulting detective was commissioned by an American magazine and introduced Mary Morstan.

    Difficulty: Medium
    • The Valley of Fear
    • The Sign of the Four
    • A Study in Scarlet
    • The Hound of the Baskervilles
  3. In The Sign of the Four, Holmes uses this method of chemical analysis to trace the footprints of a wooden-legged man.

    Difficulty: Hard
    • Spectroscopic analysis
    • Chemical precipitation
    • Creosote detection
    • Plaster casting
  4. This loyal friend and narrator chronicles the adventures of a famous consulting detective in Victorian London.

    Difficulty: Easy
    • Mycroft Holmes
    • Inspector Lestrade
    • Dr. John Watson
    • Professor Moriarty
  5. Holmes explains his deductive methods using this metaphor, comparing the mind to a storage space with limited capacity.

    Difficulty: Medium
    • Mental library
    • Cerebral warehouse
    • Mind palace
    • Brain attic
  6. Doyle's story about a professor injecting himself with monkey gland extracts to restore youth features this disturbing physical transformation.

    Difficulty: Hard
    • The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
    • The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
    • The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
    • The Adventure of the Creeping Man
  7. This Scottish author trained as a physician at the University of Edinburgh before becoming a world-famous writer.

    Difficulty: Easy
    • Walter Scott
    • Arthur Conan Doyle
    • J.M. Barrie
    • Robert Louis Stevenson
  8. This villain, whom Holmes considered the worst man in London, is a master blackmailer who trades in secrets and reputations.

    Difficulty: Medium
    • Colonel Moran
    • Professor Moriarty
    • Baron Gruner
    • Charles Augustus Milverton

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