9. What did Joan do during Sherlock’s absence that he viewed as revenge toward himself?
A. She started a blog documenting Sherlock’s past cases.
B. She wrote a book about Sherlock.
C. She remodeled the brownstone.
D. She opened her own detective agency.
10. Whose grave is Sherlock visiting toward the end of the episode?
A. Moriarty
B. Paige, Captain Gregson’s wife
C. Morland
D. Shinwell Johnson
11. What does Sherlock have in his pocket when he and Joan go into Marcus Bell’s office to ask for their old jobs back?
A. A report from Joan’s doctor
B. A new contract for Bell to sign
C. A birthday card for Bell
D. A list of all the NYPD cases he and Joan helped solve
HBO AND HULU’S MISS SHERLOCK
Japan was introduced to the world of Sherlock Holmes in 1894 with the magazine publication of “The Man with the Twisted Lip.” Soon after, A Study in Scarlet and the collection, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, were translated into Japanese and published in newspapers. Since then, several Japanese Sherlock Holmes societies were formed, including the Baritsu Chapter of the Baker Street Irregulars. Holmes was also a master of the martial art baritsu, as readers discovered in “The Adventure of the Empty House,” the first story after his hiatus. Holmes attributes his self-defense skill to practicing baritsu, which he uses to defend himself while fighting Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls.
The first episode of Miss Sherlock aired on April 27, 2018. The setting is modern-day Tokyo. It is the first major series to cast both Holmes and Watson as female. Sherlock is a consulting detective with the Metropolitan Police. Her roommate, Dr. Wato, often referred to as Wato-san, has just returned from volunteering medical aid in a war zone. It is co-produced by HBO Asia and Hulu Japan with English subtitles.
Cast of Main Characters:
Sara “Sherlock” Shelly Futaba: Yūko Takeuchi
Dr. Wato Tachibana: Shihori Kanjiya
Kento Futaba, Sherlock’s brother: Yukiyoshi Ozawa.
Ran Itô, Sherlock’s landlady: Kimi Hatano
QUIZ 102 TOKYO’S MISS SHERLOCK
“At times, the two of them [Holmes and Watson] complete each other, but when you try to put them together, they are like repelling magnets.”
—YŪKO TAKEUCHI
Learn more about this series from the following ten short-answer questions.
Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu as Sherlock Holmes and Joan Watson in CBS’s Elementary
1. How do Sherlock and Wato meet?
2. What is Sherlock doing when they meet?
3. The premise for the first case is taken from which Arthur Conan Doyle story?
4. Where is Dr. Wato returning from at the start of the series?
5. Why is Dr. Wato no longer practicing medicine?
6. What instrument does Sherlock play?
7. What does Sherlock do when she is stressed or frustrated?
8. What is the name of the secret society Sherlock battles throughout the series?
9. Besides Dr. Wato being underfoot, what other issue does Sherlock find annoying about her new roommate?
10. What governmental position does Kento Futaba hold?
Lucy Liu, Aidan Quinn, and Jonny Lee Miller as Joan, Captain Gregson, and Sherlock in CBS’s Elementary
TEN
THE MAN BEHIND THE DETECTIVE
“I have had a life which, for variety and romance, could, I think, hardly be exceeded. I have known what it was to be a poor man and I have known what it was to be fairly affluent. I have sampled every kind of human experience.”
—ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
TO STUDY THE LIFE of Arthur Conan Doyle is to study the lives of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. In-depth information can be gleaned from knowing who Conan Doyle was, how he thought, and what his talents and interests were. Knowing Conan Doyle gives Sherlock Holmes readers a better understanding of how the author created such a brilliant collection of stories about the lives and adventures of Holmes and Watson. It stands to reason that Conan Doyle’s personal attributes find their way into the hearts of these characters, giving them genuineness.
Where did Conan Doyle get the ideas for his stories? How was Holmes so easily able to deduce the unknown from observing the obvious? Conan Doyle kept a collection of crime-related news stories and often used them as springboards for writing Sherlock Holmes stories. In some cases, if the story was compelling, the author would launch his own investigation. He eventually gained a reputation as an insightful criminologist, often assisting the authorities.
In one such case in 1913, a man named Henry Williams was suspected of murdering his second wife by drowning her in the bathtub, although he was acquitted. Conan Doyle smelled a rat and, with the help of a Scotland Yard detective, was able to discover enough evidence to convict him of drowning a third wife. Henry Williams, a.k.a. John Lloyd, a.k.a. George Joseph Smith, was eventually hanged.
In his book, The Real World of Sherlock Holmes: The True Crimes Investigated by Arthur Conan Doyle, Peter Costello describes more than two dozen cases involving murder, disappearances, and robbery in which Conan Doyle took an active part in the investigations. In fact, at the time Conan Doyle published his first Sherlock Holmes story, Jack the Ripper was terrorizing London.
This unsolved case fascinated the author, and years later he gave an American journalist an account of how, if given the chance, Holmes could have discovered the identity of this infamous killer.
QUIZ 103 SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Creator of Sherlock Holmes, novelist, spiritualist, sportsman, and political activist, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a prolific writer who made numerous contributions to several facets of society during his seventy-one years. His active life is best described in his own words: “The man who goes upon occult paths does certainly have an extraordinary variety of experiences.” The following quiz contains ten short-answer questions about Conan Doyle and his family.
1. When was Arthur Conan Doyle born?
2. How many children did Conan Doyle’s parents, Charles Doyle and Mary Foley Doyle, have?
3. Where did Conan Doyle study medicine?
4. Who was Conan Doyle’s first wife and in what year were they married?
5. Where did Conan Doyle set up his first medical practice?
6. Which family member was the greatest influence in Conan Doyle’s life?
7. Who did Conan Doyle marry almost a year after his first wife’s death on September 18, 1907?
8. How many children did Conan Doyle have?
9. In what year was Conan Doyle knighted?
10. Who was Conan Doyle’s greatest literary influence?
TRIVIA FACTS : DID YOU KNOW THAT . . .
1. Conan Doyle stood for Parliament in 1901 and 1907 as a Unionist candidate from Edinburgh, but lost both times. His strong opinions concerning Britain’s part in the Boer War and his opposition to Ireland’s independence may have contributed to his unsuccessful attempt at winning the seat.
2. Long before Jurassic Park Conan Doyle’s novel The Lost World was made into a successful motion picture in 1925, starring Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger. The film included animated creatures created by filmmaker Willis O’Brien, who later created the techniques for King Kong.
QUIZ 104 BEYOND SHERLOCK HOLMES
Although best known for his Sherlock Holmes detective stories, Conan Doyle wrote dozens of novels, nonfiction books, plays, and articles concerning his passions, political beliefs, and spiritual experiences. These publications give the reader an insight into the creator of Sherlock Holmes which cannot be found in the canon. The following quiz contains ten short-answer questions about these literary works.
1. In which book did Conan Doyle write about his time in private practice with the eccentric and sometimes cruel and unethical Dr. George Budd?
2. What is the name of Conan Doyle’s book in
which he defends the sighting of fairies by two young girls in Yorkshire?
3. What is the title of Conan Doyle’s novel set in the seventeenth century, in which the Duke of Monmouth battled King James II when he tried to reinstate Catholicism in England?
4. What are the names of Conan Doyle’s two books based on the life of Baron de Marbot?
5. In 1891 Conan Doyle and his wife traveled to Vienna. What did he write in order to pay for this trip?
6. Which Conan Doyle historical romance is set in the fourteenth century and features a protagonist named Alleyne Edricson who fights for France and later returns to England?
7. What is the name of Conan Doyle’s 1912 novel that features Professor Challenger and three companions who travel to South America where they encounter dinosaurs which have survived from ancient times?
8. What is the title of Conan Doyle’s 1896 novel about the world of boxing?
9. In 1909 Conan Doyle wrote a political account of the conflict between Belgium and the Congo. His strong beliefs concerning the situation resulted in a 45,000-word book which he wrote in eight days. What is the name of this book, praised by Theodore Roosevelt and Mark Twain?
TRIVIA FACTS : DID YOU KNOW THAT . . .
1. When Conan Doyle sent Holmes over Reichenbach Falls, his final comment in his notebook was, “Killed Holmes.”
2. As Conan Doyle’s interest in spiritualism increased, almost to the point of being an obsession in his later life, he had the nursery of his stately mansion turned into a séance room.
3. Once Conan Doyle ceased practicing medicine and began writing full time, his work schedule increased, often beginning at 6:30 A. M. and continuing until three or four o’clock on the following morning.
10. What is the name of Conan Doyle’s 1929 book about explorers who travel via a diving bell deep into the Atlantic Ocean? The cable breaks upon their descent, and they are rescued by descendants of Atlantis.
One character may have been based on Conan Doyle’s friend Harry Houdini.
QUIZ 105 THE SPIRITUAL WORLD OF ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
World War I had ended, but not before it had taken its toll on the survivors. Conan Doyle’s son, Kingsley, and his younger brother, Innes, both died of pneumonia, the former due to complications which set in after being wounded in battle. While her son was still recovering from the loss of his son and brother, Conan Doyle’s mother, the most influential person in his life, Mary Doyle, died at the age of eighty. The entire world was grieving in the aftermath of the war, and the overall atmosphere was one of questioning and confusion.
Conan Doyle, like so many others, turned to the world of spiritualism and mystic phenomena to help explain these tragedies. The following ten-question quiz concerns Conan Doyle’s spiritual writings, beliefs, and experiences.
1. What was the title of Conan Doyle’s first book on spiritualism published after World War I?
2. While in the United States, Conan Doyle and his second wife Jean attended a séance in Atlantic City. Which famous celebrity also attended the event?
3. What is the name of the spiritual journal in which Conan Doyle wrote passionate letters about his belief in spiritualism? The letters were inspired by spiritual leader and member of the Society for Psychical Research, Major-General Alfred W. Drayson.
TRIVIA FACTS : DID YOU KNOW THAT . . .
1. When the Earl of Carnarvon, financier of the excavation of King Tut’s tomb, became ill and died, Conan Doyle was convinced that he was a victim of an ancient Egyptian curse which condemns anyone who disturbs a mummy’s eternal rest.
2. Even in his sixties, Conan Doyle’s passion and curiosity for life seemed to escalate. On the way to and from the golf course, Conan Doyle often asked his chauffeur to drop him off on the side of the road so that he could converse with whomever happened to be walking by. On one snowy winter’s day, Conan Doyle visited with a tramp, asking him about his life and eventually bonding with the old man. Later Conan Doyle arrived home barefooted because he had given his shoes to his new friend.
3. On July 7, 1930, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died in his home with his wife by his side. Within days, spiritualists and mediums from around the world claimed that the author had made contact with them from the “other side.” Joseph Dunninger, director of the Science Investigating Committee of Psychic Phenomena, claimed that a ghostly figure resembling Conan Doyle had told him that he wanted a pencil and paper because he wanted to write a book while he was there.
4. What was the name of Conan Doyle’s collection of spiritual essays written shortly before his death?
5. As he advanced in age and became less inhibited about expressing his spiritual beliefs, no matter how profound, what did Conan Doyle do to promote and support the causes in which he believed?
6. What is the title of Conan Doyle’s second spiritualistic book, which may be one of his most popular? After it was published in 1919, he enthusiastically promoted the book while on an extensive book-signing tour.
7. Conan Doyle attended a séance in London, which was conducted by a well-known medium. With whom did she claim to have made contact, causing Conan Doyle to launch an investigation as to her credibility?
8. With which science fiction author did Conan Doyle frequently correspond on the subject of spiritualism and the concept of contacting deceased individuals from the afterlife?
9. After his lecture tour through Australia in 1920, what book did Conan Doyle write about his spiritual experiences?
10. What was the name of the American organization that formed a committee, which included Harry Houdini, to investigate the mediums that Conan Doyle claimed were bona fide?
Mark Gatiss as Mycroft Holmes in BBC’s Sherlock.
ELEVEN
CROSSWORD PUZZLES
“The number of Napoleons plus the
number of Randall gang”
“The kind of Pedro whence came the tiger”
“What was done of the opposite wall in
bullet-pocks by the patriotic Holmes”
“Holmes found this because he was
looking for it in the mud.”
The above clues were just a few featured on the original Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle created by Frank V. Morley, one of the founders of the original Baker Street Irregulars in 1934. In order to gain admission into the club and be able to attend the first dinner of the society, applicants had to complete the puzzle, which appeared in the Saturday Review of Literature. The famous dinner was held at the Christ Cella Restaurant in New York with members Rex Stout, John Bennett Shaw, and Frederic Dorr Steele.
The five crossword puzzles in this chapter feature characters, creatures, aliases, modus operandi, and story titles. Answering the trivia questions in the first nine chapters or taking a preliminary peek at the answer section will give hints to some of the clues.
PUZZLE 1 CHEMICALS, CLUES, AND DEADLY THINGS
*Indicates puzzle theme.
ACROSS
1. “The Adventure of the Priory School” (monograph)*
3. “The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger” (corrosive)*
8. “The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier” (disease)*
9. “The Red-Headed League” (reference book)
12. The Hound of the Baskervilles (footwear)*
14. “The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot” (poison)*
15. The Sign of Four (slimy dinner dish)
19. “The Five Orange Pips” (organization)
20. “The Adventure of the Abbey Grange” (wine residue)*
21. “The Adventure of the Empty House” (weapon)*
DOWN
2. “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax” (anesthetic)*
4. The Sign of Four (tar)*
5. “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton” (crime)
6. “The Adventure of the Second Stain” (smear)*
7. “The Man with the Twisted Lip” (drug)*
10. “Silver Blaze” (spice)*
11. “The Adventure of the
Sussex Vampire” (dart)*
13. “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans” (machine)
16. The Sign of Four (Andaman native)
17. “Silver Blaze” (weapon)*
18. The Hound of the Baskervilles (scented clue)*
PUZZLE 2 A.K.A.
*Indicates puzzle theme.
ACROSS
3. Nickname for Perry Phelps in “The Naval Treaty”*
6. Morecroft in “The Adventure of the Three Garridebs”*
8. Holmes in “The Stock-broker’s Clerk”*
12. Steve Dixie in “The Adventure of the Three Gables”*
13. The King of Bohemia in “A Scandal in Bohemia”*
16. Dr. Watson in “The Stock-broker’s Clerk”*
19. James Ryder in “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”*
21. Duncan Ross in “The Red-Headed League”*
24. Dr. Watson in “The Adventure of the Illustrious Client”*
DOWN
1. Dr. Shlessinger in “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax”*
2. Number of Holmes novels written by Conan Doyle
4. John McMurdo in The Valley of Fear*
5. Ted Baldwin in The Valley of Fear*
7. One of the Beddington brothers in “The Stock-broker’s Clerk”*
9. Holmes in “The Adventure of Black Peter”*
10. Device used to create carbonated water for mixing drinks
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