May 22, 2025
The Game is Afoot: Sherlock Holmes & Detective Fiction
Test your sleuthing skills with five questions about the world's most famous detective and the mystery genre he influenced. From Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories to other iconic fictional detectives, explore the enduring appeal of literary crime-solving. Get all our episodes commercial-free at caloroga.com/plus.
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Calarogus Shark Media. Greetings trivia fans. I'm Mark Ellison, and
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today we're investigating the fascinating world of Sherlock Holmes and
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detective fiction. Question one, Who created the character of Sherlock Holmes,
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first introducing him in the eighteen eighty seven novel A
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Study in Scarlet? Question two? What is the address of
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Sherlock Holmes's famous London residence where he lives with doctor
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John Watson? Question three? Which fictional detective created by Agatha
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Christi is a retired Belgian police officer known for his
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little gray cells and appeared in thirty three novels and
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numerous short stories. Question four in which Sherlock Holmes story
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does the detective apparently die at Reichenbach Falls, only to
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return years later after public outcry. Question five? What catchphrase
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often mistakenly attributed to Sherlock Holmes in popular culture does
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not actually appear in any of the original stories by
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Arthur Conan Doyle. We'll be right back with these deductive
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answers after this break. Welcome back, trivia fans. Let's reveal
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today's answers. Question one, Who created Sherlock Holmes? Answer Sir
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Arthur Conan Doyle, a Scottish physician and writer. Doyle created
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Holmes partly based on his former university professor, doctor Joseph Bell,
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who was known for his remarkable observational skills and deductive reasoning.
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Doublished four novels and fifty six short stories featuring the
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detective between eighteen eighty seven and nineteen twenty seven. Though
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Doyle grew tired of his creation and tried to kill
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him off in eighteen ninety three, public demand forced him
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to resurrect the character. Beyond Holmes, Doyle wrote historical novels,
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science fiction and nonfiction, and was also known for his
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advocacy of spiritualism and his investigations into real life criminal cases,
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including helping to exonerate several wrongfully convicted individuals. Question two
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What is Holmes's address? Answer two twenty one B Baker Street.
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This fictional address in London became so famous that for
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many years the Abbey National Building Society, which occupied part
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of Baker Street that would have included two two to
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one B, employed as secretary to answer mail addressed to
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Sherlock Holmes. Since nineteen ninety, the Sherlock Holmes Museum has
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been located at two thirty nine Baker Street, but has
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been granted special permission to use the address to twenty
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one b. When Doyle was writing the stories, Baker Street
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did not extend as far as the to twenty one address,
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making it fictional at the time. Question three, which detective
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is known for his little gray cells? Answer? Ercule Poirot,
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created by Agatha Christi. Poirot, first appeared in her nineteen
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twenty novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles and featured in
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works published until nineteen seventy five. The fastidious, mustached Belgian
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detective relied on psychology and meticulous attention to details rather
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than physical evidence. His catch phrase about using his little
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gray cells referring to his brain, emphasized his intellectual approach
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to solving crimes. Question four, in which story does Holmes
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apparently die? Answer the Final Problem? Published in eighteen ninety three.
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This short story was originally intended by Doyle to kill
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off Holmes so he could focus on other writing. It
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depicts a final confrontation between Holmes and his arch enemy,
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Professor James Moriarty, at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland, where
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both apparently plunge to their deaths. Public outcry was immense.
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Doyle eventually relented and brought Holmes back in the nineteen
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three story The Adventure of the Empty House, explaining that
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the detective had faked his death to fool his enemies.
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Holmes would continue to appear in stories until nineteen twenty seven.
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Question five, What catch phrase is mistakenly attributed to Holmes? Answer? Elementary,
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my dear Watson. Surprisingly, this famous phrase never appears in
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any of Doyle's original Holmes stories. Holmes does occasionally say
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elementary and my dear Watson, but never together as the
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complete phrase that concludes today's five Daily Trivia questions. I'm
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Mark Allison and today's question were crafted with the help
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of AI technology. If you'd like to enjoy five Daily
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notes or visit calaroga dot com slash plus See you tomorrow.
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