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Sherlock Trivia Quiz
I Am Sher-Locked Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock, Martin Freeman's John and every case from A Study in Pink to The Final Problem.
116 questions · 2 to 12 players, or solo · Typed answers, close enough counts
About this quiz
This Sherlock Trivia Quiz has 116 questions: 41 easy, 46 medium and 29 hard. It is free. Play it with friends in a room for 2 to 12 players, on phones or in a browser, or play it solo. Type your answers: close enough counts, so a small typo still scores.
Sample questions
20 of the 116 Sherlock questions in this pack. Think of your answer, then open it.
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John is stunned that Sherlock doesn't know which basic fact from school about our planet?
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The Earth goes round the Sun
Sherlock says his brain is a hard drive, so he deletes anything useless. It nearly costs him a case.
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Sherlock calls a really tough case a "three-___ problem". Fill the blank.
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Patch
It updates Doyle's "three-pipe problem": the modern Sherlock can't smoke indoors, so he sticks on patches.
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To hide his face from photographers, Sherlock grabs a hat he then hates for ever, because the papers make it his look. Which hat?
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Deerstalker
By the time he returns from the dead, he's given in and wears it on purpose for the press.
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In Hounds, Sherlock snaps at John, then half-apologises: "I don't have friends. I've just got…" how many?
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Just one
John takes it as an apology. Moments later Sherlock uses him as a guinea pig in his experiment.
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The lady in pink should have had a bag with her, but it's missing. What does Sherlock go looking for?
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Her suitcase
He searches the streets and finds it dumped by the killer, but her phone is missing from it.
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The killer in the very first episode hides in plain sight on every street in London. What's his job?
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Taxi driver
Nobody looks twice at a cabbie, so he could drive his victims anywhere without a single witness noticing.
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On the run in The Reichenbach Fall, Sherlock and John flee through London joined together by what?
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Handcuffs
Lestrade arrests Sherlock, so Sherlock grabs John as his fake hostage: "Take my hand."
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The dying woman in pink scratches "RACHE" into the floor. The police say it's German for "revenge". What was she really writing?
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Rachel
Rachel was her dead daughter's name and her online password, which let Sherlock track her missing phone.
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The cab-driving killer makes each victim choose between two bottles. What's inside them?
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Pills
One is harmless and one is poison, and he takes whichever pill his victim leaves behind.
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With Magnussen untouchable and smug, what does Sherlock suddenly do in front of Mycroft and the police?
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Shoots him
"I'm not a hero, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Merry Christmas!" He's sent into exile for it.
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Bored at 221B in The Great Game, Sherlock grabs a pistol and shoots what into the living room wall?
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A smiley face
The bullet-holed smiley stays on the wall for years, and it's rebuilt exactly when the flat is repaired in series 4.
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Moriarty on the roof: "Every fairy tale needs a good old-fashioned…" what?
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Villain
He's been running a fairy-tale theme all episode, down to a kidnapping copied from a Grimm story.
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Summoned to Buckingham Palace, Sherlock refuses to get dressed. What does he turn up wearing?
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A sheet
It's pure laziness: he simply can't be bothered to put clothes on, even for a royal summons.
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At Buckingham Palace, Sherlock admits he's fighting the urge to steal something. What does he pocket?
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An ashtray
He isn't joking: by the end of the episode he really has stolen one from the Palace.
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In a flashback, Moriarty lands at the island prison by helicopter, blasting which Queen song?
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I Want to Break Free
He even poses like Freddie Mercury, then pulls out his earbuds and the music cuts off.
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Moriarty died on the roof, yet at the end of series 3 his face pops up on every screen in Britain asking which two words?
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Miss me
The tapes were made before his death: in series 4 we learn he'd recorded a pile of them years earlier.
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Everyone thinks Magnussen keeps his secret files in vaults under Appledore. Where are they really?
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In his head
There are no vaults and no papers at all; he just remembers everything and prints it in his newspapers.
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Series 1 ends on a cliffhanger at the swimming pool, with Sherlock pointing a gun at what?
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A bomb vest
Moriarty had snipers aimed at them both, and fans had to wait for series 2 to see how it ended.
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Back from the dead, Sherlock surprises John at a restaurant disguised as a French waiter. What is John just about to do?
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Propose
Sherlock's big comeback ruins the moment, and John is so angry he goes for Sherlock's throat.
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Sherlock helps the police solve crimes. Moriarty does the opposite. What does he call himself?
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Consulting criminal
Instead of solving crimes for the police, he plans them for anyone who'll pay.
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Questions about this quiz
How many questions are in the Sherlock Trivia Quiz?
116. Each game plays a round of them, so you can come back for more.
Can I play the Sherlock Trivia Quiz with friends online?
Yes. Start a room with this quiz, share the room code or link, and 2 to 12 players join from the Braggit app or any browser. You can also play it solo.
Is the Sherlock Trivia Quiz free?
Yes. Play it free in your browser or in the Braggit app for iPhone.
Do I have to spell the answers exactly?
No. You type your answers, and Braggit accepts close spellings, so a small typo still scores.
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