Q 01/05

In Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes, which painting does Moriarty steal to sell fakes to collectors?

A) Mona Lisa

B) The Night Watch

C) The Last Supper

D) The Hay Wain

Answer · why

A) Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa theft appears nowhere in Conan Doyle's story; Granada added it. Holmes recovers the original just before Moriarty sells a fake to a mill...

Q 02/05

Which future film Dr Watson played a servant in Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes in 1991?

A) Martin Freeman

B) Ian Hart

C) Jude Law

D) John C. Reilly

Answer · why

C) Jude Law

Jude Law was still a teenager when he played Joe Barnes, a servant who impersonates Lady Beatrice in Shoscombe Old Place. He returned to the stories a...

Q 03/05

In Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes episode The Blue Carbuncle, a stolen gem turns up inside which Christmas bird?

A) A turkey

B) A goose

C) A pheasant

D) A swan

Answer · why

B) A goose

A goose taken home for Christmas dinner turns out to have the stolen gem in its crop. The trail leads to James Ryder, head attendant at the hotel it w...

Q 04/05

In Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes episode The Red-Headed League, what is Jabez Wilson paid to copy out each day?

A) A hymn book

B) A train timetable

C) An encyclopedia

D) A dictionary

Answer · why

C) An encyclopedia

An encyclopedia keeps Wilson out of his shop for four hours a day while thieves dig from his cellar towards a bank vault. Granada's version makes Mori...

Q 05/05

In Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes, a burglar steals and smashes identical busts of which historical leader?

A) Julius Caesar

B) Napoleon

C) Lord Nelson

D) Wellington

Answer · why

B) Napoleon

Napoleon busts are smashed because the thief is hunting a stolen gem hidden inside one of them. The comedian Eric Sykes guest-starred as the journalis...