BackgroundCharactersStorylineQuotesPotpourri
Describe the typical English detective
Gentleman and hero (100)
Why was Sherlock Holmes “killed off”?
Doyle wanted to write serious literature (200)
How did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle manage to bring Holmes back from the dead?
Wrote a story set before Holmes’ death (300)
What was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original profession?
Doctor or physician (400)
What are three elements of a typical English mystery?
Suspects-closed group Action-orderly steps Setting-country house (500)
An abused woman who tried to warn Sir Henry
“Miss” (Mrs.) Stapleton (100)
Died of heart exhaustion
Sir Charles Baskerville (200)
Loved and trusted Mr. Stapleton
Laura Lyons (300)
Canadian farmer
Sir Henry Baskerville (400)
Involved Holmes in the mystery
Dr. Mortimer (500)
Who established the Baskerville curse?
Sir Hugo Baskerville (100)
Why does Sir Henry Baskerville lose two boots in London?
To obtain his scent for the hound (200)
Why was Mrs. Barrymore crying?
Her brother, the escaped convict, was hiding out on the moor (300)
Why does Laura Lyons refuse to tell anyone why she missed her late-night appointment with Sir Charles?
To protect Stapleton, whom she thinks is in love with her (400)
Why does the hound kill Selden?
He was wearing Sir Henry’s clothing, which had his scent (500)
“Do you think a woman could go alone at that hour to a bachelor’s house?”
Laura Lyons (100)
“For you to know could not have helped us and might possibly have led to my discovery.
Sherlock Holmes (200)
Daily Double! Daily Double!
“I find that before the terrible event occurred several people had seen a creature upon the moor which corresponds with this Baskerville demon…”
Dr. Mortimer (600)
“Seems to me they are playing me for a sucker in this hotel.”
Sir Henry Baskerville (400)
“But now you have been kind to us, and I feel as if it would be treating you unfairly to not tell you all that I know about the matter.”
Mr. Barrymore (500)
Who is the “other” man Watson sees in the moonlight the night they chased Selden?
Sherlock Holmes (100)
What is the material that makes the hound glow?
phosphorus (200)
Who was the unknown Baskerville heir?
Mr. Stapleton (300)
Who took advantage of the Baskerville curse?
Mr. Stapleton (400)
“I am sure that you are the last man in the world who would wish to be a spoil-sport. I must go out alone.” (Who said it?)
Sir Henry Baskerville (500)