The Lion’s Mane quiz: Answers
Think you know everything about The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane? Then this quiz should be easy. The answers will be posted in a few days. Seventeen questions for 27 points. Go to page 2 to see the answers.
- (1 point) Holmes must now be what to himself (hint, he’d only been this one other time in the Canon)?
- (1 point) Apart from the little cove, what else breaks the line formed by the beach that stretches for some miles in each direction?
- (1 point) What was the old trick that Holmes was up to?
- (1 point) Stackhurst was a well-known what in his day?
- (1 point) What is the name of the coaching establishment?
- (3 points) What were the only articles of clothing mentioned by Holmes that he observed McPherson wearing?
- (1 point) What injury did McPherson suffer that was not directly caused by his attacker?
- (3 point) The high, abstract region in which Murdoch lived included what? Extra point if you can explain what the first one is.
- (1 point) What led Holmes to believe the McPherson fell as he was ascending?
- (1 point) What did Holmes not investigate? (There are a few possible answers that count, but only really one satisfying one)
- (1 point) Who is a representative of that slow, solid Sussex breed?
- (2 points) What does old Tom Bellamy own all of? The boats and bathing-cots at Fulworth
- (2 points) What are the two crowded spaces mentioned in the story?
- (4 points) What four palliatives did Murdoch ask for after he’d been attacked?
- (2 points) Name the book and its author that provided Holmes the name of the murderer.
- (1 point) What false clue most interfered with Holmes’ understanding of the case? The unused towel, it led Holmes to believe that McPherson had not gone for a swim
- (1 point) What is the “other” feline mentioned in the story?