THE
HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Original Quiz for the Giant Rats of Sumatra January
6, 2007 This year's Featured Story is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the
Baskervilles. Due to the labor intensive nature of the past practice of scoring
quizzes during dinner, the Rodential Quizmaster requests your help in self-scoring
your own quiz this evening using the key on the bottom of the back of the final
page. Giant Rats are, if nothing else, honorable individuals. No signature is
required for the Honor Code. It is assumed. You may circle the letter of the correct
answer or otherwise designate it in any fashion you so choose. Each question has
one and only one correct answer and counts 5 points.
1. Upon meeting Dr. Mortimer,
Sherlock Holmes was surprised he was so: (a) old and gray; (b) young and bald;
(c) short and fat; (d) tall and thin; (e) well-dressed.
2. What strange
request did Dr. Mortimer make of Holmes? (a) to measure his feet; (b) to examine
his ear; (c) to give him a mental status exam; (d) to time the length Holmes could
hold his breath; (e) to run his finger along his parietal fissure.
3.
Which Baskerville died suddenly three months ago as reported in the May 14th Devon
County Chronicle? (a) Sir Hugo; (b) Sir Charles; (c) Sir Henry; (d) Rodger; (e)
John.
4. Who found the above-mentioned Baskerville dead in the yew alley
of Baskerville Hall? (a) Mr. Barrymore; (b) Mrs. Barrymore; (c) Dr. Mortimer;
(d) Stapleton; (e) Perkins.
5. Who did Holmes send out in London with
56 shillings to search the trash at 23 hotels? (a) Cartwright; (b) Perkins; (c)
Murphy; (d) Fraser; (e) Robinson.
6. Prior to setting out for Baskerville
Hall, Holmes eliminated what elderly clergyman relative from further suspicion?
(a) Mr. Frankland; (b) James Desmond; (c) Coombe Tracey; (d) John Clayton; (e)
Jack Stapleton.
7. Who was observed while bringing supplies to Holmes
while hiding in an old stone hut on the moor? (a) Cartwright; (b) Perkins; (c)
Murphy; (d) Fraser; (e) Robinson.
8. Whose mangled body did Homes and
Watson find on the moor dressed in a ruddy tweed suit? (a) Selden, the escaped
convict; (b) Mr. Frankland; (c) James Desmond; (d) Coombe Tracey; (e) John Clayton.
9. What did Holmes tell Laura Lyons that enticed her into providing additional
information? (a) that he would tell the police she had a late appointment with
Sir Charles the night of his death; (b) that he would tell Stapleton she had no
intention of getting a divorce; (c) that he would tell her father she was having
an affair with Dr. Mortimer; (d) that he would tell everyone she had long been
keeping a large black mastiff; (e) that Stapleton was married to his presumed
sister.
10. Which one of the following women was not mentioned in the
Hound? (a) Mrs. Hudson; (b) Elizabeth; (c) Beryl; (d) Mrs. Barrymore; (e) Mrs.
Vandeleur.
11. Which of the 19 Scotland Yard inspectors mentioned in the
Canon did Holmes and Watson meet at the train station to assist in the conclusion
of this mystery? (a) Gregson; (b) Hopkins; (c) Athelney Jones; (d) Peter Jones;
(e) Lestrade.
12. What finally happened to Stapleton? (a) the Hound got
him; (b) Inspector Lestrade got him; (c) probably drowned in the Grimpen Mire;
(d) fled to South America; (e) fell off a cliff on the moor and died.
13.
What finally happened to Sir Henry? (a) the Hound got him; (b) fell off a cliff
on the moor and died; (c) gave up on England and returned to Canada; (d) traveled
around the world with Dr. Mortimer to regain his strength and spirit; (e) married
Laura Lyons and lived a retiring life in Coombe Tracey.
14. Who was Mrs.
Stapleton, really? (a) Beryl Garcia of Costa Rica; (b) sister of Laura Lyons from
Coombe Tracey; (c) abandoned former wife of Selden; (d) the illegitimate granddaughter
of Sir Hugo Baskerville; (e) Mrs. Frankland of Lafter Hall.
15. Who probably
cared for the Hound when Stapleton was away? (a) Mrs. Stapleton; (b) Barrymore;
(c) Selden; (d) Anthony or Antonio; (e) Murphy.
Please match the individual
in the first column to the description in the second:
16. _____ John Clayton
a.
tutor Stapleton met prior to opening his school in England
17. _____ Fraser
b.
name used by Baskerville/Stapleton when operating his school
18. _____ Vandeleur
c.
elderly clergyman relative of the Baskervilles
19. _____ James Desmond d.
London cab driver hired to follow Sir Henry and Mortimer
20. _____ Perkins
e.
Baskerville Hall groom
BONUS QUESTION (5 points): Who was Murphy?
Reprinted
here by permission of the author, Dr. Hershel Schwartz
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