Match the Client to the Case Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jabez Wilson

Jabez Wilson was a pawnbroker who was hired to do menial work for a group composed solely of men who had red hair. It turned out that he was being drawn out of his shop so his assistant could dig a tunnel to the vault next door.

Answer: Five Orange Pips

"The Five Orange Pips" concerned the Ku Klux Klan, and the murder of three members of the Openshaw family. Holmes deduces that the murderers must be on a sailing ship, which is eventually wrecked on the open water due to a storm.

Answer: Miss Helen Stoner

Doyle divulged that this adventure was his favorite of all of Holmes' cases. The case involved a swamp adder and a villainous stepfather. Happily, the former killed the latter.

Answer: Susan Cushing

Susan Cushing got two severed human ears in a cardboard box! The ears belonged to her sister and her lover. The story was somewhat scandalous at the time it was published, as it concerned adultery.

Answer: The Man With The Twisted Lip

"The Man With The Twisted Lip" dealt with opium, specifically when Watson goes into an opium den to retrieve a patient's husband and also finds Sherlock Holmes. Holmes, as avid readers know, used cocaine.

Answer: No Client

There was no client in this case. Holmes feigned being deathly ill with a rare disease in order to catch the culprit, which he eventually did. Of course, Doctor Watson was deathly worried.

Answer: The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet

A prominent banker, Mister Holder was recently given the beryl coronet as collateral for a loan. When he awakens to the sounds of a break-in and discovers the item in the hands of his son, the case is seemingly open-and-closed. With snooping, Holmes fingers the real culprits, the elder Holder's niece and his friend.

Answer: No client

"The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" had no official client, save for Holmes' curiosity. A man named Peterson brings Holmes a blue carbuncle, which he found in a goose's crop. Holmes discovers that the carbuncle had been stolen, and frees an innocent man.

Answer: The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb

Hatherley is a hydraulic engineer who lost his thumb to a hydraulic press. This case is distinctive for being one case where Holmes did not bring the culprits to justice.

Answer: Violet Hunter

Violet asked Holmes' advice as to whether or not she should accept a position as a governess. The odd conditions behind the job make Holmes suspicious.