"Sherlock Holmes" (2009) Part 2 Quiz

Answer: The ship being worked on is prematurely launched and sinks.

One of the thugs is an enormous man who wields a hammer, swinging at Holmes and thankfully missing. In one very amusing moment, Holmes and the man confront each other, each armed with a hammer of very different sizes. Holmes throws his hammer which bounces harmlessly off the other man's chest.

In the fight, the supports holding the hull of the unfinished ship get smashed and the ship slips into the Thames and promptly sinks. Everyone involved in the fight is arrested.

Answer: No

Mary does indeed arrive to bail Watson out, but she pointedly leaves Holmes in jail (this is their first encounter since she threw her wine in his face at dinner). Holmes sits there for a long time until some men arrive to let him out. They blindfold him in the carriage, so that he will not know the location of the place they are taking him, but of course his powers of observation are such that he knows exactly where they are travelling and arrives at the right conclusion about where they end up. Once there, he is told some information about Lord Blackwood and the secret order he once belonged to.

Answer: the Chancellor of the Exchequer

These gentlemen tell Holmes about the secret society that they belong to, called The Temple of the Four Orders. They explain how Blackwood had once been part of the order and ask Holmes' help in stopping Blackwood who has gone rogue. By observing certain physical similarities, Holmes deduces that Blackwood is the son of the Chancellor of the Exchequer who admits that Blackwood is indeed his illegitimate son, conceived during one of their rituals. He indicates that no one is aware of this.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is played by James Fox.

Answer: the Home Secretary

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is drowned in his bathtub, because of a chemical Blackwood uses that causes paralysis. The American Ambassador goes up in flames when he shoots at Blackwood and a chemical he has been sprayed with, while entering the building in the rain, ignites.
The Home Secretary issues an arrest warrant for Holmes and supports Blackwood when he makes his play for power in the House of Lords.
The Home Secretary is played by Hans Matheson. The American Ambassador is played by William Hope.

Answer: He shuts the fireplace flue, filling the room with smoke which he hides behind.

After the warrant is issued for Holmes' arrest, Inspector Lestrade is the one who brings him in. Holmes manages to convince Lestrade that not all is right, and enlists his help. Lestrade pretends to be a member of the Order (revealing a pin under his coat lapel to the Home Secretary) but he has really provided Holmes with the key to his handcuffs.

While in the Home Secretary's office. Holmes shuts the flue, and questions the Home Secretary behind the cover of the smoke. This is when Holmes indicates that he knew that the Home Secretary was not to be trusted, because he recognised his shoes from the sacrifice at the very beginning of the movie.

He also lists other things he has noticed that help him figure out part of the plot.

Answer: to take over the government and then reclaim the 'colonies' (the United States)

Blackwood speaks to the House of Lords, indicating his intentions to take control of the government. He says that it is time for England to reclaim the colonies, pointing out that said colonies have been weakened by their recent Civil War, making them easy to reclaim.

He demands loyalty from the Lords, indicating that anyone standing with him could drink from his cup to pledge their loyalty and threatening doom on anyone who opposed him.

Answer: Irene Adler removes the canister of gas from the machine.

Holmes and Irene try desperately to dismantle the machine but find that they do not have time. Finally Irene says that they simply have to disable it, takes the canister of gas and starts running through the sewers and up the stairs, with Holmes in pursuit. Once the machine does not respond to his remote control device, Blackwood goes to investigate and ends up in pursuit of Holmes.

The chase ends on the scaffolding around the Tower Bridge, which is in the process of being built. Blackwood gets caught in a chain and ends up hanging, with a little help from Holmes.

Answer: No

Although he set things up to make it look like he had risen from the dead, due to his occult practices, it had all been an elaborate trick which Holmes later revealed. He had some kind of harness underneath his clothing, so that he did not actually hang from the neck which, subsequently, did not break.

He had taken a drug to simulate death, which was why Watson had been unable to find a pulse. His tomb had been previously broken and then held together with a weak glue, so that he had no trouble breaking his way out when the effects of the drug wore off.

He had no such elaborate precautions in place to save him from his second hanging.

Answer: Professor Moriarty

While sitting on the bridge Irene tells Holmes all about who she has been working for and how much he frightens her. The reason she grabbed the canister and ran was not just to save the members of the House of Lords, but to get everyone away from the machine so that Moriarty could take what he needed from it.

She warns Holmes to be careful because Moriarty is not only brilliant but is also devious, thus setting the stage for a future film. (One can hope!)

Answer: Gladstone

Gladstone, an English Bulldog, is seen a few times throughout the film, usually on the receiving end of one of Holmes' experiments. At one point, Mary Morstan enters the room and asks what is wrong with Gladstone. At this point Holmes is testing the drug that Blackwood had used to stimulate death, on the dog, who soon wakes up and is indeed fine.
Gladstone was also the name of the British Prime Minister at the time!