The White Rose IrregularsRecent Quiz

While preparing this interrogation I’ve had the sense that Pablo is looking over my shoulder as I write.  No doubt Paul could ace this quiz just as he could have aced every quiz I’ve written in the past, but it was never his intent to prove his canonical prowess to us.  He was dedicated to helping all of us to have fun and enjoy Sherlock Holmes merely for the camaraderie it has brought to the White Rose Irregulars.  Paul is with us today as I believe he always will be.
James Young

1. According to Dr. Watson, whose letters were “an absolute perversion of the facts” of “what really took place between Professor Moriarty and Mr. Sherlock Holmes”?  _________________  1 Point ___
2. There were (unbelievably) only two other accounts of the demise of Sherlock Holmes.  The reports were published in _______________ and _____________________  2 Points ___
3. Sherlock Holmes was afraid of ________________ during his visit to Dr, Watson’s home on the night of April 24th.  1 Point ___
4. In his brief description of Professor Moriarty Sherlock Holmes related to Watson that he was a man of ______________________ and _______________, and had written a celebrated paper on the ___________________.  3 Points ___
5. After the professor resigned his chair at the university he choose to “come down to London, where he set up as an _________ _________”  1 Point ___
6. Holmes related to Watson that “His appearance was quite familiar to me”, referring to Professor Moriarty.  How many of the ten descriptors Holmes applied to the professor can you supply?
1. __________________________
2. __________________________
3. __________________________
4. __________________________
5. __________________________
6. __________________________
7. __________________________
8. __________________________
9. __________________________
10. __________________________ 10 Points Maximum ___
7. At the close of their meeting Professor Moriarty warned Holmes that “You must stand clear, Mr. Holmes, or ____________________ “ 1 Point ___
8. Holmes went on the say, "That was my singular interview with Professor Moriarty. I confess that it left an unpleasant effect upon my mind. His soft, precise fashion of speech leaves a conviction of sincerity which ________________________.”  Can you provide the final comparator?  1 Point ___
9. To convince Watson of the genuineness of the danger evident toward him presently, Holmes related three life-threatening attacks that had taken place on just this one day.  You can, no doubt recall the detail of those assaults:
1. ___________________________
2. ___________________________
3. ___________________________ 3 Points ___
10. The final attack on Holmes before leaving London with Watson for the continent was; ________________________  1 Point ___

Once it was deduced that Professor Moriarty would likely engage a “Special”, Holmes decided that he and Watson would debark saying that "We shall get out at _____________."   1 Point ___

11. Once on the continent Watson tells us that “For a charming week we wandered up the valley of the Rhone, and then, branching off at Leuk, we made our way over the Gemmi Pass, still deep in snow, and so, by way of Interlaken, to ____________”.  What location was their final destination?  __________________  1 Point ___
12. The Englischer Hof. was kept by Peter Steiler the elder and he spoke excellent English as a result of having worked as a waiter at ______________________ for three years.  1 Point ___
13. Upon realization that the note regarding the English lady who was reputedly dying of consumption at the Englischer Hof was a fake, Watson returned to the falls.  There he saw something shimmering and stated “I found that it came from the __________________________ which he used to carry”.  1 Point ___
14. The note Watson found on his return to the falls read as follows:  No question here, and no points to score, just the final message by which Sherlock Holmes left us – for a while…

“MY DEAR WATSON:
I write these few lines through the courtesy of Mr.
Moriarty, who awaits my convenience for the final discussion of those questions which lie between us. He has been
giving me a sketch of the methods by which he avoided the
English police and kept himself informed of our movements. They certainly confirm the very high opinion which
I had formed of his abilities. I am pleased to think that I
shall be able to free society from any further effects of his
presence, though I fear that it is at a cost which will give
pain to my friends, and especially, my dear Watson, to you.
I have already explained to you, however, that my career
had in any case reached its crisis, and that no possible
conclusion to it could be more congenial to me than this.
Indeed, if I may make a full confession to you, I was quite
convinced that the letter from Meiringen was a hoax, and I
allowed you to depart on that errand under the persuasion
that some development of this sort would follow. Tell Inspector Patterson that the papers which he needs to convict
the gang are in pigeonhole M., done up in a blue envelope
and inscribed "Moriarty." I made every disposition of my
property before leaving England and handed it to my brother
Mycroft. Pray give my greetings to Mrs. Watson, and
believe me to be, my dear fellow

Very sincerely yours,

SHERLOCK HOLMES.”

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