Who created the series?

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant

How does the show display texts and deductions?

In subtitles at the bottom only

Sherlock TV Series Quiz: Cumberbatch, Freeman and the Mind Palace

This Sherlock TV series quiz follows Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman through the BBC's modern take on Baker Street. Play 10 interactive questions on creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, A Study in Pink, the mind palace, texts shown on screen, Moriarty, Irene Adler, the Reichenbach Fall, Mrs Hudson and the real street used for 221B.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Network
Which broadcaster made Sherlock?
Star
Who plays Sherlock Holmes?
Watson
Who plays John Watson?
Creators
Who created the series?
First
What is the first episode called?
Mind
What does Sherlock call his memory technique?
Screen
How does the show display texts and deductions?
Villain
Who plays Jim Moriarty?
Woman
Which character is called The Woman?
Street
Which London street stood in for Baker Street?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which broadcaster made Sherlock?
Answer: BBC
It first aired in 2010.
Q2: Who plays Sherlock Holmes?
Answer: Benedict Cumberbatch
Downey played him in films.
Q3: Who plays John Watson?
Answer: Martin Freeman
He also played Bilbo Baggins.
Q4: Who created the series?
Answer: Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss
Gatiss also plays Mycroft.
Q5: What is the first episode called?
Answer: A Study in Pink
It nods to A Study in Scarlet.
Q6: What does Sherlock call his memory technique?
Answer: A mind palace
He walks through imagined rooms.
Q7: How does the show display texts and deductions?
Answer: As words floating on screen
It became a signature style.
Q8: Who plays Jim Moriarty?
Answer: Andrew Scott
He later starred in Ripley.
Q9: Which character is called The Woman?
Answer: Irene Adler
She appears in A Scandal in Belgravia.
Q10: Which London street stood in for Baker Street?
Answer: North Gower Street
Speedy's Café sits below the door.

Baker Street With Smartphones

Sherlock, created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss for the BBC, first aired in 2010 and moved Arthur Conan Doyle's detective into modern London. Benedict Cumberbatch plays Sherlock and Martin Freeman plays John Watson, an army doctor back from Afghanistan who writes about their cases on a blog.

Each episode ran about 90 minutes. The first, A Study in Pink, nods to Doyle's A Study in Scarlet. Texts and deductions float on screen as words, and Sherlock stores knowledge in a mind palace, walking through imagined rooms to recall facts. Gatiss also plays Sherlock's brother Mycroft.

Andrew Scott plays the villain Jim Moriarty, and Irene Adler, The Woman, appears in A Scandal in Belgravia. In The Reichenbach Fall, Sherlock appears to fall from a hospital roof. The flat at 221B was filmed on North Gower Street, above Speedy's Café.

What This Quiz Teaches

Mystery fans will enjoy these questions.

Who made the show
Who plays the leads
How it shows deductions
Who the rivals are
Where it was filmed

Did You Know?

Una Stubbs played Mrs Hudson.
Lestrade is the detective inspector.
Molly Hooper works at the morgue.
A Victorian special aired in 2016.
The series ran for four seasons.