SHURDLE - Thank Holmes It's Friday Puzzle of the Week
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SHURDLE PUZZLE OF THE WEEK - September 20th 2024
Sherlock Who? Find the Sherlockian link to Dr Who. Click on each question button to reveal the answer.
1. Was both a Sherlock Holmes and Dr Who. Easy start, Tom who?
Tom Baker
2. Same question, but it's Peter who and where?
Peter Capaldi on the Alexei Sayle Show
3. And a third, Matt who and how?
Matt Smith donned a deerstalker
4. Three writers on both Dr Who and the BBC’s Sherlock?
Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss and Stephen Thompson
5. Which Lestrade actor in the BBC’s Sherlock also appeared in Dr Who?
Rupert Graves
6. Which famous Sherlock Holmes actor appeared in Dr Who and the Daleks in 1965?
Peter Cushing
7. And more recently, which other former Dr Who did a stint in the UK stage production of The Hound of the Baskervilles in 2024?
Colin Baker
8. Toby Jones was in both the BBC’s Sherlock and Dr Who, but what are the notable Sherlock Holmes tv and film links to his actor father Freddie Jones?
Appeared in the film Young Sherlock Holmes and two episodes of the Granada series
9. Both Dr Who and Sherlock Holmes were famous for faking what?
Their own deaths
10. Which is better, Sherlock Holmes or Dr Who?
You decide that!
SHURDLE PUZZLE OF THE WEEK - September 13th 2024
Try this quick cryptic style puzzle. Simply work out the Sherlockian references. No crossword grid, we’re just looking for the answers. Click on each question button to reveal the answer.
1.Dreadful ravine hides secret - four words of 3,6,2 and 4 letters
The Valley of Fear
2.Where detective can find bread - two words of 5 and 6 letters
Baker Street
3.Pursue a dog - one word, 5 letters
Hound
4.Actor, possibly including jetty or beer, right? two words of 6 and 5 letters
Jeremy Brett
5.Conclusion of last case, for now - three words of 3,5 and 7 letters
The Final Problem
6.Place for ancient Greek philosopher’s society - two words of 8 and 4 letters
Diogenes Club
7.Cyclist’s name in Scarlet and Four, one word, 7 letters
Wiggins
8.Final stage for retiring hero - three words of 3,4 and 3 letters
His Last Bow
9.Resident Doctor - three words of 2,5 and 9 letters
Dr Percy Trevelyan
10.Arrow heath - one word, 8 letters
Dartmoor’
SHURDLE PUZZLE OF THE WEEK - September 6th 2024
Try this quick connections puzzle. Simply work out what connects each of the four words listed. Click on each question button to reveal the answer.
1. Valley, Hound, Four, Study
Words from the titles of the long stories
2. Moore, Cushing, Baker, Cavill
Sherlock Holmes actors
3. Scandal, Dancing, Naval, Solitary
Words from the titles of the first four 1984 Granada TV episodes
4. House, Lodge, Place, Grange
Places from the titles of the short stories
5. Marion-Crawford, Freeman, Stock, Law
Dr Watson actors
6. Baker, Wigmore, Montague, Godophin
London street names associated with Sherlock Holmes
7. Handl, Stephens, Blakely, Lee
Actors in the 1970 Billy Wilder film ‘The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes’
8. Lip, Thumb, Foot, Face
Body parts from the titles of the short stories
9. London, New York, Toronto, Welshpool
Places associated with Sherlock Holmes societies
10. Miller, Liu, Quinn, Hill
Actors in the 2012-20 US TV series ‘Elementary’