#9064, aired 2024-03-21 | CHARACTERS IN BOOK SERIES $1000: The first Sherlock Holmes novel was this one involving a message written in blood A Study in Scarlet |
#8556, aired 2022-01-17 | ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE CHARACTERS $800: In "A Study in Scarlet", this Scotland Yard inspector is described as "lean and ferret-like" Inspector Lestrade |
#8256, aired 2020-10-12 | COLORFUL LIT $400: Marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes: "A Study in ____" Scarlet |
#8010, aired 2019-06-07 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $800: In "A Study in Scarlet", he tells us "in the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London" (Dr.) Watson |
#7608, aired 2017-10-11 | A PLACE FOR YOURSELF $4,200 (Daily Double): Undershaw, home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, included this writing room, perhaps decorated in scarlet? a study |
#7435, aired 2016-12-30 | DOCTORED BOOKS $400: Like his roommate, this doctor first shows up in "A Study in Scarlet" Dr. Watson |
#6989, aired 2015-01-22 | NOVELS WRITTEN FAST $400: Written in 3 weeks in 1886, "A Study in Scarlet" introduced this character who was later killed off but returned Sherlock Holmes |
#6225, aired 2011-10-14 | THE SHERLOCK HOLMES FILE $1600: His "colorful" first case A Study in Scarlet |
#6149, aired 2011-05-12 | COLORFUL 19th CENTURY LIT $1600: The first chapter of this 1887 work is titled "Mr. Sherlock Holmes" A Study in Scarlet |
#5976, aired 2010-09-13 | GHOST WRITERS $1200: In addition to "A Study in Scarlet" & "The White Company", his stories include the spooky "The Brown Hand" Arthur Conan Doyle |
#5943, aired 2010-06-16 | ARE YOU WELL RED? $1200: In this novel Sherlock Holmes investigates a murder at Lauriston Gardens A Study in Scarlet |
#5836, aired 2010-01-18 | SIDEKICKS $200: He debuted in "A Study in Scarlet", joining the protagonist in bachelor lodgings on Baker Street (Dr.) Watson |
#5093, aired 2006-11-01 | A VISIT WITH SHERLOCK HOLMES $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates the use of a magnifying glass at the Sherlock Holmes Museum in London.) Sherlock Holmes uses a magnifying glass in tales including "The Red-Headed League" & this 1887 one, whose title includes a shade of red A Study in Scarlet |
#5018, aired 2006-06-07 | LITERARY WHICH CAME FIRST $1600: "The Hound of the Baskervilles",
"A Study in Scarlet",
"The Valley of Fear" A Study in Scarlet |
#4077, aired 2002-04-30 | IT'S A MYSTERY! $2000: This Holmes case is so named for the "thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life" A Study in Scarlet |
#4070, aired 2002-04-19 | SHERLOCK'S ADVENTURES $800: There was "A Study in Scarlet" & one of these "in Bohemia" A Scandal |
#3465, aired 1999-10-01 | LITERATURE $100: In "A Study in Scarlet", he told Holmes, "I have all the facts in my journal, and the public shall know them" Watson |
#3460, aired 1999-09-24 | EARLY BRITISH CINEMA $600: 1914's version of this colorful story was the first big screen treatment of a Sherlock Holmes mystery "A Study in Scarlet" |
#3273, aired 1998-11-25 | THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES $100: That's right, guv, the first Holmes story was this "scarlet" one A Study in Scarlet |
#3223, aired 1998-09-16 | IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? $600: This "Study in Scarlet" author began writing while waiting for patients who never came Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
#3017, aired 1997-10-14 | A STUDY IN SCARLET $200: In legend Will Scarlet lived in Sherwood Forest as one of this outlaw's followers Robin Hood |
#3017, aired 1997-10-14 | A STUDY IN SCARLET $400: Strep throat bacteria passed from child to child can cause this disease, also called scarlatina Scarlet fever |
#3017, aired 1997-10-14 | A STUDY IN SCARLET $600: A scarlet woman in "Shanghai Express", she was Catherine the Great in "The Scarlet Empress" Marlene Dietrich |
#3017, aired 1997-10-14 | A STUDY IN SCARLET $800: The biretta worn by these Catholic dignitaries is not a gun but a scarlet cap Cardinals |
#3017, aired 1997-10-14 | A STUDY IN SCARLET $1000: As an epitaph, poet Hilaire Belloc wrote, "His sins were scarlet, but his books were" this read |
#2830, aired 1996-12-13 | AUTHORS $400: "A Tangled Skein" was this author's original title for "A Study in Scarlet" Arthur Conan Doyle |
#2613, aired 1996-01-03 | NOVELS $600: Sherlock Holmes met Dr. Watson for the first time in this 1887 novel A Study in Scarlet |
#2461, aired 1995-04-24 | MYSTERY NOVELISTS $400: He had a medical practice in Southsea, England when he began writing "A Study in Scarlet" (Arthur Conan) Doyle |
#1718, aired 1992-02-05 | SHERLOCK HOLMES $800: This 1st Sherlock Holmes adventure was published in "Beeton's Christmas Annual" in 1887 A Study in Scarlet |
#1388, aired 1990-09-19 | COLORFUL STORIES $800: Sherlock Holmes made his 1st appearance in this 1887 story A Study in Scarlet |
#1291, aired 1990-03-26 | LITERARY QUOTES $600: In "A Study in Scarlet" this author called London "that great cesspool" Arthur Conan Doyle |
#1220, aired 1989-12-15 | BRITISH NOVELS $200: "A Study in Scarlet" was this famous sleuth's 1st published adventure Sherlock Holmes |
#730, aired 1987-11-06 | 1887 $100: Detective introduced to the world in 1887 in "A Study in Scarlet" Sherlock Holmes |
#661, aired 1987-06-22 | SHERLOCK HOLMES $100: In 1987, fans around the world celebrated this anniversary of Holmes' debut story the 100th anniversary |
#285, aired 1985-10-11 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $200: To supplement his income, this M.D. wrote “A Study in Scarlet” Arthur Conan Doyle |
#135, aired 1985-03-15 | DOUBLE MEANINGS $400: A den painted deep red, or Sherlock Holmes' first story A Study in Scarlet |