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Q: Did Sherlock Holmes ever lose any of his clients?
A: Yes. Sherlock Holmes loses two cases and two
people die as a result.
Q: Did Sherlock Holmes actually take drugs?
A: Yes. The opening page in 'The Sign of Four' has
Sherlock Holmes injecting himself with cocaine.
There are also other references in the canon indicating
this vice of Sherlock Holmes.
Q: Where did Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson
actually first meet?
A: 'A Study in Scarlet'. At St Bart's Hospital,
Stamford introduced Doctor Watson to Sherlock Holmes.
Q: Could Sherlock Holmes really play the violin?
A: Yes. One of the points (#10) that Doctor Watson
mentions in 'A Study in Scarlet' is: Plays the violin
well.
Q: Does 221b Baker Street actually exist?
A: Yes. Mail delivered to this address actually
reaches the Abbey National Building Society in London.
Q: How many films were made of Sherlock Holmes
and Doctor Watson?
A: There is currently a recorded number of 144 films
of Sherlock Holmes, albeit this list is by no
means complete!
Q: Was Sherlock Holmes real?
A: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are factitious
characters written by Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle towards the end of the nineteenth
century.
Q: How many stories were there?
A: Fifty six Sherlock Holmes short stories and four
main novels.
Q: Who was Mycroft Holmes.
A: Brother of Sherlock Holmes, who assisted in three
of the Sherlock Holmes cases.
