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1.	When we first hear Holmes' voice in the film, it is to provide a voiceover explanation for:
		How to rob a bank
		How to disable a man
		How to defuse a bomb
		How a mouse will spent its final moments alive

2.	After apprehending Lord Blackwood, Holmes goes three months without a case. He's having a hard time filling the hours, as evidenced by the fact that he is firing a gun in his room adjacent to Watson's office. Why is he shooting?
		He is trying to get more light into a room
		He is firing at imagined villains
		He is studying the acoustics of the room
		He is trying to invent something to muffle sound of gunshots

3.	Meeting Mary, Watson's lady, at a dinner, Holmes deduces each of the following about her, except for:
		She is a governess
		She had been engaged
		She doesn't really love Watson
		She wears someone else's jewels

4.	A larger fellow had apparently bested Holmes in a boxing match. Holmes was ready to walk away when the bloke did this to incur his wrath:
		Spit at his head
		Insulted his mother
		Called him a coward
		Impugned his pugilistic skills

5.	When Holmes visits him in prison, Blackwood warns that there will be how many more murders?
		Five
		One
		Three
		Twelve

6.	At his hanging, we learn that Blackwood had murdered how many women (along with being credited with an additional attempted murder)?
		Five
		20
		Twelve
		Three

7.	These were apparently Blackwood's last words right before he hung:
		Darkness comes quickly
		Death is only the beginning
		I will rise again
		Evil is never extinguished

8.	At Irene's introduction in the film, Holmes' behavior can best be described as:
		Nonplussed
		Agitated
		Capricious
		Gracious

9.	As Irene departs after hiring Holmes, Holmes disguises himself in order that he can:
		Follow her home
		Find out who she is working for
		Prevent her from robbing a store
		Determine who she is romantically involved with

10.	What was the name of the dog that suffered considerably for the good of Holmes' experiments:
		Trueblood
		Gladstone
		Bill
		St. George

11.	Each of these served as a suggestion that Blackwood had risen from the dead, except for:
		A note in Blackwood's handwriting was found in the tomb
		The body of someone else was in Blackwood's coffin
		Blackwood was seen by a witness rising from the grave
		The stone slab sealing Blackwood's tomb had been shattered from the inside

12.	Aside from hair color, what was the chief distinguishing physical attribute of Reordan, the man found in Blackwood's coffin?
		His height
		His weight
		The number of hands he had
		The number of eyes he had

13.	When Holmes and Watson break into Reordan's to investigate, they are interrupted by men who have come:
		To arrest Holmes
		To arrest Reordan
		To burn the place down
		To collect a debt from Reordan

14.	Holmes survives a time in jail by:
		Fighting off all comers
		Telling jokes
		Guessing the crimes of the inmates
		Performing magic

15.	Holmes deduces that Sir Thomas, the man that bailed him out and the head of the Temple of the Four Orders, is Blackwood's father. How?
		Eye color
		Accent
		A picture of Blackwood in James' pocket watch
		Shape of the earlobe

16.	Holmes determines that Irene's employer is:
		A policeman
		A clergyman
		A professor
		A banker

17.	Sir Thomas doesn't live long after consulting Holmes. Where is he killed?
		In his bathtub
		In an alleyway
		In a wine cellar
		In a graveyard

18.	Appearing at a meeting of the Four Orders, Blackwood announces this bold initiative:
		To kill the royal family
		To conquer all of Asia
		To reclaim America
		To pioneer air travel

19.	What happens to the dissenting Order member who tries to kill Blackwood?
		He gouges his own eyes out
		He runs onto his own sword
		He throws himself out a window
		He bursts into flame

20.	Holmes realizes this mythical beast is the key to understanding Blackwood's target:
		A centaur
		A griffin
		A sphinx
		A minotaur

21.	And Blackwood's target would be:
		Police headquarters
		Parliament
		Westminster Abbey
		The Church of England

22.	Which of the following did not play a role in Holmes escaping Lord Coward, when the Home Secretary had him alone in a room at gunpoint?
		Smoke
		A mirror
		A key
		An open window

23.	Blackwood met his ultimate demise by:
		Electrocution
		Hanging
		Burning
		Drowning

24.	During their confrontation on the bridge, Holmes explained each of Blackwood's tricks, except for:
		How Blackwood broke out of his tomb from the inside
		How Blackwood's followers in Parliament were to have survived the gassing
		How Sir Thomas died in his tub
		How Blackwood survived his hanging

25.	The film ends with these two words spoken by Holmes:
		Case reopened
		I've returned
		Simple deduction
		Justice prevails

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