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- In "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", Dr. Watson was amazed when Sherlock Holmes was able to deduce several facts about a man by examining which item?
- What had caused Henry Baker to lose his goose in "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle"? Answer: He had dropped it after being attacked by a group of hoodlums.
- In "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", Commissionaire Peterson's wife found the blue carbuncle in a goose. What was the blue carbuncle? Answer: A gemstone.
- In "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", who had been arrested for the theft of the blue carbuncle? Answer: A plumber. The theft of the gemstone had taken place in the hotel room of the Countess of Morcar where a plumber named John Horner had been working.
4 days ago · The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [ss] (1892): ‘A Scandal in Bohemia’ (1891) ‘A Case of Identity’ (1891) ‘The Red-Headed League’ (1891) ‘The Boscombe Valley Mystery’ (1891) ‘The Five Orange Pips’ (1891) ‘The Man with the Twisted Lip’ (1891) ‘The Blue Carbuncle’ (1892) ‘The Speckled Band’ (1892) ‘The Engineer ...
5 days ago · This quote is from "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" (1892), a short story from the collection, "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". The story revolves the theft of a priceless gem called the Blue Carbuncle.
5 days ago · In "The Blue Carbuncle" in what unusual place did Peterson, the commissionaire, and his wife find the precious jewel? Answer: In the crop of a goose The goose had been dropped on the corner of Tottenham Court Road and Goodge Street by a man who had also left his hat behind.
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1 day ago · Out of his smoke-filled rooms in Baker Street stalks a figure to cause the criminal classes to quake in their boots and rush from their dens of iniquity . . . The twelve mysteries gathered in this first collection of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson's adventures reveal the brilliant consulting detective at the height of his powers. Problems involving a man with a twisted lip, a fabulous blue carbuncle and five orange pips tax Sherlock Holmes's intellect alongside some of his most famous cases.
4 days ago · Huckleberry Finn. The main character who goes on a series of adventures with a variety of characters. Jim. An escaped slave that predominantly stays by Huck, freed by the late Miss Watson. Tom Sawyer. Huckleberry's best friend who is constantly doing the "generally speaking" wrong thing. Judge Thatcher.
1 day ago · The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle; The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow; The Adventures of David Simple by Sarah Fielding; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain; The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi; The Adventures of Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by ...
