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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: a minefield

Twenty four Sherlock Holmes stories. Twelve make up the first collection, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; the rest come from the two books that followed. Click only the twelve.

Format
Click the grid
Items
12 to click
Limit
2:00
Level
Hard
Checked
2026.10.03
To find
12
Time limit
2:00
Minefield
One wrong click ends it
  • Click every valid item, in any order.
  • Decoys look plausible. Read carefully.
  • Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.

Click every story from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The grid appears when you start.

About this quiz

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, published in 1892, was the first collection of Holmes short stories. Its twelve tales begin with A Scandal in Bohemia.

  • A title that begins The Adventure of is no clue: such stories are on both sides of the line.
  • The decoys are six stories from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and six from The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
  • The board is shuffled for each game, and everyone gets the same first board each day.

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