Multiple choice general knowledge

What was the first Sherlock Holmes tale?

  1. Silver Blaze

  2. A study in scarlet

  3. The Sign of the Four

  4. A Scandal in Bohemia
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B Correct answer
Explanation

A Study in Scarlet (1887) was indeed the first Sherlock Holmes novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing the detective and Dr. Watson. Silver Blaze is a short story from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1892), The Sign of the Four was the second novel (1890), and A Scandal in Bohemia was the first short story (1891). The answer is correct.

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