A STUDY IN PINK – Sherlock, Season 1 / Episode 1

1. How does John Watson meet Sherlock?

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2. How does Sherlock know that John Watson has served in Afghanistan or Iraq?

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3. How well does Sherlock assess John Watson?

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4. Sherlock got one thing wrong in his deductions about Watson. Which one?

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5. The victim’s name is:

¨ Jennifer Watson ¨ Jennifer Anderson

¨ Jennifer Wilson ¨ Jennifer Hudson

6. Sherlock is addicted to:

¨ heroin ¨ nicotine ¨ cocaine ¨ alcohol

7. What is the colour of the victim’s suitcase? ............................................................................

8. The object missing from her suitcase is:

¨ her credit card ¨ her lighter ¨ her mobile phone ¨ her lipstick ¨ her key

9. Match Sherlock’s ideas about Jennifer Wilson with his reasons for them.

a) Jennifer Wilson was seeing a man who was not her husband.
b) She’d been in the rain.
c) She’d been in windy weather.
d) She’d come from Cardiff.
e) She had a suitcase with her.

1. Her coat was wet.

2. She hadn’t used an umbrella.
3. She took her wedding ring off regularly.
4. There were little marks on the back of one leg.
5. This was the only city with the right kind of weather within a travel time of two to three hours.

10. The name of Sherlock’s landlady is:

¨ Mrs Watson ¨ Mrs Anderson ¨ Mrs Wilson ¨ Mrs Hudson

11. The police’s official reason for entering Sherlock’s flat:

They are looking for ¨ drugs ¨ documents ¨ weapons

12. The real reason: They want.......................................................................................................

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“Rachel” =
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14. The GPS in the victim’s mobile indicates 221 Baker Street. Why?
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15. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences.
a) Sherlock thinks that the murderer still has Jennifer’s mobile phone.
b) At the restaurant, John and Sherlock wait for Lestrade to arrive F
c) The man in the back of the taxi isn’t guilty of a crime.
d) In the excitement of the chase, John forgets about his limp.
e) The name ‘Jennifer’ is a password for the dead woman’s smartphone F

16. What is the killer’s job? He is a...................................................................................................

17. If Sherlock calls the police, the killer will:

¨ commit suicide ¨ run away ¨ never tell how he killed his victims

¨ kill everybody with a bomb ¨ accuse Sherlock of the murders

18. How did the killer force his victims to commit suicide? .........................................................

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19. What was the killer’s motive? ....................................................................................................

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A STUDY IN PINK – IDIOMS AND COLOURS

• See something through ROSE TINTED GLASSES

e.g. I don´t see the bad economy or the inflation. I am on holiday now. I see life through my rose
tinted glasses.
• GIVE SOMEONE THE GREEN LIGHT.
e.g. I want to travel to Bariloche with X company. My parents gave me the green light and I am
going in August.
• PAINT THE TOWN RED
e.g. (Enjoy the free time and go party!!!) As soon as I am finished with the exams, I am going to
paint the town red with friends.