Test your knowledge of Basil Rathbone! Most answers can be
found on this website.
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1. Line from1962 film Tales of Terror: "Valdemar, can you
hear ___?" |
1. ______ Prophecies of Nostradamus (1961 film) |
2. Television network that broadcast "Billy Budd," starring William Shatner and Rathbone |
2. Rathbone played Montague Hartley in The Black
_____ (1941 film) |
5. Rathbone's character in the 1967 Ferlin Husky film
(see 22 across) |
3. In an episode of the Colgate Comedy Hour
(1951) Rathbone played the "Would-___ Gentleman" |
10. One of the roles Rathbone played in Hamlet |
4. Initials of Rathbone's daughter |
12. "Five Minutes to ______" (TV) |
5. The Star of Rhodesia was this. |
14. In the 1943 film Above Suspicion, Rathbone's character dies
after being _______. |
6. Male lead in1944 film Bathing Beauty (init.) |
16. Initials of the actor who played "Much" in The
Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) |
7. Sherlock Holmes radio episode: "Shoscombe _____
Place" |
17. 1920 play in which Rathbone played Count Louis
Ipanoff |
8. 1939 film in which Rathbone escapes from a penal
colony |
19. He played "Hansel" on recording of "Hansel and
Gretel" |
9. A ______ in Her Hat (1935 film) |
20. Rathbone played Harry Domain in this 1922 play. |
10. Rathbone's character in The Magic Sword (1962
film) |
21. The _____ Doctor (1941 film) |
11. "_______ of a Kind" (radio show) |
22. Hillbillys ____ ___ Haunted House (2 words,
1967 film) |
13. Initials that Sherlock Holmes made on his wall with
bullet holes |
23. Initials of Rathbone's co-star in After the Ball
(1933 film) |
15. Animal that Rathbone recommends as a pet--not
normally considered a pet! (hint: see
Radio page) |
25. Initials of actor who played Moriarty in the 1953
stage play Sherlock Holmes |
17. 1949 radio show: Tales of _______ |
26. Initials of actress who played Belle in The Bishop
Murder Case (1930 film) |
18. 1921 play: The _____ O'Beyond |
27. The Adventures of David ________ (1935 film) |
20. Letters that might appear on John Black's headstone
(Comedy of Terrors, 1963 film) |
32. Rathbone played Alfred de _________ in Madame
Sand (1921 play) |
24. Initials of Basil Rathbone's son |
34. Episode of radio show Tales of Fatima: "___ ______
Expected Murder" (2 words) |
28. Role that Rathbone played in Shakespeare's
Twelfth Night |
37. Initials of title character in 1920 play starring Rathbone |
29. Sponsor of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
radio shows |
38. Episode of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:
"Mrs. Warren's ______" (radio) |
30. Author of A Tale of Two Cities |
39. Rathbone's favorite song |
31. Initials of actor who played Jules in We're No Angels
(1955 film) |
43. The female of the type of animal Much killed in
Sherwood Forest (The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938 film) |
32. He played the Sheriff of Nottingham in
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) |
44. Initials of actress who played Maid Marian in
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) |
33. Episode of Chevrolet Tele-Theatre called
"Queen of _______" (TV) |
46. Episode of Tales of Fatima: "The Tower of ______
" (radio) |
35. Episode of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:
"The __________ in Wax" (radio) |
48. The Flirting ________ (1930 film) |
36. Article Basil wrote about Moritz: "____ Was My
Friend" |
52. Miss Ferguson, Rathbone's co-star in The Grand
Duchess and the Waiter (1925 play) |
40. The 1953 play Sherlock Holmes opened at the
_____ Century Theatre. |
55. Rathbone starred with Norma Shearer in The ______
of Mrs. Cheyney (1929 film) |
41. Name of Rathbone's cocker spaniel |
56. Rathbone's character in Tovarich (1937 film) would answer
"yes" this way. |
42. Initials for actress who played Bess in The
Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) |
57. "The Hated _____ of 1776" (radio) |
45. Episode of Tales of Fatima: "The _____ _____
the Shadows" (radio) |
59. In 1962 Rathbone published In and Out of
Character: ______ Autobiography |
47. Rathbone's character in A Lady Surrenders
(1930 film) |
60. Initials for one of the participants in Dream
World, a 1951 radio tribute to the United Nations |
49. The plot of Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
uses an _______ from the story "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" |
61. In the 1933 film Loyalties, a film about
anti-Semitism, Rathbone played a wealthy _______. |
50. Rathbone played Major Brand in The ______ Patrol
(1938 film) |
62. ______ Precious Year (1933 film) |
51. Rathbone played Milo James in this episode of
Burke's Law: "____ Killed Hamlet?" (TV) |
63. Rathbone's character in the 1922 play The Swan: Dr. Hans
______ |
53. "____ and Behold," 1952 radio episode of Theatre
Guild on the Air |
64. Episode of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:
"The Vanishing White __________ " (radio) |
54. Rathbone played this character in the play Othello |
65. Rathbone narrated "The Reluctant ________" on
The
World of Disney in 1955 (TV) |
58. Rathbone made the film Autopsy of a Ghost at
the _____ of his career (1967). |
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61. Initials of Rathbone's co-star in "The Lark" (TV) |
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63. Initials for the character of the insect expert in
Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1944 film) |
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