Welcome to another edition of truth or fail where our demographics analysts have told me that the audience for this show really enjoys Sherlock Holmes. And hey, I love Sherlock Holmes as well.

But I'm not just talking about the BBC Sherlock or other recent interpretations that we may not want to go into with Robert Downey Jr. As much as I love those there is an amazing history behind Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary literary creation. So today we're going to delve into all things Sherlock and maybe if you're lucky I'll even throw in a question about the Cumberbatch show.

So put on your deerstalker cap and cape and as always pay attention to the clues. Let's play.

Round number one: origins.

Fact number one: Sherlock Holmes may be fictitious but Arthur Conan Doyle hinted many times during his lifetime that the detective was based on a family friend named Dr. Charles House. House was actually a medical doctor but he loved detective work and often assisted the local police in solving crimes. And yes, he's the reason that we had a Dr. House on the popular television series.

Or it could be fact number two: Sherlock Holmes was the subject of 56 short stories and 4 novels by Conan Doyle, and all but four of the stories were narrated by Dr. John Watson, Holmes's friend, assistant, and occasional roommate. But did you know that in all those stories Watson's first name is mentioned only three times and never by Holmes himself.