publication date: Saturday, December 22, 2018 (part of Winter 2019)

category: Movies

clue: He's been a master detective, a sorcerer supreme, and a criminal codebreaker.

explanation: Cumberbatch played Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock, Stephen Strange in Doctor Strange, and Alan Turing in The Imitation Game. more…

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Erik Bates, and Stan Iwanchuk


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