# Where It Is Trivia Quiz

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 12, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063 "2013-10-12T07:38:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/21 "2013-10-25T00:52:18Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Wensleydale’s Cheese Shop

Gotta be Wallace and Gromit, right?

2311 Los Robles

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/22 "2013-10-25T03:41:12Z")

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> [@5\_time\_champ](#):
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> Apple, Inc Corporate Headquarters

Correct. Always thought that was clever.

> [@Karen\_Lingel](#):
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> Gotta be Wallace and Gromit, right?..

Nope.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/23 "2013-10-25T03:46:25Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> 22 Twain St.

Lionel Twain who had 10 fingers but no pinkies.

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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/24 "2013-10-25T04:07:12Z")

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1619 Pine Street

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/25 "2013-10-25T05:34:55Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Wensleydale’s Cheese Shop

The finest cheese shop in the district, because it’s so clean.

> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> Lionel Twain who had 10 fingers but no pinkies.

You beat me to it. It’s from _Murder By Death_.

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/26 "2013-10-25T14:53:08Z")

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[ul]  
[li]Oak St, Holcomb, KS[/li][li]112 Ocean Ave (Long Island area)[/li][li]3600 Prospect Street, Georgetown, Washington DC[/li][li]4267 Roxbury Street, Simi Valley, CA[/li][/ul]

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/27 "2013-10-25T17:18:34Z")

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[ul]  
[li]530 E Lemon Ave., Monrovia, CA[/li][/ul]

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/28 "2013-10-25T18:30:23Z")

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16 Parkside Lane, San Francisco

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/29 "2013-10-25T19:17:09Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> 16 Parkside Lane, San Francisco

Where Sue lives in the Harry Chapin song, “Taxi”.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/30 "2013-10-25T19:39:13Z")

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> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#):
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> Where Sue lives in the Harry Chapin song, “Taxi”.

Well done, fellow Harry fan.

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**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/31 "2013-10-26T17:10:32Z")

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> [@lost4life](#):
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> [ul]  
> [li]3600 Prospect Street, Georgetown, Washington DC[/li][/ul]

The house in _The Exorcist_.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/32 "2013-10-26T18:42:09Z")

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> [@furryman](#):
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> Slough of Despond  
> Vanity Fair(e)

The Slough of Despond and Vanity Fair are from **Pilgrim’s Progress** by John Bunyan. Christian travels through them on his way to Heaven. They’re also mentioned in Louisa May Alcott’s **Little Women**. One chapter is titled, “Meg Goes to Vanity Fair”, and it’s about her visit to the Moffats.

And since no one’s answered mine yet…

Vorbarr Sultana is the capital city of Barrayar, in Lois McMaster Bujold’s novels about the Vorkosigans.

Kansaska and Nebransas are from Ingrid Law’s novel **Savvy**. Mibs Beaumont and her family live there.  
New Ones:

Birtwick Park  
Plumfield

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/33 "2013-10-26T21:11:49Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> The finest cheese shop in the district, because it’s so clean…
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> You beat me to it. It’s from _Murder By Death_.

Correct as to both - but just for the record, the first is from…?

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/34 "2013-10-31T17:37:21Z")

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Since no one’s answered these two yet…  
Birtwick Park is Squire Gordon’s home in **Black Beauty.**

Plumfield is the school Jo helps run in **Little Men**. (Also would have accepted Aunt March’s home from **Little Women**.)

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/35 "2013-10-31T18:46:33Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> [ul]  
> [li]530 E Lemon Ave., Monrovia, CA[/li][/ul]

It’s from _Barstow_, by avant-garde composer Harry Partch. It’s a series of brief pieces of graffiti that he found at a popular hitchhiking spot outside of Barstow, CA, each set to music. The lyric is:

> [@](#):
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> Gentlemen: Go to 530 East Lemon Avenue, Monrovia, California, for an easy handout.

Surprised nobody got this one.

Okay, not really surprised, but some people have probably heard a part of _Barstow_ without realizing it. That odd musical motif that Dr. Demento used to introduce songs in the Funny Five on his radio show comes from _Barstow_.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/36 "2013-11-01T01:17:58Z")

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South Carolina Military Institute  
The Houses of Healing  
Bag End  
Belvedere, Ohio

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/37 "2013-11-01T02:30:56Z")

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Houses of Healing – Minas Tirith

Bag End – Hobbiton, The Shire

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**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/38 "2013-11-01T05:30:43Z")

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> [@Elendil's Scabrous Hair](#):
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> South Carolina Military Institute
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> Belvedere, Ohio

_The Lords of Discipline_? (Located in/near Charleston.)  
and  
_The Silence of the Lambs_ (Where Buffalo Bill lives.)

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/39 "2013-11-01T14:03:52Z")

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> [@dasmoocher](#):
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> The house in _The Exorcist_.

Correct! I’ll give the rest of the answers since no one is guessing  
[ul]  
[li]Oak St, Holcomb, KS[/li][li]112 Ocean Ave (Long Island area)[/li][li]3600 Prospect Street, Georgetown, Washington DC[/li][li]4267 Roxbury Street, Simi Valley, CA[/li][/ul]

[spoiler][ul]  
[li]Oak St, Holcomb, KS - Clutter family home from In Cold Blood fame.[/li][li]112 Ocean Ave (Long Island area) - More specifically, it’s located in Amityville, NY.[/li][li]3600 Prospect Street, Georgetown, Washington DC - Answered - The Exorcist[/li][li]4267 Roxbury Street, Simi Valley, CA - Poltergeist house[/li][/ul]

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-it-is-trivia-quiz/671063/40 "2013-11-01T15:40:13Z")

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> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#):
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> Houses of Healing – Minas Tirith
> 
> Bag End – Hobbiton, The Shire

> [@dasmoocher](#):
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> _The Lords of Discipline_? (Located in/near Charleston.)  
> and  
> _The Silence of the Lambs_ (Where Buffalo Bill lives.)

Oll korrect.

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