# Who lived at this address?  The Game.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 15, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730 "2008-09-15T19:44:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/41 "2008-09-16T16:19:47Z")

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> [@want2know](#):
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> Another WAG: Jack Lemmon’s character in _The Apartment_?

Nah. Much more recent.

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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/42 "2008-09-16T16:21:05Z")

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1, Oil Drum Lane

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/43 "2008-09-16T16:25:47Z")

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> [@want2know](#):
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> > 1060 West Addison Street, Chicago, IL
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> Elwood Blues (actually Wrigley Field; he “falsified his renewal”.)

In real life: grounds superintendent Bobby Dorr and later Cubs travelling secretary Bob Lewis.

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**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/44 "2008-09-16T16:41:20Z")

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> [@pravnik](#):
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> 263 Prinsengracht, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Is this the house that Anne Frank hid in?

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/45 "2008-09-16T16:44:03Z")

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> [@pravnik](#):
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> 263 Prinsengracht, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Anne Frank and family

My submissions (three because they’re all easy):

129 West 81st Street, NYC

4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey

12 Grimmauld Place

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/46 "2008-09-16T16:53:44Z")

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> [@Scarlett67](#):
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> 129 West 81st Street, NYC

Jerry Seinfeld in Apartment 5A and Cosmo Kramer in 5B.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/47 "2008-09-16T16:56:52Z")

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> [@Scarlett67](#):
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> 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey

Harry Potter and family.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/48 "2008-09-16T17:07:34Z")

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PM1 - No 7, Upper Berkeley Mews.

PM2 - 1901 Elliot Bay Towers

PM3 - The house in which Serridan died (No 7, Saville Row)

PM4 - 23 Railway Cuttings

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/49 "2008-09-16T17:12:20Z")

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**Whose** is this?  
3305 Rio Road, Carmel, CA

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/50 "2008-09-16T17:13:54Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Nah. Much more recent.

Navin Johnson in _The Jerk_?

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/51 "2008-09-16T17:15:14Z")

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Just thought of another:

1200 Santa Susana Pass Road, Chatsworth, California

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**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/52 "2008-09-16T17:16:20Z")

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> [@TommyTutone](#):
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> Adding one of my own:
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> 750 Bel Air Road  
> Beverly Hills, CA

Did this get answered?  
My guess…Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

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**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/53 "2008-09-16T17:24:24Z")

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> [@Johnny\_Q](#):
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> 10050 Cielo Drive, Los Angeles

Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate

My contribution:

Slip F-18  
Bahia Mar Marina  
Ft. Lauderdale FL

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/54 "2008-09-16T17:45:27Z")

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> [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](#):
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> Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate
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> My contribution:
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> Slip F-18  
> Bahia Mar Marina  
> Ft. Lauderdale FL

Sonny Crockett on _Miami Vice_?

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**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/55 "2008-09-16T17:49:01Z")

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> [@pravnik](#):
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> Sonny Crockett on _Miami Vice_?

Nope. Not Horatio Caine either.

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**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/56 "2008-09-16T17:51:06Z")

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> [@glee](#):
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> OK … **110a Piccadilly, London**
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> (It’s fictional, and was chosen in a homage to a colleague in the same line of work. So for a bonus can you say who the colleague was?)

Lord Peter Wimsey

Who was moving to 15 Yemen Road, Yemen?

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/57 "2008-09-16T17:54:23Z")

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> [@pravnik](#):
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> Navin Johnson in _The Jerk_?

Nope.

> [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](#):
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> Slip F-18  
> Bahia Mar Marina  
> Ft. Lauderdale FL

Is that where Gianni Versace’s boat was when he was killed?

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/58 "2008-09-16T17:56:42Z")

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> [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](#):
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> Who was moving to 15 Yemen Road, Yemen?

Miss Chanandler Bong, I mean Chandler Bing. 😃

Who lived under the name of Sanders?

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/59 "2008-09-16T17:58:39Z")

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> [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> PM2 - 1901 Elliot Bay Towers

Dammit, I was gonna post this one! I’ll let someone else have it.

An extra clue:

on the counterbalance

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/60 "2008-09-16T18:07:06Z")

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Ooh, here’s one:

1640 Riverside Drive

(I’d give the city, but that would give the answer away)

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