# Who lived at this address? The Game. **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 4
**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, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/61 "2008-09-16T18:08:19Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > Who lived under the name of Sanders? Winnie the Pooh. 🙂 ---
**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, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/62 "2008-09-16T19:04:57Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Nope. > > Is that where Gianni Versace’s boat was when he was killed? Nope. Hint: One of the neighbouring boats was the “John Maynard Keynes” ---
**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, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/63 "2008-09-16T19:11:37Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > **Whose** is this? > 3305 Rio Road, Carmel, CA Hint #2: the owner worked at 1 University Circle in Monterey. ---
**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, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/64 "2008-09-16T19:23:23Z")
Or, to be less cryptic, he was a Chief Warrant Officer at the Naval Postgraduate School. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/65 "2008-09-17T01:53:38Z")
> [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](#): > > Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate > > My contribution: > > Slip F-18 > Bahia Mar Marina > Ft. Lauderdale FL Travis McGee (and the John Maynard Keynes belonged to his friend, Meyer, until it was destroyed and replaced by the Thorstein Veblen) ---
**Author:** ![VanLandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@VanLandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanLandry)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/66 "2008-09-17T02:19:06Z")
“112 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, MA” Cheers? ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/67 "2008-09-17T02:33:38Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > 12 Grimmauld Place Why, the most noble and ancient house of Black! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/68 "2008-09-17T02:44:27Z")
Two from me: 1. 16 Parkside Lane, San Francisco, CA. 2. Bad Street, Atlanta, GA (last house on the left). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/69 "2008-09-17T03:33:22Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > A brownstone at 454 West 35th Street, New York, NY AuRa got this one right- it was Nero Wolfe (plus Archie, Theodore and Fritz). In fairness, Rex Stout sometimes varied the address a little (usually putting the house somewhere in the Hudson River), but it was always on West 35th. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/70 "2008-09-17T03:35:40Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Two from me: > > 1. 16 Parkside Lane, San Francisco, CA. > > . That was the lady passenger, in Harry Chapin’s great song, “Taxi.” " ‘Where you going to, my lady blue? It’s a shame you ruined your gown in the rain.’ She just looked out the window, And said ‘16 Parkside Lane.’ " ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/71 "2008-09-17T03:47:38Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > That was the lady passenger, in Harry Chapin’s great song, “Taxi.” > > " ‘Where you going to, my lady blue? > It’s a shame you ruined your gown in the rain.’ > She just looked out the window, > And said ‘16 Parkside Lane.’ " Her name was “Sue”. Me? I’ll be flying in my taxi, taking tips and getting stoned. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/72 "2008-09-17T03:55:08Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Two from me: > 2) Bad Street, Atlanta, GA (last house on the left). OK, it’s actually the last house on the right. And, I’ll add that the further down the block you went, the badder it got. As an unrelated bonus: Copperhead Road. Going for a visit is definitely contra-indicated. Need First, Middle, and Lastname. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/73 "2008-09-17T04:53:28Z")
I’m so excited nobody’s mentioned this one yet: 312 Maple Drive Beverly Hills, CA ---
**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 17, 2008, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/74 "2008-09-17T05:12:02Z")
76, Totters Lane, Shoreditch. (Briefly) ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/75 "2008-09-17T07:05:53Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > PM4 - 23 Railway Cuttings Anthony Aloysius Hancock. “A pint?” “That’s nearly an armful” I repeat…1, Oil Drum Lane ---
**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 17, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/76 "2008-09-17T13:35:45Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > Slip F-18, Bahia Mar Marina, Ft. Lauderdale FL: Travis McGee (and the John Maynard Keynes belonged to his friend, Meyer, until it was destroyed and replaced by the Thorstein Veblen) You got it! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/77 "2008-09-17T13:47:48Z")
> [@VanLandry](#): > > “112 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, MA” > Cheers? Yes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/78 "2008-09-17T13:48:53Z")
> [@Merhouse](#): > > I’m so excited nobody’s mentioned this one yet: > > 312 Maple Drive > Beverly Hills, CA Wild guess…the Beverly Hillbillies? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/79 "2008-09-17T13:51:00Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Copperhead Road. Going for a visit is definitely contra-indicated. Need First, Middle, and Lastname. John Lee Pettimore, same as his daddy and his daddy before. ---
**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 17, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730/80 "2008-09-17T15:33:07Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > **Whose** is this? > 3305 Rio Road, Carmel, CA > > Hint #2: the owner was a Chief Warrant Officer at the Naval Postgraduate School. Final hint: the family’s story inspired two movies and a TV series. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-lived-at-this-address-the-game/463730.md?page=5)