Test Your Knowledge: September 2023

Who lives here? This month’s quiz is about which famous people live or once lived at the following London addresses. As before the correct answer will turn green when it’s clicked upon and expanded to give more information. The incorrect answers will turn red giving the correct explanation.

1. 48 Doughty Street?
Virginia Woolfe
WRONG This typical Georgian terraced house near King’s Cross was Charles Dickens’s home from 25 March 1837 (a year after his marriage) to December 1839.
Charles Dickens
CORRECT This typical Georgian terraced house near King’s Cross was Charles Dickens’s home from 25 March 1837 (a year after his marriage) to December 1839.
Mary Shelley
WRONG This typical Georgian terraced house near King’s Cross was Charles Dickens’s home from 25 March 1837 (a year after his marriage) to December 1839.
2. 87 Hackford Road?
William Hogarth
WRONG Van Gogh lodged briefly at the home of Ursula Loyer and her daughter Eugenie at 87 Hackford Road, Stockwell from August 1873 while working at the art dealership Goupil & Co. He sketched the 1824-built, three-storey Georgian terrace opposite Durand School, using pencil with chalk highlights.
Vincent van Gogh
CORRECT Van Gogh lodged briefly at the home of Ursula Loyer and her daughter Eugenie at 87 Hackford Road, Stockwell from August 1873 while working at the art dealership Goupil & Co. He sketched the 1824-built, three-storey Georgian terrace opposite Durand School, using pencil with chalk highlights.
J.M.W. Turner
WRONG Van Gogh lodged briefly at the home of Ursula Loyer and her daughter Eugenie at 87 Hackford Road, Stockwell from August 1873 while working at the art dealership Goupil & Co. He sketched the 1824-built, three-storey Georgian terrace opposite Durand School, using pencil with chalk highlights.
3. 36 Craven Street?
Benjamin Franklin
CORRECT This terraced Georgian house close to Trafalgar Square is the last-standing former residence of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. The house dates from 1730, and Franklin lived and worked there for sixteen years.
Tim Berners-Lee
WRONG This terraced Georgian house close to Trafalgar Square is the last-standing former residence of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. The house dates from 1730, and Franklin lived and worked there for sixteen years.
David Attenborough
WRONG This terraced Georgian house close to Trafalgar Square is the last-standing former residence of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. The house dates from 1730, and Franklin lived and worked there for sixteen years.
4. 32 Windsor Gardens?
Paddington Bear
CORRECT The Brown’s fictional house in Windsor Gardens is actually Chalcot Crescent in Primrose Hill.
Uncle Bulgaria
WRONG The Brown’s fictional house in Windsor Gardens is actually Chalcot Crescent in Primrose Hill.
Bungle
WRONG The Brown’s fictional house in Windsor Gardens is actually Chalcot Crescent in Primrose Hill.
5. 31 Melbury Road?
Robbie Williams
CORRECT Built-in 1875, it was designed by architect Richard Norman Shaw. Once the home of director Michael Winner, it was purchased in 2013 by Robbie Williams. The house currently has 47 rooms and over 2,000 light bulbs – the house was originally intended for artists’ studios, needing to use ample light and skylights for the entrance of natural light.
Gary Oldman
WRONG Built-in 1875, it was designed by architect Richard Norman Shaw. Once the home of director Michael Winner, it was purchased in 2013 by Robbie Williams. The house currently has 47 rooms and over 2,000 light bulbs – the house was originally intended for artists’ studios, needing to use ample light and skylights for the entrance of natural light.
Marc Bolan
WRONG Built-in 1875, it was designed by architect Richard Norman Shaw. Once the home of director Michael Winner, it was purchased in 2013 by Robbie Williams. The house currently has 47 rooms and over 2,000 light bulbs – the house was originally intended for artists’ studios, needing to use ample light and skylights for the entrance of natural light.
6. 30 Camden Square?
Adele
WRONG The late, extremely talented singer resided at 30 Camden Square, the spot where she died of alcohol poisoning. The house has since become a shrine for fans, who want to pay respects.
Amy Winehouse
CORRECT The late, extremely talented singer resided at 30 Camden Square, the spot where she died of alcohol poisoning. The house has since become a shrine for fans, who want to pay respects.
Dua Lipa
WRONG The late, extremely talented singer resided at 30 Camden Square, the spot where she died of alcohol poisoning. The house has since become a shrine for fans, who want to pay respects.
7. 7 Cavendish Avenue?
David Bowie
WRONG Hidden behind high wooden doors, this house in St John Wood is nestled among mainly large mansions, and massive old trees and the streets are very quiet. A few other celebs that call St John Wood home are actor Ewan McGregor and pop star Lily Allen.
Gary Barlow
WRONG Hidden behind high wooden doors, this house in St John Wood is nestled among mainly large mansions, and massive old trees and the streets are very quiet. A few other celebs that call St John Wood home are actor Ewan McGregor and pop star Lily Allen.
Sir Paul McCartney
CORRECT Hidden behind high wooden doors, this house in St John Wood is nestled among mainly large mansions, and massive old trees and the streets are very quiet. A few other celebs that call St John Wood home are actor Ewan McGregor and pop star Lily Allen.
8. 23 Holland Park?
Bobby Moore
WRONG Did the Beckhams have to pay more to get David Beckham’s jersey number 23 as their home address rest assured they could afford it.
Lennox Lewis
WRONG Did the Beckhams have to pay more to get David Beckham’s jersey number 23 as their home address rest assured they could afford it.
David Beckham
CORRECT Did the Beckhams have to pay more to get David Beckham’s jersey number 23 as their home address rest assured they could afford it.
9. 4 Queensdale Place?
Elton John
CORRECT Elton has owned this modest house since 1992. He also has a much grander home in Windsor.
Keith Moon
WRONG Elton has owned this modest house since 1992. He also has a much grander home in Windsor.
Elvis Costello
WRONG Elton has owned this modest house since 1992. He also has a much grander home in Windsor.
10. 28 Logan Place?
John Lydon
WRONG Over 20 years after Mercury died of AIDS fans still come to his house Garden Lodge to pay tribute by leaving flowers and personal letters on the perimeter wall.
Freddie Mercury
CORRECT Over 20 years after Mercury died of AIDS fans still come to his house Garden Lodge to pay tribute by leaving flowers and personal letters on the perimeter wall.
Ian Dury
WRONG Over 20 years after Mercury died of AIDS fans still come to his house Garden Lodge to pay tribute by leaving flowers and personal letters on the perimeter wall.

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