Houses that Never Really Were, Door #3 Quiz

Answer: The Simpsons

Series creator Matt Groening attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. The Simpsons' street address is a reference to his alma mater. Their next-door neighbour is the Flanders family. Marge Simpson said, in one episode of the TV programme, that the street on which the home is located is "the street that smells like pee."

Answer: Northanger Abbey

Pemberley is the home of Fitzwilliam Darcy in "Pride and Prejudice." Longbourn is the home of the Bennetts in the same novel. Netherfield Park is the residence of the Bingleys in the same novel, as well. Northanger Abbey is the fictional residence of the Tilneys in the novel of the same name.

Answer: Rose Red

King's "Rose Red" was a house located in Seattle, far from the author's more familiar haunts of Maine and New England. It was shot and shown as a TV miniseries in 2002. In it, a parapsychologist assembles a team of psychic investigators to discover the secrets of the house.

Answer: hacienda

The title of the song "Vaya con Dios" translates from the Spanish "Go with God." It was written by Larry Russell, Inez James, and Buddy Pepper. Les Paul and Mary Ford took their recording of it to number one on several charts in 1953. The lyrics begin: "Now the hacienda's dark, the town is sleeping. Now the time has come to part, the time for weeping,"

Answer: Heorot

The Sixth Century Danish king Hrothgar owned a mead hall named Heorot, which means "Hall of the Hart." "Hart" in this context refers to a male deer. The mead hall served as palace, court, trophy room, barracks and party room.

Answer: Gosford Park

Redolent of the scent of Agatha Christie, "Gosford Park" was thoroughly successful with both critics and audiences. The film starred Alan Bates, Stephen Fry, Derek Jacobi, Helen Mirren, Ryan Phillippe, and Maggie Smith. The film was to be a predicate to "Downton Abbey" but provided inspiration only in the event.

Answer: The House of Spirits

Isabel Allende's "La casa de los espíritus" was her first novel. It was published in Buenos Aires in 1982. Despite the reluctance of several publishers to buy the book, it became an international best seller; it has been translated into 37 languages. The title refers to the home of the Tueba family, living and dead, who occupy the house and influence each other.

Answer: Manderley

The 1938 novel begins "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." The home figures in both the novel and in Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 film adaptation. The house is large and furnished with family possessions. There is a spookiness to the place which might be attributed to the presence of the ghost of Maxim de Winter's first wife.

Answer: Villa Villekulla

Astrid Lindgren wrote the first Pippi Longstocking story for her nine-year-old daughter who was home sick from school. Pippi is independent, incredibly strong (she can lift a horse with one hand) and wealthy (she has a suitcase full of gold coins). Her adventures often include the neighbour's children, Tommy and Annika. There are eleven books in the series, a number of which have been adapted for film and/or television.

Answer: The Haunting of Hill House

"The Haunting of Hill House" was a finalist for the 1960 National Book Award but lost to Philip Roth for "Goodbye, Columbus." The novel has been adapted as a motion picture twice: in 1963 and 1999. The earlier was faithful to the book and successful; the latter was neither.