Famous Residences Trivia Quiz

Answer: Winston Churchill

The famous British statesman bought the house in 1922.

Answer: Manderley

The fictional estate was located in Cornwall, England.

Answer: Sir Walter Scott

The estate was located on the bank of the Tweed River in Scotland.

Answer: Kykuit

Kykuit (Dutch for 'lookout') is one of several fabulous mansions along New York's Hudson River. Completed in 1913, it has a classical exterior and an English country house interior.

Answer: James Garfield

Answer: L. Frank Baum

Frank Baum is best known as the author of the Oz books, of which 'The Wizard of Oz' was the first of 14. He inhabited this house from 1910 until his death in 1919.

Answer: Xanadu

The fictional 49,000-acre estate was set in Florida. 'Citizen Kane', considered by many movie critics to be the greatest film of all time, was based on the life of American newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst.

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

You can tour the Oyster Bay house, which Roosevelt used as a 'summer White House' during his Presidency. It's noted for its Queen Anne design and wide porches.

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright, the famous American architect, designed this home, which was built in 1911. The name, which comes from Welsh mythology, means 'shining brow'.

Answer: John Wilkes Booth

Although he was a stage actor, John Wilkes Booth is better known as the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Tudor Hall, near Baltimore, Maryland, was his childhood home and the family home of his father, English actor Junius Brutus Booth.

Answer: 'The Invisible Man'

'The Invisible Man', considered a novel of psychological terror, was written by British author H. G. Wells in 1897. Wells' other work of note is the science-fiction classic 'The War of the Worlds'.

Answer: Richard Nixon

The estate, located in San Clemente, California, was known as the 'Western White House'. This is where Nixon came to relax and {unwind;} you could see him strolling through the surf, in a three-piece suit and dress shoes.

Answer: Glenmont

'The Wizard of Menlo Park', as the inventor was known, lived in this Victorian mansion in West Orange, New Jersey. Edison lived in the house, now a National Historic Site, with his wife and three children from 1886 until his death in 1931.

Answer: Bed and Breakfast and Museum

Hammerstein is best known as the partner of the composer Richard Rodgers. He lived at Highland Farms from 1940 until his death in 1960.

Answer: Michael Jackson

The word 'bizarre' should have given it away.

Answer: 'Jane Eyre'

'Jane Eyre' was published by Charlotte Bronte in 1847 under the pseudonym Currer Bell.

Answer: Andrew Jackson

The Hermitage, a Greek revival mansion near Nashville, Tennessee, was begun in 1819. Jackson died there in 1845, and he and his wife are buried in the garden.

Answer: Pickfair

The mansion, built in 1920, was named for the two stars. Mary, who was known as 'America's Sweetheart', and Douglas were two of the first 'movie stars'.

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Robert Todd Lincoln was the only son of Abraham Lincoln to survive into adulthood. He entered politics himself, becoming a lawyer, statesman, and Secretary of War (he refused to run for President). Hildene, a 24-room Georgian Revival mansion, was built in 1904. The last Lincoln descendant died there in 1975.

Answer: Goodyear Tire and Rubber

This grand Tudor mansion, based on the designs of three actual English manors, was completed in 1915. The name Stan Hywet is old English for 'stone quarry', referring to the many abandoned pits on the estate. Frank Seiberling died there in 1955 at age 95.