The Big Quiz Thing: Simpsons edition

ROUND 1

1. What is the name of Selma's pet iguana?
A: Jub-Jub

2. What was Paul McCartney’s stipulation for guest-starring in the episode “Lisa the Vegetarian”?
A: Lisa has to remain a vegetarian.

3. Before she died, what were Ned Flanders’s last words to Maude?
A: “No foot longs.”

4. What rock band is named after a fictional character in The Simpsons’ universe?
A: Fall Out Boy

5. Four-part question: What is the name of Springfield’s local…
a. Doughnut chain
b. Sushi restaurant
c. Discount department store
d. Vacation spa

A:
a. Lard Lad
b. Happy Sumo
c. Try N Save
d. Rancho Relaxo

6. In the episode “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet,” was the ill-advised title of the Be Sharps’ second album?
A: Bigger than Jesus

7. Who stars in “Man Getting Hit by Football,” an entry in the Springfield Film Festival?
A: Hans Moleman

8. In the very first scene of the very first episode, “The Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire,” where are the Simpsons driving to?
A: Springfield Elementary

9. In the window of the Android’s Dungeon, the store where Comic Book Guy works, what’s written in the quote bubble coming out of the robot’s mouth?
A: “Take me to your comic books and baseball cards.”

10. On the episode “Marge vs. the Monorail,” Lyle Lanley claims he built monorails in what three other cities?
A: Brockway, Ogdenville, North Haverbrook

ROUND 3
[Ed Note: Round 2 was a video round and is therefore not included.]

1. Who shot Mr. Burns? Maggie. But what two other characters were falsely arrested for the crime?
A: Smithers and Homer

2. What made-up word is in the inscription on the statue of Jebediah Springfield?
A: Embiggens ("A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.")

3. When Marge becomes addicted to gambling, what does Homer call the metaphorical monster that has enslaved her?
A: Gamblor

4. What famous cover headline from the New York Post last year has its ultimate source in something Groundskeeper Willie said in a Season 6 episode?
A: “Surrender Monkeys”

5. Four-part question: What are the “real” names of the following characters?
a. Sideshow Bob
b. Krusty the Clown
c. Principal Skinner
d. Comic Book Guy

A:
a. Bob Terwilliger
b. Hershel Krustofsky
c. Armin Tamzarian
d. Jeff Albertson

6. If you search online forums, you’ll see nerds (fans) debating about what’s depicted on the Simpsons’ kitchen curtains. What two vegetables are the subject of the debate?
A: Corn cobs and carrots

7. What novelist has guest-starred twice, playing himself, depicted with a paper bag over his head?
A: Thomas Pynchon

8. At the end of “Kamp Krusty,” Krusty takes the kids to what he calls “the greatest place on earth.” Where?
A: Tijuana

9. Which episode of The Twilight Zone has not been parodied on a “Treehouse of Horror” installment: the one in which William Shatner sees a gremlin on the wing of the plane; the one in which To Serve Man is an alien cookbook; the one in which everyone has piglike faces and the beautiful woman is considered a freak; the one in which the kid from Lost in Space turns a guy into a jack-in-the-box?
A: the one in which everyone has piglike faces and the beautiful woman is considered a freak

[Ed note: Question 10 was a spelling question and is not appropriate for non-live trivia.]

ROUND 5
[Ed Note: Round 4 was an audio round and is therefore not included.]

1. Every May 10, the citizens of Springfield celebrate what holiday?
A: Whacking Day

2. Who is the only world leader to appear as him/herself on The Simpsons while in office?
A: Tony Blair

3. What was the name of the Japanese soap whose logo looked like Homer?
A: Mr. Sparkle

4. What was the name of Grampa and Mr. Burns’s World War II infantry squad?
A: Flying Hellfish

5. What’s the secret ingredient in a Flaming Homer/Moe?
A: Krusty brand cough syrup

6. Match Patty and Selma to the shapes of their earrings: spheres and triangles
A: Patty = triangles; Selma = spheres

7. What vacation destination is nicknamed “The Violentest Place on Earth”?
A: Itchy & Scratchy Land

8. Name all four of Springfield Elementary’s resident bullies.
A: Nelson, Jimbo, Dolph, Kearney

9. Fred Flintstone is to Jackie Gleason as Dr. Hibbert is to…
A: Bill Cosby

10. What are the words to Homer’s “Mr. Plow” song?
A: “I’m Mr. Plow/That’s my name/That name again/Is Mr. Plow.”