The Simpsons Quiz

1. The Simpsons premiered as a full series on December 17, 1989. It was originally a short segment on which sketch comedy show?

1. In Living Color
2. Saturday Night Live
3. SCTV
4. The Tracey Ullman Show

2. Who created The Simpsons?

1. Matt Groening
2. Mike Judge
3. Seth MacFarlane
4. Trey Parker

3. What is Homer Simpson's famous catchphrase when he makes a mistake?

1. 'D'oh!'
2. 'Mmm...'
3. 'Woohoo!'
4. 'Yikes!'

4. What is Homer Simpson's job at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant?

1. Chief engineer
2. Plant manager
3. Safety inspector (Sector 7G)
4. Senior technician

5. Homer Simpson is voiced by which actor, who also voices Abe Simpson, Barney, Sideshow Bob's brother, and many others?

1. Dan Castellaneta
2. Hank Azaria
3. Harry Shearer
4. Kelsey Grammer

6. Bart Simpson is voiced by which actress, who was 30 years old when she first recorded the role?

1. Julie Kavner
2. Nancy Cartwright
3. Pamela Hayden
4. Yeardley Smith

7. What is the name of the bar where Homer and his friends drink?

1. Moe's Tavern
2. The Rusty Anchor
3. The Springfield Bar
4. The Watering Hole

8. What does Lisa Simpson play, despite most of her family having no musical ability?

1. Alto saxophone
2. Flute
3. Piano
4. Violin

9. Who is Homer's cheerful, deeply religious neighbour who says 'Okily-dokily!'?

1. Kent Brockman
2. Ned Flanders
3. Principal Skinner
4. Sideshow Bob

10. Mr Burns always greets good news by pressing his fingertips together and saying what?

1. 'Excellent'
2. 'Mwuhahaha'
3. 'Precisely'
4. 'Release the hounds'

11. What are the names of the Simpsons' two pets?

1. Nibbles (hamster) and Fluffy (cat)
2. Rex (dog) and Whiskers (cat)
3. Santa's Little Helper (dog) and Snowball (cat)
4. Snowball (cat) and Bongo (dog)

12. Which Simpsons character — voiced by Kelsey Grammer — is Krusty the Clown's former sidekick turned obsessive villain?

1. Fat Tony
2. Principal Skinner
3. Sideshow Bob
4. Sideshow Mel

13. The Simpsons has run for 35+ seasons as of 2024. It holds the record for:

1. All of the above
2. Longest-running American primetime scripted television series
3. Most Emmy awards in animation
4. Most-watched cartoon ever

14. The Simpsons movie was released in 2007 and opened with Homer saying which self-referential line about watching TV?

1. 'I can't believe we're paying to see something we can get for free on TV!'
2. 'We left the TV for this?'
3. 'Welcome to the biggest episode of The Simpsons ever!'
4. 'Why pay for what you can see on TV?'

15. What is the fictional US state that Springfield is set in? The show deliberately refuses to confirm it.

1. Illinois
2. Ohio
3. Oregon
4. The state is never officially specified

16. Which Simpsons character runs the Kwik-E-Mart convenience store and constantly refers to customers with long, rambling anecdotes?

1. Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
2. Comic Book Guy
3. Krusty the Clown
4. Lenny

17. Groundskeeper Willie — the school's fierce groundskeeper — is fiercely proud of being from which country?

1. Canada
2. Ireland
3. Scotland
4. Wales

18. Comic Book Guy's most famous recurring line — used to dismiss almost everything — is:

1. 'In the original continuity...'
2. 'That's clearly a forgery.'
3. 'That's not canon!'
4. 'Worst. Episode. Ever.'

19. The Simpsons is famous for predicting future events. Which real-world event did a 2000 episode eerily predict?

1. Apple inventing the iPhone
2. Donald Trump descending an escalator to announce his presidential run
3. The 2004 tsunami
4. The 9/11 attacks

20. The recurring Simpsons couch gag — shown in every opening credits sequence — involves the family:

1. Arguing about the remote control
2. Having dinner together
3. Homer falling asleep while watching TV
4. Racing to the couch to watch TV