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THE SIMPSONS TRIVIA

1) The Simpsons originally appeared as a short on what TV show?


The Tracey Ullman Show (1987-1990) blended sketch comedy with musical numbers, dance routines, and animated shorts.

2) Who founded Springfield?


Jebediah Springfield founded Springfield in 1796 while looking for "New Sodom" with his partner Shelbyville Manhattan. Springfield & Manhattan went their separate ways & Manhattan went on to found the rival town of Shelbyville.

3) What part of the opening credits is different almost every week?


Almost every episode of The Simpsons shows the Simpson family doing something different as they sit on the couch to watch TV. In some of the opening credits, Bart also writes something different on the blackboard & Lisa sometimes plays a different solo on her saxophone, but the couch segment is often the only one of the three gags to survive the editing room.

4) What are the annual Halloween episodes known as?


In 1990 the "Treehouse of Horror" became an annual tradition of three separate, self-contained stories in each Halloween episode.

5) Which of the following is not a Bart Simpson catch-phrase?


Bart Simpson is known for all of these catch-phrases EXCEPT "ha-ha!" which is bully Nelson Muntz's favorite thing to say as he beats up on his schoolmates.

6) What are the names of Marge's cynical twin sisters?


Marge's sisters are Patricia (Patty) Bouvier and the many times married Selma Bouvier Terwilliger Hutz McClure Stu.

7) What is the name of Ned Flander's store at the Springfield Mall?


Ned owns The Leftorium, which specializes in products for left-handed people. This is a benefit to the surprisingly large proportion of Springfield's left-handed citizens, including Bart Simpson, Principal Skinner, Mr. Burns, and Moe Szyslak.

8) What number is the current Snowball owned by the Simpson family?


The Simpsons' current black female cat Snowball is actually Snowball V, but the family renamed her Snowball II to save money on a new dish.

9) Milhouse Van Houten is one of the few residents of Springfield with which of the following traits?


Milhouse Van Houten is one of the few residents in Springfield with eyebrows, a trait he shares with his parents (although in "A Milhouse Divided", it is shown that his mother Luann wears false eyebrows).

10) Which character was mistakenly animated with the wrong color in his/her first appearance on The Simpsons?


In "Homer's Odyssey", Waylon Smithers was accidentally made African American by the color stylist. Smithers' skin tone in this episode was later explained as an "extreme tan".

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