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Simpsons Pro Trivia Quiz

Steamed Hams Hank Scorpio, Frank Grimes and the aurora borealis in a kitchen. For people who can quote season 5 from memory.

186 questions · 2 to 12 players, or solo · Typed answers, close enough counts

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This Simpsons Pro Trivia Quiz has 186 questions: 65 easy, 74 medium and 47 hard. It is a Pro pack, made for fans who know the subject inside out. Play it with friends in a room for 2 to 12 players, on phones or in a browser, or play it solo. Type your answers: close enough counts, so a small typo still scores.

Sample questions

10 of the 186 The Simpsons deep cuts questions in this pack. Think of your answer, then open it.

  1. The script for Sideshow Bob's debut called for James Earl Jones to voice him. Which Cheers star got the part instead?

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    Kelsey Grammer

    He based Bob's voice on a theatre director, Ellis Rabb, and the episode was directed by future Pixar star Brad Bird.

  2. Which Springfield Elementary worker was voiced by the show's own script supervisor, who shares her first name?

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    Lunchlady Doris

    Doris Grau supervised the scripts in the early 1990s and gave the cook her smoky, gravelly voice.

  3. Several cameos were cut from The Simpsons Movie, including one by which real environmental activist, played on film by Julia Roberts?

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    Erin Brockovich

    The script was rewritten over 100 times, and scenes with Minnie Driver, Edward Norton and Isla Fisher were cut too.

  4. In 2021, Alex Désert took over from Hank Azaria as the voice of which of Homer's work buddies?

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    Carl

    It followed the show's 2020 decision that white actors would stop voicing non-white characters; Dr. Hibbert was recast too.

  5. Lisa's angry letter to the paper gets her into which Springfield society, whose members briefly end up running the town?

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    Mensa

    Their rule collapses fast, and Stephen Hawking turns up in his first guest role on the show.

  6. In a 2010 episode, the kids' betting pool picked MIT economist Bengt Holmström to win which award, years before he did in 2016?

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    Nobel Prize

    It was Milhouse's pick in 'Elementary School Musical', and MIT tweeted that Milhouse had finally been proved right.

  7. 'Cromulent' was made up for 'Lisa the Iconoclast' by a writer who went on to co-develop Futurama. Who?

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    David X. Cohen

    The word means 'fine' or 'valid', and in 2018 it was added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

  8. In 'The Otto Show', Bart's first rock concert is by which spoof band, whose bassist is played by Mr. Burns's own voice actor?

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    Spinal Tap

    Harry Shearer reprised Derek Smalls, with Michael McKean and Christopher Guest; the gig inspires Bart to want a guitar.

  9. In 2010, which tech founder voiced himself and told Nelson that dropping out of college worked out fine for him?

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    Mark Zuckerberg

    Lisa then spends the episode, 'Loan-a Lisa', trying to talk Nelson out of quitting school.

  10. A voice actress quit in a 1999 pay row after years of flying in from Denver twice a week. Which Flanders family member was written out?

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    Maude Flanders

    Maggie Roswell came back in 2002, recording from her Denver home, and voiced Helen Lovejoy and Miss Hoover again.

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Questions about this quiz

How many questions are in the Simpsons Pro Trivia Quiz?

186. Each game plays a round of them, so you can come back for more.

Can I play the Simpsons Pro Trivia Quiz with friends online?

Yes. Start a room with this quiz, share the room code or link, and 2 to 12 players join from the Braggit app or any browser. You can also play it solo.

Is the Simpsons Pro Trivia Quiz free?

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Do I have to spell the answers exactly?

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