'Simpsons' Chronology Part 17 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Brandine

Brandine is Cletus' wife. She isn't in most of the episode as she had joined the army to "stop 9/11" according to Cletus.

Answer: Yes

Yes indeed. Selma's marriage to Grampa (Abe) is her sixth. Like the previous marriages, it doesn't work out when she realises Abe is a bit too old for her.

Answer: Betty White

Homer becomes the newest member of Springfield's paparazzi in this episode, after accidentally photographing some local celebrities in a compromising situation.

Answer: Role-playing

Marge is embarrassed when she reveals that she doesn't have her own e-mail address, so she decides to buy a computer to try it out. She quickly becomes hooked on a game called "Earthland Realms", which many of the other townspeople are also playing.

Answer: The Lovejoys

Homer's odd list of occupations continues to build in this episode, after he falls asleep on a mattress in a bed store, then wakes up and manages to sell five of them with very little effort. He is very quickly hired by the store, but later he sells a mattress to the Lovejoys, only for them to like his own personal mattress much better.

Answer: False

On the contrary: Marge decides to stop letting Maggie have her pacifiers after reading about it in a parenting magazine. Maggie practically destroys the house trying to find one. To make matters worse, it seems nowhere in Springfield sells her brand anymore.

Answer: A snake

Santa's Little Helper bites Bart, so the dog is temporarily sent away. Homer and Marge get Bart a new pet, "Strangles" the python, to compensate. The snake wreaks havoc at the school but Santa's Little Helper ends up saving the day.

Answer: Martin

In a parody of the TV show "24", Kiefer Sutherland makes a special guest appearance as Jack Bauer. The plot revolves around a massive stink bomb set to go off underneath the school, with Bart and Lisa trying to stop it in the 24 minutes they have left before it explodes.

Answer: He curses on air

Kent curses as a result of Homer spilling coffee in his lap. Kent is initially demoted to weatherman, but later is fired from the station. In his despair he does what many others have done... he goes to live with the Simpsons!

Answer: Beer

Homer vows never to fly on commercial planes again after her gets a taste of Mr Burns' private jet. This follows Homer saving Mr Burns' life (not for the first time!) when he nearly drowns in a fountain.

Answer: He can only do it lying down

Homer's operatic career takes off, until he is stalked by a crazy fan. In the end he retires from singing, and we discover he also has a talent for painting while lying on his back.

Answer: True

Homer becomes Springfield's tow truck driver, but unintentionally goes into another man's turf in the town of Guidopolos. Maggie develops a very clever contraption using the tow truck to save Homer and his fellow tow truck men.

Answer: A prisoner

Marge promises a would-be bank robber, Dwight, that she will visit him in prison. However, she gets too scared to go and he ends up breaking out and stalking her.

Answer: Kodos

Kodos appeared with sibling Kang in the first ever "Treehouse of Horror" story, and has made many more appearances in following seasons. In this story, Kodos appears to be a friendly alien, but has intentions to destroy the earth.

Answer: Hazel

Homer finally remembers that it rhymes with 'appraisal'. Also in this episode, Milhouse appears to be orphaned when his parents are presumed dead in a boat accident. They later reunite in a dramatic hot air balloon scene.

Answer: Marge

Marge opens a gym called "Shapes". It becomes popular so quickly that she even opens a second one. Meanwhile, Comic Book Guy is threatened by the opening of a rival comic book store, "Coolsville".

Answer: False

Sideshow Bob is on the scene yet again, but his death is faked with the help of his entire family (including his wife and children from Italy). When he is foiled again, the whole family is sent to 87 years in prison. Could this be the last we see of Sideshow Bob?!

Answer: From a drink Moe poured him

Moe pours Homer a "Forget-Me-Shot", a drink containing some interesting ingredients (including a home pregnancy test, gunk from a dog's eye, a Pickle, the red stripe from Aquafresh toothpaste and the venom of the Louisiana loboto-moth). He returns home and can't find his family; the episode revolves around him piecing the memories from the day before together.

Answer: Ralph

When the town agrees to hold the nation's first presidential primary vote, Ralph becomes the surprise candidate (and winner!). Both major parties fight to have him on their ticket.

Answer: Sadgasm

Homer's band apparently became so famous that Weird Al Yankovic made a parody song from one of their hits. Weird Al makes his second appearance as himself in this flashback episode.

Answer: Homer and Marge

This is another episode where the family gets stuck somewhere (this time on a carnival ride) and tells stories to pass the time. The theme is love, and the stories revolve around Bonnie and Clyde (Homer and Marge); Shady and the Vamp (again, Homer and Marge); and Sid and Nancy (Lisa and Nelson).

Answer: He hires an informant

The informant is Donny, a new kid who quickly makes friends with Bart, but eventually betrays him to Skinner.

Answer: A cougar ate him

Martin falls off a cliff, but is saved by his extra-durable waistband designed to resist wedgies.

Answer: True

Lisa joins a ballet troupe and quickly discovers that the stimulant effect of smoking enhances her performance. She ends up quitting using 'Hello Kitty' nicotine patches.

Answer: Lurleen Lumpkin

Lurleen becomes the centre of the town's attention when it's revealed she owes millions of dollars in tax. In her time of trouble she (you guessed it) comes to live with the Simpsons.