"The Simpsons" S33:E1 "Star of the Backstage" Quiz

Answer: Sandwiches

While all of the others at the memorial for Franklin Chase are mourning his loss, Homer Simpson is stuffing his face with sandwiches. Homer tells Marge that he wants to get the same sandwich place for his memorial and comically states that he can't wait. Franklin Chase's memorial was titled "A Life in Theater" to reflect his life passion.

Answer: January 1, 2000

The performance was titled "Y2K: The Millennium Bug" and it involved a countdown to January 1, 2000. At the end of the 20th century, the date of January 1, 2000 was widely feared for its potential to disrupt computer systems that were not built to code for a year after 1999. Marge was the stage manager of the performance.

Answer: He breaks his hip.

Lenny is being pulled away on a stretcher and he tells Marge that he has to drop out of the show because he broke his hip while singing and dancing about feeling young again. Right on cue, Bart and Lisa tell their father, Homer, that he should take Lenny's place in Marge's musical. Homer had planned on spending time at Moe's Tavern while the show was being rehearsed before he was thrust into action.

Answer: New York City

One of Marge's friends tells her that they can't start rehearsing since Sasha isn't present. Sasha went on to the Julliard School in New York City after high school and wasn't heard from again. Eventually Sasha comes down from the ceiling and makes a grand entrance singing about all of the success she has had in New York on Broadway and the famous stars she has worked with.

Answer: Waylon Smithers

Once Sasha's name was mentioned, Smithers got very emotional and took out her picture. After Sasha started dancing, Smithers fainted and after he recovers she sits on his lap and his love that he had for her decades before in high school seems to be rekindled.

Answer: A party was held at Marge's house when she was away.

Marge thought that she had been included in the social events of her theater group but she realizes that as they are talking about different parties she wasn't at any of them. One of the parties was at her house when she wasn't there and Homer was invited in spite of not being in theater because he was a 'cool' kid. Marge was busy working on a theater production and her 'friends' had a party behind her back at her parents' house.

Answer: Fraudway

After Marge learns about not being invited to high school events in the past, she has an emotional discussion with her mother. Marge's mother tells her that she never liked Sasha and Marge decides to research Sasha's career. Marge learns that Sasha never made it big on Broadway and calls her 'Fraudway' in front of the other members of the theater cast.

Instead of agreeing with Marge, the other cast members think Marge is being petty and don't want to do the musical without Sasha.

Answer: The cast only text chain

Homer is reluctant to show Marge the cast only text chain and tells her that she wouldn't get any of the jokes. Marge is also advised to skip over the parts in the text chain with her name in it. Marge figures out that Sasha is still in town and makes it her mission to mend things with her and the rest of the cast.

Answer: A diner to impart knowledge to other stage managers

After the "Y2K: The Millennium Bug" encore musical, Marge again feels left out by the cast members. However, two high school theater students that are stage managers approach Marge and tell her they admire her work. They invite Marge to a diner so that she can give them some pointers.

At the same time, Homer is yelling from a limo "party at Marge's house" that he plans to go to with the other members of the cast.

Answer: Kristen Bell

Kristen Bell was born in Huntington Woods, Michigan in 1980 and she made her Broadway debut as Becky Thatcher in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Her breakout role came in the TV show "Veronica Mars" (original run 2004-2007) in which she played the title character who was both a student and private investigator.

In addition to Kristen Bell as Marge's singing voice, the actress Sara Chase also guest starred as the voice of Sasha Reed on "The Star of the Backstage" episode of "The Simpsons".