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Quiz about Bart Lisa and the Chosen People

Bart, Lisa and the Chosen People Quiz

In "Like Father, Like Clown", we learn of Krusty's Jewish roots and upbringing. Krusty, the heir to a long line of learned rabbis, has defied Jewish tradition to seek fame in show business - or has he?

A multiple-choice quiz by coolupway. Estimated time: 5 mins.

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Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. What well-known (if often politically incorrect) comedian does the voice for Krusty's father? Hint

Gilbert Gottfried

Jackie Mason

Alan King

Robert Klein

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Question 2 of 10

2. How does the Simpson family discover that Krusty is indeed of the Hebraic faith? Hint

Krusty, asked to say grace at a meal, utters a Hebrew "bracha"

Krusty cancels a planned meal with the Simspons because of Tu Bish'vat

Krusty becomes weepy while walking through Springfield's "Lower East Side"

Krusty cancels a planned meal with the Simspons because of Tisha B'Av

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Question 3 of 10

3. When Homer learns that Krusty is Jewish, what is his rather surprised response? Hint

"Mmmmmmmmmm. Hannah Arendt"

"Gee , that's funny. He doesn't LOOK Jewish."

"A Jewish entertainer? Get out of here!"

"But where are his phylacte-me- ries?"

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Question 4 of 10

4. When Bart and Lisa try to track down Krusty's father, they ask Reverend Lovejoy for help. How does the Reverend attempt to track down the rabbi for them? Hint

He calls the local Chinese restaurant

He looks in the phone book under "non-true faiths"

He calls the number for "Ecumenecism R US"

He consults his "non-Christian Rolodex"

5. When Krusty is "outed" as a clown at a rabbinical convention in the Borscht Belt, his father, Rabbi Hyman Krustofski is crestfallen.
What does the rabbi suggest might have been acceptable alternative careers for Krusty? Hint

A doctor or a lawyer

A musician or a jazz singer

A movie mogul or a producer

A shmatte manufacturer or a jeweler

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Question 6 of 10

6. When Krusty stays on too late at the Simpson house, what does he excitedly seize on to prolong his stay (as the exhausted Simspon family looks on disgustedly)? Hint

Lisa's Corey posters

Homer's outdated fad"clothing

The "Concert for Bangladesh" album.

Marge's book of meatloaf recipes

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Question 7 of 10

7. What are the ingredients in the Krusty the Klown sandwich at Izzy's Deli? Hint

Grade A kosher leftovers from the local Krustyburger

Ham, sausage and bacon, with a smidge of mayo

Shrimp, crab and the meat of cloven-hoofed animals

Goat roti, venison and chlavcalash

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Question 8 of 10

8. When Bart and Lisa finally locate Rabbi Krustofski, and tell him they want to talk to him about his son, the Rabbi cries "I have no son" and slams the door. Bart grumbles that "we came all this way and it's the wrong guy." What does the rabbi say when he reopens the door? Hint

something totally unintelligible in Yiddish

"May an onion grow out of your ears and grow sideburns."

"I was speaking metaphorically."

"I didn't mean that literally"

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Question 9 of 10

9. How does Bart con Krusty into coming to the deli so that he can get him together with his estranged father? Hint

He tells Krusty that he has to go there to receive the Legion of Honor

He tells Krusty that Better Midler wants to meet him there

He tells Krusty that Channel Ocho is filming a bit there that he may want to plagiarize

He tells Krusty that he has to go there to appear on the Joe Franklin show

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Question 10 of 10

10. The kids try unsuccessfully to convince the Rabbi he's wrong by quoting the wisdom of Jewish thinkers. What is the famous sobriquet of the Jewish writer whose short but pithy formulation finally convinces the Rabbi of the error of his ways? Hint

Altalena

The Gaon of Vilna

The Candy Man

Shabbetai Zvi

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What well-known (if often politically incorrect) comedian does the voice for Krusty's father?

Answer: Jackie Mason

Mason is himself an ordained rabbi, so he was ambling down a familiar path.

2. How does the Simpson family discover that Krusty is indeed of the Hebraic faith?

Answer: Krusty, asked to say grace at a meal, utters a Hebrew "bracha"

Krusty incants the pre-meal blessing in Hebrew, causing Homer to giggle and delightedly exclaim that Krusty is talking "funny talk". It falls to Lisa to explain to her dad that Krusty is speaking Hebrew and therefore must be Jewish.

3. When Homer learns that Krusty is Jewish, what is his rather surprised response?

Answer: "A Jewish entertainer? Get out of here!"

Clearly, if there is any domain (apart from the professions) in which Jews are represented far out of proportion to their actual numbers, it is show business. The very phrase "Hollywood" has for many years been much more than a simple place name, and it continues to carry a good deal of ethnoreligious baggage.

4. When Bart and Lisa try to track down Krusty's father, they ask Reverend Lovejoy for help. How does the Reverend attempt to track down the rabbi for them?

Answer: He consults his "non-Christian Rolodex"

When Bart comes in and advises the Rev. that he and Lisa "need to see a rabbi", Lovejoy nervously admonishes them, "before you make any rash decisions, let me just remind you that the church is changing to meet the needs of today's young Christians." Considering that the US is a rather unusually religious country by Western standards, these little (seemingly pro-secularist) digs are
fairly venturesome for a network TV show, especially one watched at least in part by kids.

5. When Krusty is "outed" as a clown at a rabbinical convention in the Borscht Belt, his father, Rabbi Hyman Krustofski is crestfallen. What does the rabbi suggest might have been acceptable alternative careers for Krusty?

Answer: A musician or a jazz singer

A not-too-subtle hint to the audience that the episode tracks the well-known plot of "The Jazz Singer".

6. When Krusty stays on too late at the Simpson house, what does he excitedly seize on to prolong his stay (as the exhausted Simspon family looks on disgustedly)?

Answer: The "Concert for Bangladesh" album.

"Simpson" writers also like to take a shot or two at the seventies, and when Krusty puts on the album exaggeratedly loud, jangling, discordant sitar music blasts out. Scattershot but hilarious.

7. What are the ingredients in the Krusty the Klown sandwich at Izzy's Deli?

Answer: Ham, sausage and bacon, with a smidge of mayo

- on white bread, yet!

Answer: "I didn't mean that literally"

Ever the conscientious rabbi, Krusty's dad wants to make sure he has made himself fully understood. (He then slams the door again.)

9. How does Bart con Krusty into coming to the deli so that he can get him together with his estranged father?

Answer: He tells Krusty that he has to go there to receive the Legion of Honor

Krusty enters humming the Marseillaise, the French national anthem, and asks the surly waitress to direct him to "President Francois Mitterrand's table." The waitress gives him the fish-eye and asks if he thinks he's funny; Krusty replies that "Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong."

Answer: The Candy Man

The Rabbi is unimpressed by "dynamite stuff from Rabbi Simon Ben Eliezer", but is ultimately moved by a brief (hep-talk laden) reference from the book, "Yes, I Can" by Jewish convert Sammy Davis, Jr.

Source: Author coolupway

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