"Lisa's Pony" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Principal Skinner

Lisa awakens Homer from a dream before she gets through to him; he was sleeping on the job. The reason is because she has a talent show that evening and she broke her last saxophone reed. She needs a new one, but she has already called Marge, Ned Flanders, Aunt Patty and Aunt Selma, Dr. Hibbert, Reverend Lovejoy, and the guy who got the snake out of their basement. Homer, happy that she chose him after all them, says he'll get her a 4 1/2 reed after work, just in time for the show.

Answer: Moe

Homer arrives at King Toot's Music Store five minutes before it's supposed to close, but discovers that Moe's Tavern is right next door. Instead of accomplishing what he set out to do, he decides that a quick beer is necessary. Of course, this means that he misses the closing of the store.

In an odd twist, the owner of the music store stops in for a beer and Moe is able to convince him to reopen.

Answer: No

While Homer is able to head into the music store and ask for a 4 1/2 reed, a problem emerges when he can't remember what instrument Lisa plays. As such, Homer needs to be run through a list of possible instruments. Ultimately, he figures out that he's looking for a saxophone reed, but doesn't know what kind. Lisa, thus, has no choice but to go onstage and embarrass herself by playing with a broken reed. Homer arrives just in time to see his daughter asked off the stage.

Answer: Spending more time with her

Homer, stressed about being responsible for not making it in time for Lisa's performance, tries to make things right by buying her $88-worth of ice cream. This fails miserably as nothing seems to make her feel better. He ends up watching old home videos of Lisa and realizes he was never really a figure in her life. Marge suggests he spend time with her, but this doesn't really work out either since he can't see the love in her eyes.

Instead, he decides that a quick fix is necessary and, despite Marge's protests, thinks that buying a pony would be the smartest idea.

Answer: Mr. Burns

The next morning, Homer heads to the pet store of the Springfield Mall looking for ponies, but nearly gets gypped by the smarmy salesman inside. Instead he has to go to the Grateful Gelding Stables outside town to find what he's looking for. There, he's informed that some of the ponies on-site come with the hefty price tag of half a million dollars due to their lineages. All said and done, for a basic pony without the names behind it, he's looking at a starting price of $5,000 in cash.

Heading to his Employee Credit Union, Mr. Burns himself has to approve of the loan required to buy the pony.

Answer: In his car

Bringing the loaned $5,000 directly to the stables, Homer ends up receiving a pony and deciding to bring it directly home to Lisa. This, of course, requires a bit of maneuvering since he has to cram it into the back seat of his car and drive it back through Springfield.

The next morning, Lisa ends up waking up with the pony in her bed and rides it into her parents' bedroom. Of course, the pony ends up staying at the house for a small amount of time, causing its own issues.

Answer: Princess

At breakfast, Lisa introduces her new pony to the other pets with the name Princess just as Marge asks Homer for his plan for the safe-keeping of the horse. His idea is simply to let the pony roam free during the day and sleep in the garage at night, but Lisa and Marge are able to persuade him to give it a proper home in a real stable, out of fairness to the animal.

This, of course, costs $530 per month.

Answer: Apu

Looking through the bills, Marge informs Homer that they're in serious trouble and that, for a start, they'll need to cut back on luxuries like beer. Homer refuses, however, saying that since Lisa loves him now, they have to keep the pony. Instead he'll find a way to earn more money to afford the new lifestyle. Lisa, meanwhile, spends her time at the stable grooming and riding her horse. Homer, heading to the Kwik-E-Mart to buy a lottery ticket, lets it slip to Apu that he's looking for money. Apu then offers him a job on the (high-profile) midnight-to-eight-in-the-morning shift which Homer accepts.

Answer: Lack of sleep

Homer takes the job with Apu and has his training overnight without telling the family. Marge ends up finding out the morning after when Homer claims that he'll be getting about eleven minutes of sleep every day. It's then that he passes out from exhaustion.

The next few days are difficult. Homer constantly falls asleep, even while driving, and Apu starts to worry that his business is starting to fail in his absence. The kids finally find out when Homer, heading out for an 'eight hour walk' passes out on his car horn and lets loose the airbag.

Answer: Giving the pony away

When Homer passes out in the garage, Marge informs Lisa that the cost of the pony has forced her father to take on a second job at the Kwik-E-Mart. Marge says that the choice is Lisa's; Homer will keep working to pay for the pony unless she gets rid of it.

The next day she ends up giving it back to the owner of the stable and tells Homer that he can quit the Kwik-E-Mart. Regardless of the pony, she still loves a big, dumb animal more than Princess-- her father.