"Lisa's Substitute" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Lyme Disease

In class, Lisa reads a book while her classmates gossip over Mrs. Hoover, their teacher, who is allegedly having some problems; Janey says that she drank a bottle of drain cleaner and another kid says she fell down a well. When Mrs. Hoover comes in she informs the students that she has been diagnosed with Lyme Disease and will not be able to teach. Until a substitute is called in, Principal Skinner will oversee the class.
Upstairs, Bart is showing his class a video of Snowball II being born. This doesn't go over well considering the graphical content of the movie.

Answer: Cowboy

Skinner's time in Mrs. Hoover's grade two class is a short one since the substitute teacher waltzes in wearing spurs and firing popguns. With a guitar on his back, he introduces himself as a Texas cowboy from the year 1830 and tells them to ask any questions they want.

The kids are taken aback a bit by Mr. Bergstrom's unique teaching style but, when Lisa is able to note three factual inaccuracies in his costume, she's allowed to wear his hat. The kids warm up to him when he gives his name, Mr. Bergstrom, and suggests two joke names-- Mr. Nerdstrom and Mr. Boogerstrom.

Answer: Inauguration

In Ms. Krabappel's grade four class, the students are called together to elect a Class President. Ms. Krabappel, while not eligible to vote, strongly notes that her bias is towards Martin who makes an impassioned speech about demanding a science fiction library.

Downstairs in the grade two class, Mr. Bergstrom sings "Home on the Range" on his guitar (while stating inaccurate facts about the historical range); he catches Lisa receiving a passed note in which he is drawn as 'The Singing Dork'. He compliments her on it despite her lack of involvement in the sketch. For doing so she immediately gets labeled as a (substitute) teacher's pet.

Answer: Sherri and Terri

When Mrs. Krabappel asks the class if they have any further nominations to go against Martin, Sherri and Terri both nominate Bart, who makes a mockery of the speech process and is asked to deliver a message to Principal Skinner. When he leaves the room she gives the class a lecture about not encouraging him to act out.

Downstairs, Mr. Bergstrom reads the class "Charlotte's Web" and encourages the kids to show off their amazing talents. When Lisa says that she can't play her saxophone in class he says that she owes him a talent.

Answer: Yes

Before leaving school after her first day with Mr. Bergstrom, Lisa sees Ms. Krabappel flirting with him in the classroom. He rebuffs her advances, saying that the children are what he loves. This statement convinces Lisa to show off her talent, playing the saxophone, which she does from the field outside. That weekend, Lisa tells her mother about the way Mr. Bergstrom makes her feel and, for some reason, can't seem to understand that Marge feels the same way about Homer. Homer and Bart both make fun of Mr. Bergstrom, but Lisa falls deeper into her crush.

When Mr. Bergstrom compliments her on her homework, he says that her father must be a good influence on her. She denies this, considering.

Answer: Homer

The candidates for Class President (really only Martin and Bart) have their opening debates for their campaign and, using faulty rhetoric, Bart is able to take the lead in early polls, making the headline of his class paper. Homer, upon seeing this, says that it's all more than a personality contest and that he MUST win. Bart immediately takes a more aggressive stand in his campaign, angering his teacher but thrilling the masses. Lisa and Mr. Bergstrom watch from above.

While she's disappointed with her brother's antics, he says that someday she may miss them.

Answer: Museum of Natural History

When Mr. Bergstrom tells the class that the Springfield Museum of Natural History will be closing in two weeks due to lack of interest, Lisa realizes that she must go on his recommendation. She asks Marge to take her, but Marge ends up asking Homer instead and while he tries to weasel out of it, he uses a poor excuse ('spending time with the boy') and gets trapped into doing it.

It doesn't take long before Homer is making a fool of himself, especially when Mr. Bergstrom shows up for a visit. It doesn't take long before Mr. Bergstrom realizes that Homer and Lisa don't have a lot in common and that Homer needs to find a way to connect with his daughter.

Answer: Psychosomatic issues

Mr. Bergstrom decides to talk to Homer over lunch and informs him that Lisa is reaching out for a strong, male role model in her life. Homer recognizes this immediately and starts to weep over his food, but Mr. Bergstrom snaps him out of it. Lisa overhears a great deal of this and feels that her father is ruining everything.

When Marge tells Lisa to invite Mr. Bergstrom for dinner to straighten things out, Lisa is thrilled by the prospect and practices her invitation only to find that Mrs. Hoover has returned from her sick leave-- apparently her Lyme Disease was psychosomatic. Evidently, since Lyme Disease was popular, she assumed she had it. Lisa is distraught over the loss of Mr. Bergstrom and leaves class early.

Answer: Martin

Election Day finally comes to Ms. Krabappel's class and before she can tell the kids to put thought into their votes, Bart announces his victory party on the playground. It is here, however, while everyone is celebrating, that he discovers that no one took the time to vote. Unsurprisingly, Martin wins the Class Presidency, taking the only two votes in the race (one from himself and one from Wendell). Ms. Krabappel is pleased.

Answer: Lisa Simpson

Lisa goes on the hunt for Mr. Bergstrom and discovers that he moved out of his apartment, probably on another job (to Capital City). She catches up to him at the train station and he apologizes, but says she needs to know that things will go on as they always have. She says that she understands but will miss him. He leaves her a note saying that if she's ever feeling lonely she can read the note and understand; it says little more than "You are Lisa Simpson."

That evening, Homer, frustrated that Bart lost the race, nonchalantly brushes off Lisa's moping. Angrily, she decides to call her father a baboon and runs to her room. Homer is deeply hurt by this, but Marge reminds him that her faith in her dad is shaken and there's nothing she can do. To make amends he goes upstairs and tries to make it better; to her surprise he's able to explain himself and even makes fun of himself being a baboon. Lisa forgives him.

Homer goes to the next room and speaks to Bart. This issue's a bit easier. He explains that since Bart wouldn't have gotten money AND he would've had to do extra work, it's better that he lost to Martin.

Heading downstairs, he tells Marge not to jinx anything-- he's on a roll.