The Telltale Head Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jebediah Springfield

Bart is carry the decapitated head of Jebediah Springfield's statue. The statue itself resides in the centre of the town, and whilst most of Springfield's residents just ignore it 99% of the time, when it gets defaced it engulfs the Springfield townspeople into a vengeance-seeking mob. This would not be the last time Springfield became an angry mob in "The Simpsons" by a long shot!

Answer: Football

It's a Sunday morning game apparently as Homer watches his team, but whilst he is quick to claim "it's not gambling it's a guaranteed win", it doesn't seem to be going to plan on the field. Within the small amount of time we hear commentary Homer's team concedes a touchdown, then fumbles the ball to concede another touchdown shortly afterwards!

Answer: Dangers of Gambling

Whilst Homer ticks all the boxes for those dangers it is the more direct reference to the episode of gambling that Reverend Lovejoy speaks about. A last second field goal in the football game is about to take place, and when the kick is good Homer leaps up in celebration during the service: "IT'S GOOD! IT'S GOOD! It's... good to see you all in church!"

Answer: Space Mutants IV

The film in question this time is "Space Mutants IV", although both "The Bloodening" and the "Itchy and Scratchy Movie" are featured in other "Simpsons" episodes. "Dial M For Murderousness" is my favourite Troy McClure 'movie credit'. Bart ends up meeting the major bullies of Springfield, Dolph, Jimbo and Kearney, who convince Bart to sneak in the back door of the cinema to watch the movie for free.

Answer: Stealing

Bart soon realises that the bullies used the opportunity of Bart distracting Apu to steal as much as they could get their hands on. They thank him for the distraction so they could get their "five-fingered discount". Of course all "The Simpsons" characters only have four fingers (except God) but let's not pick holes in things...

Answer: New bowling ball

The ball Homer wants to buy even has it's own name, "The Stealth Bowler". Homer gives us the sales pitch: "Black, marbleised with a liquid centre. The Stealth Bowler. The pins don't know what hit 'em!" I feel I should take this time to admit that I myself am terrible at bowling.

Answer: Popular

Homer unintentionally ends up being the catalyst for Bart going to decapitate the statue by telling him this. Bart thinks that the only way he can become popular is by doing what the bullies said would be cool - sawing the head off Jebediah Springfield's statue.

Answer: Krusty The Clown

Krusty interrupts his regularly scheduled clown show to beg the children watching to turn in even their closest family members if they know what happened. It's not without it's rewards though; "If you do, Krusty will send you a free slide whistle, just like Sideshow Bob's!"

Answer: No

Despite their talk of how much they wanted someone to saw the head off the day before the bullies completely change their attitude when Bart actually does it. Kearney says if they saw the guy who did it, "We'd break every bone in his stupid little body!" whilst Jimbo defends what they said the day before - "That was just cloud talk!"

Answer: Yes

Bart points out to the assembled crowd that by taking the head off the statue, it actually brought the crowd together in the unity of defending their town, its founder and its heritage. Bart replaces the head of Jebediah Springfield back on to the statue and apologises to it whilst the mob lose their blood lust and, for some reason, the church bells ring out. Thanks for playing!