Who Said It On "The Simpsons" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Homer Simpson

"The Simpsons" has run to more than 30 seasons on Fox Television and been shown around the world. It was set in the fictional town of Springfield and featured at its heart the Simpson family: Homer, the dad; Marge, the mom; and three kids, in descending age order, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.

Homer was a dreamer for whom most things went wrong, even if they worked out okay in the end. He was a lazy employee at the town's nuclear plant and a devoted and non-discriminatory drinker of Duff beer.

This quote came in season 8; episode 18 when Springfield declared a Prohibition law. Dan Castellaneta was the voice behind Homer.

Answer: Grampa Simpson

Grampa Simpson - Abe - brought up his son, Homer, virtually alone after wife and mother Mona ran off from the law and remained a fugitive. For many years, Homer believed his mother was dead.

Abe lived in the Springfield Retirement Castle, visited as little as possible by his family. Dan Castellaneta was the voice behind Grampa.

The quote came in season 7.

Answer: Bart Simpson

Bart Simpson was always in trouble of some kind. Academically he was not the brightest boy in Springfield Elementary School, but could always run rings around those in authority. Like his dad, Bart was a dreamer and those dreams often got him into trouble.

This quote was a catchphrase of Bart's, notably in season 5, episode 12 when he destroyed stage props on Krusty's show.

Nancy Cartwright was the voice behind Bart. Incidentally when Nancy Cartwright did a one-woman show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, she was contractually obliged to go out of sight behind a curtain when she said something in Bart's voice.

Answer: Chief Wiggum

These were the words of Chief Clancy Wiggum, the fat, lazy donut-loving head of the police department in Springfield in season 7, episode 1 "Who Shot Mr Burns?"

The chief would do anything to avoid strenuous - physical or mental - police work, leaving much of it up to his two sidekicks, Lou and Eddie. He was the father of Ralph, palpably the stupidest kid at Springfield Elementary School.

Another of his most famous bon mots was "I'd rather let a thousand guilty men go free than chase after them."

Hank Azaria voiced Chief Wiggum.

Answer: Principal Skinner

Hard to believe it may be, but Principal Seymour Skinner was once a brave and decorated sergeant in the US Army.

He was frequently bullied by his mother and the education board's Supervisor Chalmers - not to mention the kids in his school. Skinner was full of good intentions but they all foundered on the rocks of his nemeses, often Bart Simpson.

Harry Shearer provided the voice of Skinner.

Answer: Lisa

These were rare kind words from Lisa to Bart. Lisa was the goody-two-shoes of the family. She was a vegetarian eco-warrior and animal lover. How come then she always joined Bart in screeching with laughter at the violent 'Itchy and Scratchy' sketches?

Yeardley Smith voiced the precocious one.

Insignificant information: her full name was Lisa Marie Simpson.

Answer: Kent Brockman

Kent Brockman was the anchor on the local television station in Springfield. He was a big fish in a small pond, and one who craved a larger lake. And one episode showed just how that worked out.

Brockman was not reticent about spicing up the news, and often took a sonoric and lecturing tone.

The voice of Kent Brockman was brought to us by Harry Shearer.

Answer: Krusty the Clown

Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofsky was better known as Krusty the Clown, host of an eponymous TV show aimed at kids. Krusty was a washed-out, depressive, passed over, old style comedian in reduced circumstances.

Those circumstances were not helped by his addictions and greed. Away from the limelight, Krusty cut a sad figure, with few friends other than Mr Teeny, his monkey. Krusty had also been married 15 times, and had a daughter from a one-night stand.

That was Dan Castellaneta behind the voice of Krusty.

Answer: Moe

Moe Szyslak was the owner of Moe's Tavern in Springfield, the place that Homer and his friends hung out. He was a lonely guy, desperate for relationships and had long worshipped from a distance Marge Simpson.

Harry Azaria provided the voice of Moe.

Answer: Marge Simpson

This quote came in season 2.

Marge Simpson, she of the giant blue hairstyle, was the bedrock of the family. Although sometimes (often) disappointed by Homer, she did deeply love him and constantly tried to tone down his more erratic ideas.

Julie Kavner was the voice actor behind Marge's dulcet (?) tones.

Answer: Bart

And Bart proved it when he leeched off adult Lisa after she became president of the USA.

Although they often fought, as young siblings do, there was a bond between Bart and Lisa. Bart might often come across as a tragic figure, but Lisa was fragile, too, for all her academic brilliance. "She never has any friends; when she's good at something she'll meet somebody who's better at it. Her victories are hard fought and briefly enjoyed", Yeardley Smith, who provided the voice, said in a "Vanity Fair" interview in 2018.

Answer: Homer

In "Burns' Heir", season 5, episode 18, Charles Montgomery Burns auditions worthy candidate to be the heir to his vast fortune. Bart and Simpson fail miserably, thanks in no small part to the incompetence of their dad.

After their failures, Homer tried to comfort them with kind words. Darksplash endorses the pithy comment.

Answer: Marge

The quote came from "The Simpsons" season 10 episode 2, "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace".

Marge also said: "Listen to your mother, kids. Aim low. Aim so low no one will even care if you succeed. Dinner's in the oven. If you want some butter it's under my face." The quotes is from "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" (season 8, episode 11), after the failure of her pretzel business.

Answer: Rev Lovejoy

From "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" (season 7, episode 3).

Although rarely used, the minister's full name was Rev. Timothy Lovejoy Jr. The church in Springfield was part of the Presbylutheran denomination. Helen, his wife, was noted for proclaiming "think of the children", or alternatively "won't somebody think of the children".

Harry Shearer was the voice of Rev Lovejoy. Maggie Roswell provided the voice of his wife.

Answer: Ralph

This was from "Grade School Confidential" (season 8, episode 19). Some sources claim Ralph Wiggum was the most over-quoted of all Simpsons characters.

Nancy Cartwright provided the voice of Ralph.