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Quiz about Your Favorite TV Shows Starring the Simpsons

Your Favorite TV Shows Starring the Simpsons Quiz

What if your favorite TV shows starred the Simpsons instead of your favorite stars? Can you name the show from the scene?

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

Author
professorjon

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
89,859

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. You unlock this door with the key to imagination. Beyond it is another dimension. A dimension of sight. A dimension of sound. A dimension of mind. Your moving into a land of both shadows and substance of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into Springfield.
Homer: "Just tell me what you want?"
Ned Flanders: "A simple proposition. I hereby guarantee- understand? Guarantee- that you will become the most successful safety inspector, food critic, security guard, farmer, house-sitter, carney, body guard, clown, inventor, music manager, plow king, monorail conducter and astronaut, in the world, if you will affix your signature to this little document".
Homer: "I, Homer Simpson, agree to relinquish my immortal soul to the bearer upon my death, in exchange for his services. You're the Devil"!
The TV show? Hint

The Night Stalker

Night Gallery

The Outer Limits

The Twilight Zone

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Question 2 of 10

2. Barney enters.
Everybody: "Barney"!
Moe: "How's life treating you Barney"?
Barney: "It's a dog eat dog world out there and I'm wearing milkbone underwear". Hint

Night Court

Cheers

Full House

The Wonder Years

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Question 3 of 10

3. Now listen to my story about man named Homer, a poor nuclear inspector barely kept his family fed, and then one day he was hunting for some food, when up through the ground come a bubbling ooze. Well the next thing you Homer's a millionaire, kinfolk say, move away from here, Springfields the place to be, so he loaded up the station wagon and moved to Springfield.
The Doorbell rings.
Lisa: "There goes that sound again".
Homer: "What is that"?
Bart: "I don't know, but I bet there is someone at the door again. Everytime we hear that music there is someone at the door". Hint

Happy Days

Petticoat Junction

The Beverly Hillbillies

Green Acres

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Question 4 of 10

4. Homer: "Well it's nearly noon. I have to go and meet the stage. That no good varment Snake is supposed to be on it".
Marge: "Oh, Homer, please be careful".
Homer: "Don't worry Miss Marge I will".
Doc Hibbert: "Maybe you ought to get your deputy to help".
Lenny: (entering the saloon)"Marshal, Marshal Homer. The stage done got here early and Snake is waiting for you".
Homer: "D'oh!" Hint

The Marshal

The Big Valley

Gunsmoke

Wagon Train

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Question 5 of 10

5. Milhouse: "Ah sir, Mr. Burns wants to see you in his office right now".
Homer: "Can't, Milhouse, I'm still sleeping".
Apu: "How do you know that's Milhouse"?
Homer: "Either it's Milhouse or my cot has shrank".
Milhouse: "Oh, oh. Choppers". Hint

MASH

Trapper John MD.

House Calls

Blue Thunder

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Question 6 of 10

6. Homer: "Captain's Log, star date 12874 something, something something. I have ordered Cyrano Barney to personally pick up every Tribble still remaining on the station. Out. Ah Mr. Apu, I don't see any tribbles on the ship".
Mr. Apu: "They have all been removed thanks to Dr. Nick's brilliant idea".
Homer: "Dr. Nick"?
Dr. Nick: "Mr. Groundskeeper Willie actually performed the job".
Homer: "All right, Mr. Willie. Where are the tribbles"?
Mr. Groundskeeper Willie: "I done beamed 'em over to that there Klingon ship, where they be no tribble a t'all". Hint

Battlestar Galatica

The Twilight Zone

Lost in Space

Star Trek

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Question 7 of 10

7. Chief Wiggum: "Colonel Homer, may I remind you that there has never been a successful escape from Stalag 13".
Colonel Homer: "There's always a first time".
Sergeant Barney: "Oh boy".
Chief Wiggum: "What are mumbling about, Sergaent Barney"?
Sergeant Barney: "Who me? I know nothing".
Chief Wiggum: "Colonel Homer, do me a favor. If you ever do decide to escape from Stalag 13 . . . take him with you". Hint

The Heroes

Rat Patrol

Hogan's Heroes

Stalag 17

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Question 8 of 10

8. Mr. Burns: "Marge Simpson, you got spunk".
Marge: "Why thank you".
Mr. Burns: "I hate spunk". Hint

Rhoda

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Phyllis

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

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Question 9 of 10

9. Homer: "I cut down trees, I skip and jump, I like to press wild flowers. I put on Women's clothing and hang around in bars".
Marge, Lenny, Carl, Groundskeeper Willie: "He cuts down trees, he skips and jumps, he likes to press wild flowers. He puts on women's clothing and hangs around in bars"?
Marge: "Oh Homer and I thought you were so rugged". Hint

Monty Python

Black Adder

Fawlty Towers

Red Dwarf

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Question 10 of 10

10. Marge99: "Homer do we need all this"?
Homer: "Of course we do Marge99. It's all part of my plan do establish our cover as harmless, fun-loving vacationers".
Marge99: "But snowshoes Homer"?
Homer: "Well, would you believe stupid fun-loving vacationers"? Hint

Get Smart

It Takes a thief

Inspector Gadget

Mission Impossible

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. You unlock this door with the key to imagination. Beyond it is another dimension. A dimension of sight. A dimension of sound. A dimension of mind. Your moving into a land of both shadows and substance of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into Springfield. Homer: "Just tell me what you want?" Ned Flanders: "A simple proposition. I hereby guarantee- understand? Guarantee- that you will become the most successful safety inspector, food critic, security guard, farmer, house-sitter, carney, body guard, clown, inventor, music manager, plow king, monorail conducter and astronaut, in the world, if you will affix your signature to this little document". Homer: "I, Homer Simpson, agree to relinquish my immortal soul to the bearer upon my death, in exchange for his services. You're the Devil"! The TV show?

Answer: The Twilight Zone

One of the series often spoofed on The Simpsons is "The Twilight Zone". The Simpsons have spoofed the episode starring William Shatner entitled "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", which is about a man who sees a gremlin on the wing of the airplane. Another episode spoofed was "It's a Good Life" starring Billy Mumy as a six year old child who could read minds and cause terrible things to happen to other people.

The Simpsons have also spoofed "Printer's Devil" in which a journalist sells his soul to the Devil (played by Burgess Meredith) for success.

2. Barney enters. Everybody: "Barney"! Moe: "How's life treating you Barney"? Barney: "It's a dog eat dog world out there and I'm wearing milkbone underwear".

Answer: Cheers

"Cheers", a series about the inhabitants of a regular Boston Bar, ran on NBC from 1982-1993. The characters from "Cheers" are spoofed in an episode of the Simpsons entitled, "Flaming Moe's". After Homer and Moe have a falling out over a drink that Homer invented, but Moe took the credit for, Homer leaves Moe's tavern and begins looking for a new bar. One of the bars that he wanders in is Cheers.

3. Now listen to my story about man named Homer, a poor nuclear inspector barely kept his family fed, and then one day he was hunting for some food, when up through the ground come a bubbling ooze. Well the next thing you Homer's a millionaire, kinfolk say, move away from here, Springfields the place to be, so he loaded up the station wagon and moved to Springfield. The Doorbell rings. Lisa: "There goes that sound again". Homer: "What is that"? Bart: "I don't know, but I bet there is someone at the door again. Everytime we hear that music there is someone at the door".

Answer: The Beverly Hillbillies

"The Beverly Hillbillies" ran from 1962-1971. The series was about a family with new discovered riches, who move to California and give society a black eye.

4. Homer: "Well it's nearly noon. I have to go and meet the stage. That no good varment Snake is supposed to be on it". Marge: "Oh, Homer, please be careful". Homer: "Don't worry Miss Marge I will". Doc Hibbert: "Maybe you ought to get your deputy to help". Lenny: (entering the saloon)"Marshal, Marshal Homer. The stage done got here early and Snake is waiting for you". Homer: "D'oh!"

Answer: Gunsmoke

"Gunsmoke" ran on CBS from 1965-1975. It was almost cancelled in 1967 due to low ratings. However, when CBS President William Paley (a fan of "Gunsmoke") returned from vacation and learned that it was not on the schedule, he immediately placed it on the schedule and cancelled a different show. That show was "Gilligan's Island".

5. Milhouse: "Ah sir, Mr. Burns wants to see you in his office right now". Homer: "Can't, Milhouse, I'm still sleeping". Apu: "How do you know that's Milhouse"? Homer: "Either it's Milhouse or my cot has shrank". Milhouse: "Oh, oh. Choppers".

Answer: MASH

"MASH" ran eleven years on CBS from 1972-1983, eight more years than the Korean war actually lasted. The final episode was watched by over 125 million people, which according to the Internet Movie Data Base, was at that time the largest audience for a TV show. I myself skipped college that night (we were having a test review) and watched it. I did poorly on the test the following week.

6. Homer: "Captain's Log, star date 12874 something, something something. I have ordered Cyrano Barney to personally pick up every Tribble still remaining on the station. Out. Ah Mr. Apu, I don't see any tribbles on the ship". Mr. Apu: "They have all been removed thanks to Dr. Nick's brilliant idea". Homer: "Dr. Nick"? Dr. Nick: "Mr. Groundskeeper Willie actually performed the job". Homer: "All right, Mr. Willie. Where are the tribbles"? Mr. Groundskeeper Willie: "I done beamed 'em over to that there Klingon ship, where they be no tribble a t'all".

Answer: Star Trek

"Star Trek" ran on NBC from 1966-1969. The series was nearly cancelled, but a furious letter writing campaign saved it for one more season. the episode spoofed here was entitled, "The Trouble with Tribbles". It was written by David Gerrold, who has also written for "Sliders" and "Star Trek Deep Space Nine".

7. Chief Wiggum: "Colonel Homer, may I remind you that there has never been a successful escape from Stalag 13". Colonel Homer: "There's always a first time". Sergeant Barney: "Oh boy". Chief Wiggum: "What are mumbling about, Sergaent Barney"? Sergeant Barney: "Who me? I know nothing". Chief Wiggum: "Colonel Homer, do me a favor. If you ever do decide to escape from Stalag 13 . . . take him with you".

Answer: Hogan's Heroes

"Hogan's Heroes", starring Bob Crane, John Banner and Werner Klemperer, ran from 1965-1971. The series was set a German prisoner of war camp and it revolved around prisoners who were actually conducting espionage and sabotage while right under the Germans' noses.

8. Mr. Burns: "Marge Simpson, you got spunk". Marge: "Why thank you". Mr. Burns: "I hate spunk".

Answer: The Mary Tyler Moore Show

"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" ran from 1970-1977. "Rhoda" and "Phyllis" were both spinoffs from the show.

9. Homer: "I cut down trees, I skip and jump, I like to press wild flowers. I put on Women's clothing and hang around in bars". Marge, Lenny, Carl, Groundskeeper Willie: "He cuts down trees, he skips and jumps, he likes to press wild flowers. He puts on women's clothing and hangs around in bars"? Marge: "Oh Homer and I thought you were so rugged".

Answer: Monty Python

The British television show "Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran from 1969-1974. The show starred five Brits (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eris Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin) and one American (Terry Gilliam).

10. Marge99: "Homer do we need all this"? Homer: "Of course we do Marge99. It's all part of my plan do establish our cover as harmless, fun-loving vacationers". Marge99: "But snowshoes Homer"? Homer: "Well, would you believe stupid fun-loving vacationers"?

Answer: Get Smart

"Get Smart" ran from 1965-1970. The show starred Don Adams as Maxwell Smart, agent 86, and Barbara Feldon as agent 99.

Source: Author professorjon

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