"The Simpsons": Severity Warned Quiz

Answer: Surly Joe

Season 4, episode 7: "Marge Gets a Job". Surly Joe estimates that the repairs will cost $8500. Homer is, of course, furious. "Forget it! You're not the *only* foundation guy in town!" Homer consults the Yellow Pages. [Advertisement] "Surly Joe's Foundation Repair: The *only* foundation repair company in town."

Answer: Lawnmower

Season 10, episode 5: "When You Dish Upon a Star". This episode featured celebrities Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin, and Ron Howard. Ron: (sniffing Homer's breath) "Do I smell vodka ... and wheatgrass?" Homer: "It's called a lawnmower, I invented it, do you want one?" Ron: "Yeah, okay." Kim: "And I'll have a rum and zinc." Ron: "Ooh, I'll have one of those, too."

Answer: Arthur Fortune

Season 10, episode 21: "Monty Can't Buy Me Love". Arthur Fortune is the owner of Fortune Megastores, which on that day, opened their 112th store. What else did Arthur Fortune do? Well, he knocked out Muhammad Ali! A clip is shown of Arthur ringing a doorbell with boxing gloves; Ali comes to the door, and Arthur punches him.

Answer: Joe Banks

Season 9, episode 21: "Girly Edition". Bart: "Joe Banks, eighty-two years young, has come to this pond every day for the past seventeen years, to feed the ducks. But last month, Joe made a discovery. The ducks...were gone. Some say the ducks went to Canada. Others say, Toronto. And some people think, that Joe used to sit down there, near those ducks. But it could be, that there's just no room in this
modern world, for an old man... and his ducks."

Answer: Powder Blue

Season 12, episode 9: "HOMR". This is said when Lisa is drawing a picture of herself with Homer, and as she reaches for her powder blue crayon, she realizes it is missing, and clues in instantly as to why.

Answer: Pink

Season 3, episode 12: "I Married Marge". Homer: "So, what colour is it? Blue or purple?!" Marge: "Pink. hmm. 'If ye test should fail, to a doctor set sail!'"

Answer: Flancrest Enterprises

Season 9, episode 14: "Das Bus". Homer: "Flancrest Enterprises?" Ned: "Oops! That's for me! Flancrest Enterprises is my home business." Homer: "You liar! You don't have a home business, why would you make up a lie like that?" Ned: "Oh, it's true! Maude and I sell religious book rugs over the Internet!"

Answer: Larry King

Season 2, episode 11: "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish". Larry King, signing off from his Bible reading: "Well, that's it. Old Fred is standing by, we'll get some coffee, we'll get some matzo-ball soup. I love the San Antonio Spurs, by the way, if you're betting on the NBA this year, I think they'll win it all."

Answer: Steve Allen

Season 4, episode 22: "Krusty Gets Kancelled". Gabbo: "And now it's time for another patented Gabbo Crank Call, oh, I love these!" Bart: "I can't believe it. He stole this bit from Krusty!" Lisa: "Yeah, well, Krusty stole it from Steve Allen." Gabbo crank calls Krusty, and Krusty is not impressed. Krusty: "If this is anyone other than Steve Allen, you're stealing my bit!"

Answer: Hero

Season 6, episode 11: "Fear of Flying". These are, of course, movies that depict serious air accidents, as well as cannibalism.

Answer: Darryl Strawberry

Season 3, episode 17: "Homer at the Bat". Of course, with the bases loaded, Homer wins the game by being hit by a pitch. If you aren't fluent with baseball, being hit by a pitch is one method of getting on base. The others include getting a hit, a fielder's choice, a walk, a defensive error, as well as others.

Answer: Washington

Season 3, episode 14: "Lisa the Greek". In one scene, Homer and Barney are watching the half-time show, "The Duff Bowl". Barney: "Hey Homer, didn't you say that if Duff Dry wins, your daughter loves you?" Homer: "Not Duff Dry. Washington!" Barney: "Okay, okay. They're *both* great teams!"

Answer: Cornelius

Season 9, episode 7: "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons". Cornelius: "Hello, I am Cornelius Talmidge. My family brought me here on Monday but I broke free and went on a bit of a bender." Nurse: "Wait, if you're Cornelius Talmidge, then who's...?" We then see Homer, out the window, running away from the retirement home, holding his pants.

Answer: Carnivale

Season 7, episode 14: "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield". If you have seen this episode a few times, this should be relatively easy to spot out, as Homer and the salesman are talking and pointing at it for at least 20 seconds, with the word "CARNIVALE" written in large print right below the TV set.

The TV is exquisite, too! Salesman: "It features two-pronged wall plug, pre-molded hand grip well, durable outer casing to prevent fall apart..." Convincing, isn't it?

Answer: Lance

Season 10, episode 13: "Homer to the Max". Homer and Lance have two crooks cuffed. Kaufman: "Let's book 'em and roll." Simpson: "And that's the end of that chapter." Bank Owner: "You men saved my bank! I'd like to donate forty dollars to charity in your honour. But, uh ... I don't know your names." Kaufman: "Lance Kaufman." Simpson: "Simpson, Detective Homer Simpson."

Answer: Annual Gift Man

Season 8, episode 15: "Homer's Phobia". Bart: "Hey, where'd that cool creepy Santa come from?" John: "Japan. Except over there they call him 'Annual Gift Man' and he lives on the moon."

Answer: It Never Ends

Season 11, episode 16: "Pygmoelian". The show is very well organized. All scripts are represented in colour-coding, where pink pages mean a dream sequence, and goldenrod represents a coma fantasy!

Answer: Princeton

Season 8, episode 16: "Brother From Another Series". Bob: "You wanted to be Krusty's sidekick since you were five! What about the buffoon lessons, the four years at clown college?" Cecil: "I'll thank you not to refer to Princeton that way!"

Answer: Utica

Season 7, episode 21: "22 Short Films About Springfield". Skinner: "Superintendent, I hope you're ready for mouth-watering hamburgers." Chalmers: "I thought we were having steamed clams." Skinner: "Oh, no, I said, 'steamed hams.' That's what I call hamburgers." Chalmers: "You call hamburgers steamed hams?" Skinner: "Yes, it's a regional dialect." Chalmers: "Uh-huh. What region?" Skinner: "Uh, upstate New York." Chalmers: "Really. Well, I'm from Utica and I never heard anyone use the phrase, 'steamed hams.'" Skinner: "Oh, not in Utica, no; it's an Albany expression." Chalmers: "I see."

Answer: 60

Season 10, episode 10: "Viva Ned Flanders". It is revealed that Ned is 60 after Homer sees him using a senior citizen discount at the car wash. He owes his youthful looks to the three "C"s: clean living, chewing thoroughly, and a daily dose of vitamin church! Well, that's it! Thanks for playing! I hope you enjoyed it!