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125 free The Simpsons trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
129 free The Simpsons trivia questions with answers. For over 35 seasons, The Simpsons has been satirizing American life from the fictional town of Springfield. From Homer's love of donuts to Bart's chalkboard gags, how well do you know the show that changed television?
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Q 01What is Homer Simpson's catchphrase when something goes wrong?
D'oh!
Homer's signature grunt of frustration was so widely adopted that it earned an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary, spelled without the apostrophe.
Q 02What instrument does Lisa Simpson play?
Saxophone
Lisa plays the saxophone, specifically a baritone sax, and her solo in the opening credits changes from episode to episode.
Q 03What is the name of the bar where Homer frequently drinks?
Moe's Tavern
Moe's Tavern, run by Moe Szyslak, is Homer's dingy watering hole, also frequented by Barney, Lenny and Carl, and the target of Bart's prank calls asking for customers with gag names.
Q 04What color is Marge Simpson's hair?
Blue
Marge's tall blue beehive was modeled on the Bride of Frankenstein and on Groening's mother's 1960s hairdo; an early plan to reveal rabbit ears hidden inside it was scrapped.
Q 05Which president said families should be 'more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons'?
George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush said it in a January 1992 speech; three days later, before a rerun, Bart replied, 'Hey, we're just like the Waltons. We're praying for an end to the Depression, too.'
Q 06Who is Bart's best friend?
Milhouse Van Houten
Milhouse Van Houten is Bart's loyal best friend. Matt Groening picked the name because Milhous was Richard Nixon's middle name and he thought it the most unfortunate name he could give a kid.
Q 07What is the name of the Simpsons' neighbor?
Ned Flanders
Ned Flanders is the Simpsons' next-door neighbor. The devout Christian and annoyingly cheerful Ned is famous for his "Hi-diddly-ho, neighborino!" greeting.
Q 08What is the name of the school Bart and Lisa attend?
Springfield Elementary
Springfield Elementary is the chronically underfunded school whose principal, teachers, bus driver and groundskeeper are all recurring characters in their own right.
Q 09According to Matt Groening, what was the only thing his real father had in common with Homer Simpson?
A love of donuts
Groening named Homer after his father, a filmmaker and writer, and has said the two shared little beyond a love of donuts. He later named his own son Homer as well.
Q 10Which entertainer hosts a children's TV show on Springfield's Channel 6?
Krusty the Clown
Krusty the Clown, born Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofsky, hosts The Krusty the Clown Show on Springfield's Channel 6. Off camera he is a cynical, burned-out chain-smoker.
Q 11What is the name of the Simpsons' baby?
Maggie
Maggie was named after Groening's youngest sister; her pacifier-sucking noises are supplied by Groening himself, and she has never spoken a full sentence in a regular episode.
Q 12In which city was Matt Groening born and raised?
Portland, Oregon
Matt Groening was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1954 and grew up there, the middle of five children; his parents Homer and Margaret and sisters Lisa and Maggie all lent their names to the show.
Q 13What year did The Simpsons first premiere as a series on Fox?
1989
The half-hour series debuted on Fox on 17 December 1989 with the Christmas special 'Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire'; the family had first appeared as shorts in 1987.
Q 21Which actor voices multiple characters including Moe, Chief Wiggum, and Comic Book Guy?
Hank Azaria
Hank Azaria is known for voicing a huge range of characters including Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Professor Frink, and many more. He stepped back from voicing Apu in 2020.
Q 22Which Frasier star voices Sideshow Bob?
Kelsey Grammer
Kelsey Grammer voices Sideshow Bob, a self-proclaimed genius and Yale graduate whose cultured delivery echoes Grammer's Dr. Frasier Crane; Bob first appeared in season 1's 'The Telltale Head'.
Q 23What is Chief Wiggum's first name?
Clancy
Springfield's police chief was designed to look like a pig as a conscious pun, and his surname is Matt Groening's mother's maiden name.
Q 14Who shot Mr. Burns in the famous two-part episode?
Maggie Simpson
In the "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" two-parter (Season 6/7), baby Maggie Simpson accidentally shot Mr. Burns when he tried to take candy from her. The reveal was one of TV's biggest cliffhangers.
Q 15Which actor voices Homer Simpson?
Dan Castellaneta
Dan Castellaneta also voices Barney, Groundskeeper Willie and Mayor Quimby, and has been with the family since the 1987 Tracey Ullman shorts.
Q 16The Simpson family first appeared as animated shorts on which Fox sketch-comedy series?
The Tracey Ullman Show
The Simpsons began as short animated segments on The Tracey Ullman Show in 1987, two years before becoming their own series.
Q 17Which real-life presidency did the 2000 episode "Bart to the Future" appear to foretell?
Donald Trump's
In the episode, President Lisa Simpson inherits a budget crisis from her predecessor, President Trump. It was written during Trump's 2000 third-party flirtation, and news media revived it as a 'prediction' when he ran in 2016.
Q 18What is Groundskeeper Willie's nationality?
Scottish
Willie is the head groundskeeper and janitor at Springfield Elementary and lives in a shack on the school grounds. He was written as simply an angry janitor; his Scottish accent was added during a recording session.
Q 19What record does The Simpsons hold in US television history?
Longest-running animated program
It passed The Flintstones as the longest-running prime-time animated series in 1997, and by its 21st season had overtaken Gunsmoke as the longest-running American scripted primetime series.
Q 20Which voice actress plays both Marge and her twin sisters Patty and Selma?
Julie Kavner
Kavner also voices the twins' mother, Jacqueline. She is notoriously private and rarely allows herself to be filmed recording.
Q 24What is Homer's middle name?
Jay
Homer's middle name is Jay, revealed in 1998's 'D'oh-in' in the Wind'; the initial J is a nod to Bullwinkle J. Moose and Rocket J. Squirrel, whose J honored creator Jay Ward.
Q 25What year was The Simpsons Movie released?
2007
The Simpsons Movie was released on July 27, 2007. It grossed over $527 million worldwide and features a plot involving Homer polluting Lake Springfield, leading to the town being quarantined under a dome.
Q 26What is Apu Nahasapeemapetilon's country of origin?
India
Apu is from India: he graduated first in a class of seven million at 'Caltech', the Calcutta Technical Institute, before earning a computer-science PhD at the Springfield Heights Institute of Technology.
Q 27What is the three-eyed fish found near the nuclear plant called?
Blinky
Blinky is the three-eyed fish found in waters near the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. The fish became a symbol of the plant's environmental pollution and appeared in Mr. Burns' campaign for governor.
Q 28Matt Groening named the show's Springfield after a real Springfield in which US state?
Oregon
Groening named it after Springfield, Oregon, which as a child he believed was the Springfield of Father Knows Best; he has declined to place the show's town in any state so every viewer can claim it.
Q 29Which famous physicist has guest-starred on The Simpsons multiple times?
Stephen Hawking
The writers wanted someone smarter than every member of Springfield's Mensa chapter for 1999's 'They Saved Lisa's Brain', and had heard Hawking was a fan. He returned to voice himself several more times.
Q 30Who wrote the Christmas special that served as the first full-length episode of the series?
Mimi Pond
Mimi Pond wrote 'Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire', directed by David Silverman, the only full-length episode aired in the 1980s. Homer takes a job as a mall Santa and comes home with a losing greyhound.