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Trends Predicted by the Simpsons — Daily trivia Sunday, April 12, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Which future real president did a Simpsons episode depict as having held the office?
- ARichard Nixon
- BGeorge W. Bush
- CBill Clinton
- DDonald Trump
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Donald Trump
Donald Trump's presidency was a gag in 'Bart to the Future', produced during his 2000 Reform Party bid; four days after the 2016 election, Bart's chalkboard read 'Being right sucks.'
Q 02Which modern technology does the wrist device of Lisa's fiancé in the Simpsons episode 'Lisa's Wedding' resemble?
- AVirtual Reality Headset
- BSmartwatch
- CWireless Earbuds
- DPortable Gaming Console
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Smartwatch
Smartwatch spotters point to the episode's 2010 wrist communicators, which even borrow the sound effects of Star Trek's communicators.
Q 03What is the screen technology Lisa uses to talk face-to-face with Marge in 'Lisa's Wedding' called today?
- AVideo Calling
- BEmail
- CSocial Media Feed
- DText Messaging
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Video Calling
In "Lisa's Wedding," Lisa uses a "picture phone" to talk to Marge, allowing them to see each other during the conversation, a clear precursor to modern video calling services like FaceTime and Zoom.
Q 04The Simpsons' magicians Gunter and Ernst, mauled by their white tiger, parody which real duo?
- ASiegfried & Roy
- BGeller & Kellar
- CPenn & Teller
- DGaughan & Burton
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Siegfried & Roy
Siegfried & Roy inspired Gunter and Ernst and their tiger Anastasia; ten years after the episode, on October 3, 2003, Roy Horn was attacked by one of the duo's white tigers.
Q 05Which corporate acquisition involving The Simpsons' own studio did the show foresee years early?
- AGoogle acquiring YouTube
- BDisney acquiring 20th Century Fox
- CSony acquiring 20th Century Fox
- DFacebook acquiring Instagram
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Disney acquiring 20th Century Fox
A 1998 gag showed the 20th Century Fox logo over 'A Division of Walt Disney Co.'; Disney acquiring 20th Century Fox's parent closed in March 2019, taking The Simpsons with it.
Q 06Homer and Marge's team beats which country in an Olympic curling final on The Simpsons, as the real US men later did?
- ACanada
- BNorway
- CSweden
- DSwitzerland
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Sweden
Sweden lost the gold-medal match in the 2010 episode Boy Meets Curl, and in 2018 the real US men's team beat Sweden for its first curling gold.
Q 07A Simpsons voting machine keeps switching Homer's Obama vote to which candidate?
- AMitt Romney
- BJohn McCain
- CHillary Clinton
- DJohn Kerry
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John McCain
In Treehouse of Horror XIX the rigged machine registers John McCain six times, then sucks Homer in and kills him to hide the truth.
Q 08Which virus appears in the title of the book Marge offers a sick Bart in the episode 'Lisa's Sax'?
- AChickenpox
- BEbola
- CInfluenza
- DMeasles
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Ebola
The book is 'Curious George and the Ebola Virus'; the disease had been known since 1976, but its largest outbreak on record came in 2014-15.
Q 09Which body's real-world scandal did the Simpsons episode with Homer as a World Cup referee seem to predict?
- AThe IOC
- BThe NBA
- CFIFA
- DThe NFL
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FIFA
The episode aired in 2014; a year later FIFA officials were arrested in Zurich in a bribery and money-laundering case that spread across social media.
Q 10Which then-unbuilt London skyscraper appears in the 1995 Simpsons episode 'Lisa's Wedding'?
- AThe Gherkin
- BThe Walkie-Talkie
- COne Canada Square
- DThe Shard
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The Shard
The pointed spire appears to the left of a Big Ben that has been given a digital face; the real building was completed in 2012.
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