Q 01/05

Homer Simpson works as a safety inspector at what kind of facility?

A) A nuclear power plant

B) A doughnut factory

C) A brewery bottling line

D) A tyre recycling yard

Answer · why

A) A nuclear power plant

He was named after creator Matt Groening's own father, and his 'D'oh!' entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 2001.

Q 02/05

Homer Simpson's catchphrase 'D'oh!' was added to which reference work in 2001?

A) Encyclopaedia Britannica

B) The Oxford English Dictionary

C) Roget's Thesaurus

D) Webster's Third New International

Answer · why

B) The Oxford English Dictionary

The dictionary defines it as expressing frustration at the realisation that things have turned out badly.

Q 03/05

In The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader's famous line to Luke Skywalker begins with which two words?

A) Luke, I

B) No, I

C) Son, I

D) Yes, I

Answer · why

B) No, I

The line is almost universally misquoted as 'Luke, I am your father'; actor David Prowse was fed a fake line on set to keep the twist secret.

Q 04/05

Which actor provided the voice of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy?

A) Morgan Freeman

B) David Prowse

C) James Earl Jones

D) Christopher Lee

Answer · why

C) James Earl Jones

The same voice also belongs to another famous screen father, Mufasa in The Lion King.

Q 05/05

Atticus Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird is a lawyer in which fictional Alabama county?

A) Maycomb

B) Yoknapatawpha

C) Monroe

D) Macon

Answer · why

A) Maycomb

Harper Lee based him on her own father, an Alabama lawyer, and the American Film Institute named him the greatest hero in American film in 2003.