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D’oh! This week, we finally have a trivia game about The Simpsons! We also have some cromulent discussions of TV history, baseball, and one of the great American writers!1:53: Q1 (Movies & TV): The first network to successfully compete with the “Big Three” since the demise of the DuMont Television Network in 1956, what network rose to prominence with the unexpected success of The Simpsons?8:16: Q2 (Times & Places): What Dutch-speaking region of Northern Belgium shares its name with a family of secondary characters on The Simpsons?12:48: Q3 (Sports & Games): The Triple-A minor league affiliate of the Colorado Rockies got their name from a Simpsons gag. Name this sciencey-sounding team, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.20:58: Q4 (Arts & Literature): Widely considered to be the moment that The Simpsons jumped the shark, the title of the episode “The Principal and the Pauper” references the work of what writer?26:30: Q5 (Music): Who invented the instrument that Lisa plays in the school band?34:13: Q6 (Everything Else): The episode “Homer the Great” introduces us to the Stonecutters, a parody of what real-world fraternal organization, which actually traces its roots to medieval guilds of stonecutters?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/BiCurean Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bicurean/id1378822013Trivia Rewrites Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/11p7jE73IlHf2boxqMl4RC?si=NzcthXR2QTinmxQ1WbsOMA&nd=1