DrRingDing

i don't know if this is necessarily a question deserving to be in the TV forum but since it is about The Simpsons, i figure this is the place to put it...

i'm organizing a pub quiz here and there is traditionally a Simpsons question on each quiz. we have some simpsons experts here so i'm trying to develop a hard question and i have one, but i'm hoping somebody can provide me with a definitive answer... mostly to double check my info:

How many members of the extended Simpsons (including the Bouviers and characters played by guest stars YET only by blood-relation) family have first names of 5 or more letters?

thanks!
-di doctor-

j123vt_99

guess we can just start a list:

homer
marge
selma
maggie

DrRingDing

got them, but i know there are more... heh heh!

Chew

I guess Bart depends on whether you're counting his full given name or his nickname.

Groucho

Is Lisa short for Elizabeth?

Brain Stew

Abraham "Grandpa" Simpson

Red Dog

Herb(ert) Simpson (Powell)

Can't remember Marge's mother's name.

Cornholio

Patty

Jackskeleton

Patty Bouvier (sister)
Selma Bouvier Terwilliger Hutz McClure, (sister who has married : Sideshow Bob, Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure.)
Jacqueline Bouvier (marge's mother)
Mona J. Simpson (homers mom)

Achtung

I think you confused her with Jacqueline Kennedy... Bouvier was her maiden name.

Brain Stew

That's the joke.

Jackskeleton

I think you need to learn more about the simpsons:

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar...%20Simpsons%29

Achtung

You're right.

Lovejoy: Do you, Jacqueline Bouvier, take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband?

Well, its not as though it comes up a lot or anything. Guess I'll have to get back to the DVDs this weekend.

joltaddict

Jackskeleton

I'm just trying to toss out names here. I can't be bothered to read the full first post. fine, Penelope Olsen ( as it was listed in The Uncensored Family Album and Simpsons Illustrated) or Muddy Mae Suggins should be an acceptable answer for homers mom and it's more then five freak'n letters.

Lisa isn't short for Elizabeth so that's out. It's Lisa Marie Simpsons. Margaret/maggie Simpson would fall in that 5+ section. But I really think narrowing it down to family members played by Guest stars is being anal about it. Especially with the 5+ letter to there names.

I can see what you are trying to do there. make folks not say BART, but since Barts full name is Bartholomew Jo-Jo, it seems like they can easily go around that and the only one it really effects is Lisa.

Cornholio

Gladus Bouvier

BlackCapTen

Wasn't there an episode where Homer brought a bunch of relatives to the front lawn of the Simpsons house? Not sure if he said their names, but finding info on that episode might be worthwhile. I think it was the one where Lisa thought she was dumb like Homer and Bart.

Cornholio

i know what episode your talking about that simpson gene one i think he mentioned a few of there names.

Fanboy

Yup, Lisa, the Simpson.

The SNPP episode capsule isn't working, however.

Achtung

Yeah they haven't put it up yet, and there isn't even a full capsule on alt.tv.simpsons either.

Cornholio

looks like theres alot of simpsons fans here

anyone post on nohomers.net?

DrRingDing

thanks for your help so far! what was danny devito's character's name? (aka homer's brother?)

who is gladys bouvier?

jack, since you can't "be bothered" to read the full first post that consists of three short paragraphs, here's the rationale: the question is for a trivia challenge, that is why the question is limited to simpsons family including guest stars but only by blood (so that excludes sideshow bob, lionel hutz, etc since they were married to selma)...

thanks again, ya'll!
-di doctor-

Jericho

As Red Dog stated above... Herb(ert) Simpson (Powell). I believe the full name is Herbert, even if he's called Herb

Jericho

Also, horridly obscure, but in the first Trrehouse of Horrors you see tombstones for Ishmael Simpson, Ezekiel Simpson, and Cornelius V. Simpson. Of course they may not be related...

Count Dooku

What an arse.