Homer VS The 18th Amendment



Homer VS The 18th Amendment

1. Who made up the majority of the mob wanting prohibition?

2. Why did they want prohibition?

3. Name given on establishment serving illegal alcohol?

4. How was the Mafia (Fat Tony) involved in prohibition?

5. Providing stolen or illegal goods, in this case alcohol, is called what? Today it applies to illegally burned or recorded music and movies.

6. What popular dance of the ‘20s is Chief Wiggam doing when caught in Moe’s “Pet Shop”?

7. Mayor Quimby calls Maud and Mrs. Lovejoy “a bunch of low-income nobodies”. His bodyguard reminds him an election is coming up. Why would this make a difference to Quimby?

8. How does Quimby contact Rex Banner?

9. Why would the writers of the episode use this method of communication to contact Rex Banner?

10. Translate this ‘20s slang: “Listen Rummy, I’m gonna say it plain and simple. Where’d you pinch the hooch? Is some blind tiger jerkin’ suds on the side?”

11. Describe the narrator’s speech. Why would they have a narrator at points in this episode?

Bonus:

A) What are Wiggam and the other officers watching when Banner arrives?

B) Comic Book Guy refers to a superhero. Which superhero?

Homer VS The 18th Amendment

(This episode is the 18th episode of the 8th season of the Simpson)

12. Who made up the majority of the mob wanting prohibition?

A) Maud Flanders, Mrs. Lovejoy: religious, middle class, women

13. Why did they want prohibition?

A) Effect on families, children, violence, public drunkenness (St. Patrick’s Day fights, Bart)

14. Name given an establishment serving illegal alcohol?

A) Speakeasy

15. How was the Mafia (Fat Tony) involved in prohibition?

A) Supplied illegal alcohol, bribed police to look the other way

16. Providing stolen or illegal goods, in this case alcohol, is called what? Today it applies to illegally burned or recorded music and movies.

A) Bootlegging

17. What popular dance of the ‘20s is Chief Wiggam doing when caught in Moe’s “Pet Shop”?

A) The Charleston

18. Mayor Quimby calls Maud and Mrs. Lovejoy “a bunch of low-income nobodies”. His bodyguard reminds him an election is coming up. Why would this make a difference to Quimby?

A) Low-income nobodies make up the majority of the electorate so he must pander to them for votes.

19. How does Quimby contact Rex Banner?

A) Telegram/Telegraph

20. Why would the writers of the episode use this method of communication to contact Rex Banner?

A) It was how long distance communications were done in the ‘20s, Prohibition is an issue of the ‘20s, and the episode is building a sense of the ‘20s.

21. Translate this ‘20s slang: “Listen Rummy, I’m gonna say it plain and simple. Where’d you pinch the hooch? Is some blind tiger jerkin’ suds on the side?”

A) Listen closely drunk man. I’m going to say this plain and simple. Where did you get the alcohol? Is a bar serving alcohol illegally?

22. Describe the narrator’s speech. Why would they have a narrator at points in this episode?

A) Fast, slang. Like a radio announcer in the 1920s. Builds the image of the ‘20s. Also a popular feature on movies about the 1920s.

Bonus:

B) What are Wiggam and the other officers watching when Banner arrives?

i. Krusty the Klown

C) Comic Book Guy refers to a superhero. Which superhero?

i. Superman

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