Today's Questions and Answers

1. We have a lot to get to in this 1DS, but first, let's start with a question about the host. Having just been hired to host The Early Show, Julie Chen initially declined to host Big Brother because she was hoping to eventually earn a hosting job on what other CBS show?



Click here to reveal answer 60 MINUTES

2. Though a hallmark of the show is the isolation of its contestants (or "HouseGuests") from the outside world, a rare exception had to be made in Season 2 due to what event, which had a direct impact on one of the three remaining players?



Click here to reveal answer SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS

3. What HouseGuest, whose name is redacted twice in this clip, is on the receiving end of this not-so-friendly advice? (Last name not required.)



Click here to reveal answer MARCELLAS REYNOLDS

4. As part of a twist called "Project Do Not Assume", Season 5 featured two HouseGuests that were what? (This twist was later duplicated in Season 17, although the name was not.)



Click here to reveal answer (IDENTICAL) TWIN SISTERS (PLAYING AS ONE PERSON)

5. Despite not aligning in Season 5, when Jase Wirey and Diane Henry returned for Big Brother: All-Stars, they formed a secret alliance named after what 2005 movie about a working relationship between two enemies?



Click here to reveal answer MR. & MRS. SMITH

6. While Big Brother typically films and airs in the summer, what event—which lasted from November 5, 2007 to February 12, 2008—compelled CBS to produce Season 9 of the reality show during the winter?



Click here to reveal answer WRITER'S GUILD OF AMERICA STRIKE

7. What two-word term refers to an event that occured in France in 1802, in Iran in 1953, in the Soviet Union in 1991, in Egypt in 2013, and in the Big Brother House on August 15, 2009?



Click here to reveal answer COUP D'É TAT

8. What seven-letter word is redacted in this photo?



Click here to reveal answer ZINGBOT

9. In Season 14, sensing he was in danger, returning HouseGuest—and Season 10 winner—Dan Gheesling (lower left, wearing black) called the other HouseGuests to the living room for a meeting that he referred to as his what? As a direct result of this meeting, he shifted the target to Britney Haynes and eventually finished in second place.



Click here to reveal answer FUNERAL

10. During eviction votes and live competitions, HouseGuests often give shoutouts to their friends and family, knowing they can't be edited out of the broadcast. In Season 16, big-personalitied Frankie told viewers to buy his sister's album "My Everything" on iTunes. Who is his sister?



Click here to reveal answer ARIANA GRANDE

11. What Big Brother distinction is shared by George Boswell, Eric Stein, Bryan Ollie, Brendon Villegas, Jeff Schroeder, Ashley Iocco, Joe Arvin, Judd Daugherty, Elissa Slater, Hayden Voss, Christine Brecht, Jackie Ibarra, James Huling, Bridgette Dunning, Elena Davies, Raven Walton, and no one else?



Click here to reveal answer EVICTED SECOND ON DOUBLE EVICTION EPISODE

12. The end credits of episodes of Big Brother feature a disclaimer that the show is "not associated or affiliated with" the estate of what author?

