Q 01/05

Big Little Lies is based on a 2014 novel by which Australian author?

A) Jane Harper

B) Liane Moriarty

C) Kate Morton

D) Hannah Kent

Answer · why

B) Liane Moriarty

Kidman and Witherspoon optioned the book less than a month after it was published.

Q 02/05

Who created and wrote the HBO series Big Little Lies?

A) Aaron Sorkin

B) Ryan Murphy

C) Damon Lindelof

D) David E. Kelley

Answer · why

D) David E. Kelley

Kelley, the creator of Ally McBeal and The Practice, later reunited with Kidman on The Undoing.

Q 03/05

In which California town is the TV series set?

A) Monterey

B) Santa Barbara

C) Carmel

D) Malibu

Answer · why

A) Monterey

The novel had placed the story in suburban Sydney; the show moved it to the California coast.

Q 04/05

How many episodes of Big Little Lies were made across its first two seasons?

A) 16

B) 18

C) 14

D) 20

Answer · why

C) 14

Each of the first two seasons ran seven episodes, despite the show originally being billed as a one-off miniseries.

Q 05/05

Which Canadian filmmaker directed every episode of season one?

A) Denis Villeneuve

B) Jean-Marc Vallée

C) Xavier Dolan

D) Atom Egoyan

Answer · why

B) Jean-Marc Vallée

Vallée had just directed Witherspoon in Wild and Laura Dern alongside her; he shot the series handheld with natural light.