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

Liane Moriarty built one plot thread on a friend's story of bite marks at kindergarten: after all the alarm, the biting turned out to be self-inflicte...

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

David E. Kelley was a Boston lawyer until producer Steven Bochco hired him as a television writer, and he scripted every episode of Big Little Lies hi...

Q 03/05

In which California town is Big Little Lies set?

A) Monterey

B) Santa Barbara

C) Carmel

D) Malibu

Answer · why

A) Monterey

Monterey replaced the Australian beach town of the novel when the story was adapted for American television.

Q 04/05

Who plays Ed, Madeline's husband, in Big Little Lies?

A) Paul Rudd

B) Adam Scott

C) Jason Bateman

D) Jason Sudeikis

Answer · why

B) Adam Scott

Adam Scott plays Ed, who practises his Elvis karaoke at home and is mid-song at the school fundraiser when his guilt-stricken wife runs out.

Q 05/05

Which Canadian filmmaker directed every episode of Big Little Lies' first season?

A) Denis Villeneuve

B) Jean-Marc Vallée

C) Xavier Dolan

D) Atom Egoyan

Answer · why

B) Jean-Marc Vallée

Jean-Marc Vallée shot all seven episodes handheld in natural light, with no marks on the floor, so the actors were free to move wherever a scene took ...