Q 01/05

On which network did CSI: Crime Scene Investigation air for 15 seasons?

A) NBC

B) Fox

C) ABC

D) CBS

Answer · why

D) CBS

CBS: ABC and other networks had passed on the script, yet CSI became CBS's most successful series at the time.

Q 02/05

Who created the CSI franchise?

A) Donald Bellisario

B) Shonda Rhimes

C) Anthony Zuiker

D) Dick Wolf

Answer · why

C) Anthony Zuiker

Anthony Zuiker was working as a tram operator at the Mirage in Las Vegas just a few years before CSI became TV's most-watched show.

Q 03/05

Which blockbuster film producer's television company produced CSI?

A) Michael Bay

B) Jerry Bruckheimer

C) Joel Silver

D) Brian Grazer

Answer · why

B) Jerry Bruckheimer

His company produced it with CBS Productions, later CBS Paramount Television and then CBS Television Studios.

Q 04/05

Who plays Gil Grissom on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation?

A) Mark Harmon

B) Kiefer Sutherland

C) William Petersen

D) Michael Chiklis

Answer · why

C) William Petersen

William Petersen left the role in 2009 to return to stage acting.

Q 05/05

Which actress plays Catherine Willows, Grissom's second-in-command on CSI?

A) Louise Lombard

B) Kim Delaney

C) Khandi Alexander

D) Marg Helgenberger

Answer · why

D) Marg Helgenberger

Marg Helgenberger: she left the regular cast in 2012 hoping to work on stage, yet came back as Catherine in the revival CSI: Vegas.