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

It ran from October 6, 2000, to September 27, 2015, and was the network'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

His first movie script caught producer Jerry Bruckheimer's eye in the 1990s; Bruckheimer's company produced the 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, the forensic entomologist who supervises the graveyard shift?

A) Ted Danson

B) David Caruso

C) William Petersen

D) Gary Sinise

Answer · why

C) William Petersen

CBS had a pay-or-play contract with him, and he said he wanted to do the pilot.

Q 05/05

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

A) Melina Kanakaredes

B) Emily Procter

C) Jorja Fox

D) Marg Helgenberger

Answer · why

D) Marg Helgenberger

Catherine was a Las Vegas stripper before being recruited and trained as a blood-spatter specialist.