Ten Terrible Tenants Trivia Quiz

Answer: Craig Phillips

Compared to more recent series, the inaugural 'Big Brother' was much less controversial and had few of the shenanigans that characterised the show in later years. The first winner of the British version was Craig Phillips, but it was Nick Bateman that courted most attention.

His attempts to discuss voting patterns were noticed by the all-seeing eye and he would thus enter the league of the most infamous reality TV stars of all time.

Answer: Brian Dowling

Brian Dowling's career after leaving the house is an example of what a 'Big Brother' winner can come to expect. Not only did Dowling win the cash prize offered by the show but he also became reasonably famous for presenting and narrating other reality TV shows.

Answer: Climbing onto the roof

The ability to witness the medium-term change in the psychological state of the housemates is one of the selling points of 'Big Brother'. Some of the terrible tenants love the limelight and others aren't at all concerned with the confinement that the house provides. Sandy Cumming proved to be of another distinct category, a group of people who loathed the lack of freedom and absence of any intellectual activity.

In order to escape the house and all of its faults, he climbed onto the roof but failed to achieve his goal.

He was told to leave the 'Big Brother' house shortly after his somewhat dangerous stunt.

Answer: South Africa

Cameron Stout, from the Orkney Islands, was a rather unlikely winner of 'Big Brother' in 2003. As a devoted Christian and proud virgin, Stout would seem to be the exact opposite of what the public had come to expect the winner of the show to be. At the same time the Scotsman was in the British 'Big Brother' house the franchise was extending to other continents.

As part of the inauguration of 'Big Brother Africa', Stout was invited to swap places with one of the African contestants for a short while.

Answer: Nadia Almada

Nadia Almada, originally Jorge Leodoro, was born on the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. Her victory was seen to be a great step forward for the transsexual and transgender community in the United Kingdom as the public knew about her sex change upon her introduction. Almada, after her 'Big Brother' victory, would go on to do what all top reality TV stars do and create a fitness DVD! I am sure the DVD is available in all good bargain buckets near you.

Answer: She was pregnant

Makosi Musambasi's story was really rather remarkable. During one episode she was seen being intimate with the eventual winner of the series, Anthony Hutton, and within the same week she was claiming to be pregnant as a result! Nobody really knows whether she conceived whilst in the 'Big Brother' house (though the likelihood is slim) but I think there is a question of much greater importance. Does anybody really care?

Answer: Tourette syndrome

Pete Bennett was one of the first people on British TV to be seen to have Tourette syndrome. The syndrome seemed to add to his likeable character and he was a favourite with the bookmakers to win the 2006 series of 'Big Brother' from the very first week. Any bets against Pete winning would have meant a loss of money as he would emerge victorious, as expected, with well over 50% of the vote in the final.

Answer: Brian Belo

Brian Belo was born in Nigeria and originally went by the name of Olawale Belo. He was fostered at a young age by a UK family and at the age of twenty became the youngest winner of the UK version of 'Big Brother'. During his stint as a terrible tenant in the 'Big Brother' house he admitted to not knowing about William Shakespeare! After his victory he gained employment with gossip magazines and often reported on later series of 'Big Brother'.

Answer: Blind

It took nine series before a blind person was selected as a 'Big Brother' housemate. "Mikey" very nearly made it all the way to victory but couldn't gather up enough votes from the public to win the cash prize. After coming second in the 2008 'Big Brother' series, Michael Hughes tried his luck in a by-election in the Scottish city of Glasgow.

He wasn't as successful in his political endeavours as he was in the world of reality TV managing to poll just over fifty votes with the winning candidate polling over 12,000.

Answer: Mr Gay UK

Charlie Drummond did indeed place second in the Mr Gay UK competition after winning a regional heat in 2007 thus becoming Mr Gay Newcastle! Whilst in the house he became involved in the first gay relationship in the ten years of 'Big Brother' being on British screens.

His supposed love interest was a Brazilian student, Rodrigo Lopes, and they were seen to have a love-hate relationship. No Oscars were awarded for this production, let me tell you!