15 Questions about "The Big Bang Theory" Season 1

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1. In the "Pilot" episode, Leonard and Sheldon are sent by their new neighbor Penny, to retrieve which item from her muscle bound ex-boyfriend?

Answer: Television

Sadly to say, the ex takes Leonard and Sheldon's pants when they try to get the television back. Penny feels horrible about this and offers to buy them dinner.

2. In episode 2, "The Big Bran Hypothesis", Penny gives Leonard the spare key to her apartment, because she needs him to do her a favor. What does this favor involve?

Answer: furniture delivery

The delivery man refuses to take the heavy box he is delivering up the stairs so leaves it downstairs. Leonard recruits Sheldon to help him carry the box up the stairs since the elevator is broken. When entering Penny's apartment, Sheldon discovers it is a complete mess.

In the middle of the night, he takes the spare key and cleans and organizes Penny's apartment. This upsets Penny, but it does not take long for her to forgive him.

3. In episode 3, "The Fuzzy Boots Corollary", Leonard stops by Penny's apartment and notices another guy there. Disheartened he goes back to his apartment and starts to complain. His friends encourage him to go out with someone more like him. Who does Leonard approach for a date?

Answer: Leslie Winkle

After asking Leslie Winkle, a co-worker, out on a date, she suggests an experiment, which is her and Leonard kissing. This will let her know if they are compatible. Leslie feels no sparks and denies his request. In the end, Leonard invites Penny to dinner, not letting her know that it will be just the two of them. When Penny asks Leonard at the end of the evening if it was meant as a date, he denies it.

Fun Fact: Leslie Winkle is played by Sara Gilbert, Johnny Galecki's love interest in the '80s/'90s sitcom "Roseanne".

4. In episode 4, "The Luminous Fish Effect", Sheldon gets fired from his job after insulting the intelligence of his new boss. Which of these endeavors does Sheldon not attempt while unemployed?

Answer: knitting

Unable to deal with anymore of Sheldon's ventures, Leonard calls Sheldon's mom. His mom encourages him to go to the university and ask for his job back. The department head is quite attracted to Mrs. Cooper, so he happily gives Sheldon his job back.

Fun Fact: Mrs. Cooper is played by Laurie Metcalf, another one of Johnny Galecki's "Roseanne" co-stars.

5. In which episode do Penny and Leonard share their first kiss?

Answer: The Middle Earth Paradigm

Kurt, the ex who stole Leonard and Sheldon's pants, shows up at Penny's Halloween party, helping Leonard humiliate himself. Sheldon and Leonard return to their own apartment. Shortly after, Penny appears at their door in tears. Leonard and Penny kiss, but he refuses to take it further, claiming that she is under the influence.

When she leaves, he kicks himself in the rear for his decision.

6. In episode 7, "The Dumpling Paradox", Penny's friend is in town from Omaha. Penny, disgusted with her friend's promiscuity, takes refuge at Sheldon's and Leonard's apartment. What is the name of Penny's friend?

Answer: Christy

When Penny goes to the boys' apartment and expresses her feeling towards Christy, this excites Howard. Howard leaves and Penny joins the boys in playing "Halo"; surprisingly she is very good. When Penny returns home she finds Howard and Christy having sex. Repulsed by this, she returns to Leonard and Sheldon's apartment and sleeps on the couch.

7. In episode 8, "The Grasshopper Experiment", Raj's parents have set him up for an arranged marriage to Lalita Gupta. There are several reasons why Raj does not want to marry her; which is not one of them?

Answer: She had halitosis when they were kids

After drinking an alcoholic beverage called a Grasshopper, Raj is able to talk to Lalita. He continuously insults her with insensitive comments. Raj's feelings about the marriage have changed, because Lalita has become a beauty, however, because of his negative comments she does not like him.

Sheldon arrives and compliments Lalita, saying she looks like a princess in an Indian folktale, causing Lalita to like Sheldon.

8. In episode 10, "The Loobenfeld Decay", Sheldon and Leonard are walking up the stairs and overhear Penny singing. They agree it is awful. When she sees them, she admits she has a part in which Broadway musical?

Answer: Rent

Penny invites the boys to her show; however they have no interest in hearing her sing. Leonard lies and says they have a conference to go to. Sheldon fears that Penny will find out by research that there is no conference, so makes up an elaborate lie.

He claims that they are going to Long Beach to stage an intervention on his drug-addicted cousin Leopold. He goes as far as hiring a lab assistant to play Lee and creating a Facebook page for him.

9. In episode 11, "The Pancake Batter Anomaly", Penny comes home from a weekend in Nebraska carrying germs from her sick family. Sheldon ends up sick as a result. Knowing how needy Sheldon can be when he is sick, Leonard, Howard and Raj plan to go see a movie marathon. Which marathon is it?

Answer: Planet of the Apes

This is also the episode where the song "Soft Kitty" is introduced. With the guys at a "Planet of the Apes" marathon, Sheldon turns to Penny to take care of him. She rubs ointment on his chest and sings the song to him. Karma hits Leonard when he becomes injured at the end of the episode.

10. In episode 12, "The Jerusalem Duality", a 15-year old child prodigy comes to Cal Tech for a tour and possibility of finishing his Doctorate there. He begins correcting Sheldon's work and mocking him, enraging Sheldon and making him hard to live with. What is this prodigy's name?

Answer: Dennis Kim

The guys cannot deal with Sheldon's depression and fear that a 15-year old is smarter than him, so they invite a lot of hot young girls to a welcoming party thrown by the school to distract young Dennis Kim from Sheldon.

11. In episode 13, "The Bat Jar Conjecture", the guys decide to form a team for the Physics Bowl. What does Sheldon insist they name their team?

Answer: Army Ants

Sheldon insists on naming the group Army Ants; Howard suggests The Perpetual Motion. In the end they are each on a team with their suggested names. During practice with Penny, no matter who buzzes in, Sheldon answers. The guys unanimously decide to kick him off the team, replacing him with Leslie Winkle.

Sheldon is forced to join another team. For the final answer nobody buzzes in, however, Sheldon's teammate knows the answer. In all his arrogance, Sheldon refuses to submit the winning answer, because it is not his.

12. In episode 14, "The Nerdvana Annihilation", Leonard finds a prop from the movie "The Time Machine". Thinking it is a miniature he bids on it, only for it to be delivered actual size; how much does he buy the time machine for?

Answer: $800.00

Leonard's bid for $800.00 is the winning bid. Not having enough money for play things, the guys each put in $200.00 and plan to share it.

13. In episode 15, "The Porkchop Indeterminacy", Sheldon's twin sister is in town for a wedding. The guys all find her extremely attractive and fight for her attention. The winner of which game gets to ask Missy on a date?

Answer: Wii Boxing

Sheldon and Missy are fraternal twins. In a contest to be the first to win a date, they guys play "Wii Boxing" and Leonard wins. Leonard asks Missy for a date and she turns him down. Howard turns on his Howardesque charm and is turned down as well. Raj, who is involved in a selective mutism drug trial allowing him to talk to girls, takes a stab at it and Missy appears interested.

However, before he gets a chance to ask her out, the drug wears off.

14. In episode 16, "The Peanut Reaction", whose birthday is it?

Answer: Leonard

Leonard tells Penny that he has never had a birthday party before; his family just does not do that. Penny talks to the other guys to help her plan a party. Howard is in charge of keeping Leonard out of the apartment while everything is being set up. Howard, who has a peanut allergy, pretends to eat a nutty granola bar and enlists Leonard to take him to the hospital because he is having a reaction.

When they get to the hospital they see his case isn't serious enough to take action, so Howard decides to really eat the granola bar to keep them at the hospital.

In the end, Leonard misses the birthday party.

15. In episode 17, "The Tangerine Factor" (season 1 finale) is filled with storylines. Which of the following was not a story in this episode?

Answer: Penny lies about graduating from community college

Sheldon is sure that the Szechuan Palace is using oranges in their tangerine chicken instead of tangerines because they are cheaper. He studies Mandarin so he can communicate to the restaurant's owner how disappointed he is in them. After a bad break up with Mike, Penny discovers that he has posted intimate details about their sex life online. Leonard comforts her and she tells him which type of guy she should date instead of losers.

She describes Leonard. He asks her out and she agrees. This leads up to the Schrodinger's Cat analogy. Both Leonard and Penny go to Sheldon for help and he compares their situation with the Schrodinger's Cat analogy.

In the end, Penny figures it out. The cat is alive, because she feels a connection with Leonard.

Source: Author peyton0724

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