On July 13th, 2008 Big Brother will start again with Big Brother 10. In preparation for the new season RealityFire is posting Top Ten lists each day to help the new houseguests.

Today’s List is the “Top Ten Things to Memorize Inside The Big Brother House”

Every year there have been at least one competition where memorization is the key to winning the game. Sometimes it has to do with counting, memorizing phrases, or paying close attention to objects in the house.

Here are the Top Ten Things to Memorize Inside The Big Brother House…..

10. Memorize your fellow Housemate’s Names – This is just common courtesy. Failing to know someone’s name could get you voted out early in the game.

9. Memorize objects that are grouped together – Whenever there are a large number of objects in the house, like the Evil Ducks in Big Brother All-Stars its always bound to be a question. Make sure to keep a good count.

8. Memorize phrases written anywhere in the house – Sometimes there are phrases on the walls of the Big Brother house (Big Brother All-Stars and Big Brother 9). If there are phrases on the walls then there is a good chance they will be a question.

7. Memorize the order of Events – Every year Big Brother asks questions pertaining to the order events happen in the game. Study the order of HoH wins, Nominations, Food Competitions, Luxury Competitions, PoV Competitions, PoV Ceremonies, and Evictions every night before you go to bed!

6. Memorize the multiples of 7 - The cycle of a “Big Brother Week” is seven days. If you know all the multiples of the number seven then it’ll be easier for you to quickly answer date related questions.

*note I: Week 1 is normally longer than the other weeks. In order for the multiple of sevens to work you’ll need to add on the extra days from Week 1. So let’s say from the time you entered the house to the first eviction is 9 days. You’ll always add 2 days to your multiple of seven. If Big Brother asks what day was the food competition in Week Three you would take 3 X 7 + 2 + 1 = Day 24.

**note II: Don’t worry, It’ll be easier to think about this in the house when you have nothing else to do!

5. Memorize Multiples of 24 - Most tie-breaker questions involve knowing the hours between two events. Example, How many Hours was Jen wearing the red unitard.

4. Memorize Measurements and be able to guesstimate the fullness of Objects - Recently, Big Brother has asked questions involving measurements. On Big Brother 8 one of the Head of Household competitions was to guess how many gallons of tea would fill the teacup. On Big Brother 9 a similar question involving pounds of lard in a bathtub appeared in a PoV Competition.

3. Memorize Where Objects Are Located - Sometimes Big Brother will ask you to properly guess where a certain object is located inside the house. Or, Big Brother will ask you if an Object Goes missing.

2. Memorize Speech Patterns of your Fellow Housemates – For the past two seasons Big Brother has had questions about evicted Houseguest’s diary room sessions. The Housemates were asked who said a certain phrase in the DR.

1. Memorize Nothing – Sometimes memorizing too many things keeps you from socially interacting with the other housemates. In the social game of Big Brother mingling with the group is the best advice anyone can take with them to a win!!