Starting on Wednesday 18 September 2019, ITV have been showing repeats of episodes from the first series of their quiz show “Tenable”, first broadcast in November 2016. Here are the questions from the first few episodes, in the same format as in other pieces on this Blog, such as this one from March 2019: a list of the “Tenable” challenges, a note on how the teams fared, and then the answers.
The Questions
Series 1 Episode 1 (S1Ep1) Repeated Wednesday 18 September 2019, Monday 18 May 2020 and on Tuesday 20 July 2021 [Originally broadcast Monday 14 November 2016]
Account On Us
Round 1: The 10 most populated cities in Italy [According to the 2014 data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.]
Round 2: The first 10 James Bond films [The first 10 official James Bond films, released between 1962 and 1977]
Round 3: The 10 most commonly spotted bird species in the UK [As seen by the public in January 2016 according to the RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch.]
Round 4: Last 10 winners of the ‘Sports Personality of the Year’ Award [The last 10 different winners of the award up to and including the 2015 winner.]
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 artists with most weeks at No 1 in the UK albums chart [The top 10 artists, duos or groups whose albums have been #1 in the UK chart for the most number of weeks, according to the Official Chart Company on 23 July 2016.]
Final Round: Cars: The 10 best-selling car brands by new cars registered [Based on the number of new UK registrations in 2015, according to figures published by the SMMT.]
Series 1 Episode 2 (S1Ep2) Repeated Thursday 19 September 2019, Tuesday 19 May 2020 and on Wednesday 21 July 2021 [Originally broadcast Tuesday 15 November 2016]
The Joyful Cousins
Round 1: First 10 Royals in line of succession to the throne [As of September 2016.]
Round 2: Top 10 largest countries in the world [By land area, not including the area of any inland water bodies such as lakes, according to data from the CIA World Factbook Online.]
Round 3: First 10 UK Top 40 single releases by ‘The Spice Girls’ [According to the Official Charts Company.]
Round 4: Last 10 football clubs to have won the UEFA Champions League [The last 10 different clubs to win the Champions League.]
Round 5: Top 10 most followed women in the world on Twitter [As of 4 August 2016, according to data from twittercounter.com.]
Final Round: Chocolates: The 10 chocolates in boxes of Celebrations [The 10 different flavours that have been included since Celebrations were launched in 1997, according to information from Mars UK in August 2016.]
Series 1 Episode 3 (S1Ep3) Repeated Friday 20 September 2019, Wednesday 20 May 2020 and on Thursday 22 July 2021 [Originally broadcast Wednesday 16 November 2016]
C.A.K.E.
Round 1: Top 10 hosts and judges on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ [According to the number of episodes in which they are credited as a host or judge on IMDb.com as of August 2016.]
Round 2: Top 10 most popular wine grape varieties in the UK [Based on sales figures from around 400,000 Laithwaite’s Wine customers, published in February 2015.]
Round 3: The 10 teams that are full members of the International Cricket Council [As of August 2015, according to the ICC website, the answers here are countries or geographical areas.]
Round 4: Top 10 most common surnames in Scotland [The names occurring most often in the registers of births, marriages and deaths in Scotland in 2015; according to the National Records of Scotland, from data published in 2016.]
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): Top 10 highest-grossing films of the 1980s [The top 10 highest-grossing films worldwide released in cinemas from January 1980 to December 1989 inclusive, based on lifetime data provided by Box Office Mojo as of July 2016.]
Final Round: Toy Story: Top 10 ‘Toy Story 3’ characters [The first 10 named characters in the 2010 animated feature film ‘Toy Story 3’ as given in the cast list on IMDb.com.]
Series 1 Episode 4 (S1Ep4) Repeated Monday 23 September 2019, Thursday 21 May 2020 and on Friday 23 July 2021 [Originally broadcast Thursday 17 November 2016]
The Ticket Punchers
Round 1: First 10 Top 40 UK single releases by The Beatles [According to the Official Chart Company.]
Round 2: Last 10 First Ladies of the United States of America [The wives of the last 10 Presidents of the United States of America including the President in office as of August 2016.]
Round 3: First 10 published ‘Mr Men’ characters [The first 10 “Mr Men” title characters to be published, as listed in the series of books by Roger Hargreaves, excluding all Little Miss characters.]
Round 4: Top 10 most northerly cities in England
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): Last 10 winners of ‘The Open’ golf championship [According to theopen.com; includes the winner of the 2016 tournament.]
Final Round: Populations: Top 10 most populated countries in the world [According to the July 2015 estimate in the CIA World Factbook; “by country we mean an independent member of the United Nations in 2016”.]
Series 1 Episode 5 (S1Ep5) Repeated Tuesday 24 September 2019, Friday 22 May 2020 and on Monday 26 July 2021 [Originally broadcast Friday 18 November 2016]
The Schoolboy Errors
Round 1: The 10 most-visited countries by holiday makers from the UK [According to the Office for National Statistics as of May 2016.]
Round 2: Last 10 James Bond theme song performers [The artist, solo performer, duo or group credited with performing the song over the opening title sequence of the last 10 official James Bond films, as of August 2016.]
Round 3: The last 10 Leaders of the Opposition [The leader of the largest opposition party is known as the Leader of the Official Opposition; this list includes the incumbent at the beginning of September 2016.]
Round 4: Top 10 highest-grossing films of the 1990s [Highest grossing films at cinemas worldwide released between January 1990 and December 1999 based on lifetime data provided by Box Office Mojo as of July 2016.]
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 most-capped England football players [The top 10 England male football players with the most caps, as of July 2016; appearances as a substitute are included, not just starting appearances.]
Final Round: Olympics: Last 10 host cities of the summer Olympic Games [As of September 2016, according to Olympic.org.]
How the teams fared
Here’s a list of how each team performed in their jackpot rounds: how many team members made it to the final round, how much they were playing for and whether they won the prize fund.
Note: where a team did not get all 10 answers in the final round, the answers that caught them out are listed here as well.
Account On Us (S1Ep1)
4 members of Account On Us made it to the final round playing for 12k and named 8 of the 10 best-selling car brands by new cars registered. [The missing answers: Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai.]
The Joyful Cousins (S1Ep2)
4 members of The Joyful Cousins made it to the final round playing for 6k and named 8 of the 10 chocolates in boxes of Celebrations. [The missing answers: Galaxy Truffle, Topic.]
C.A.K.E. (S1Ep3)
4 members of C.A.K.E. made it to the final round playing for 35k and named 9 of the Top 10 ‘Toy Story 3’ characters. [The remaining answer: Lotso.]
The Ticket Punchers (S1Ep4)
3 members of The Ticket Inspectors made it to the final round playing for 2k and named 8 of the Top 10 most populated countries in the world [The remaining answers: Nigeria, Bangladesh.]
The Schoolboy Errors (S1Ep5)
All 5 of The Schoolboy Errors made it to the final round and won 18k by naming the last 10 host cities of the summer Olympic Games.
Questions and Answers
Series 1 Episode 1 (S1Ep1) Repeated Wednesday 18 September 2019, Monday 18 May 2020 and on Tuesday 20 July 2021 [Originally broadcast Monday 14 November 2016]
Account On Us
Round 1: The 10 most populated cities in Italy [According to the 2014 data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.]
Milan / Rome / Naples / Turin / Palermo / Bologna / Florence / Genova / Catania / Bari
Round 2: The first 10 James Bond films [The first 10 official James Bond films, released between 1962 and 1977]
Dr No / From Russia with Love / Goldfinger / Thunderball / You Only Live Twice / On Her Majesty’s Secret Service / Diamonds Are Forever / Live and Let Die / The Man with the Golden Gun / The Spy Who Loved Me
Round 3: The 10 most commonly spotted bird species in the UK [As seen by the public in January 2016 according to the RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch.]
House sparrow / Starling / Blue tit / Blackbird / Woodpigeon / Goldfinch / Chaffinch / Great tit / Robin / Long-tailed tit
Round 4: Last 10 winners of the ‘Sports Personality of the Year’ Award [The last 10 different winners of the award up to and including the 2015 winner.]
Andy Murray / Lewis Hamilton / Bradley Wiggins / Mark Cavendish / AP McCoy / Ryan Giggs / Chris Hoy / Joe Calzaghe / Zara Phillips / Andrew Flintoff
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 artists with most weeks at No 1 in the UK albums chart [The top 10 artists, duos or groups whose albums have been #1 in the UK chart for the most number of weeks, according to the Official Chart Company on 23 July 2016.]
Beatles / Elvis Presley / Abba / Rolling Stones / Simon & Garfunkel / Robbie Williams / Michael Jackson / Adele / Madonna / Cliff Richard
Final Round: Cars: The 10 best-selling car brands by new cars registered [Based on the number of new UK registrations in 2015, according to figures published by the SMMT.]
Ford / Vauxhall / Volkswagen / BMW / Audi / Nissan / Mercedes-Benz / Peugeot / Toyota / Hyundai
Series 1 Episode 2 (S1Ep2) Repeated Thursday 19 September 2019, Tuesday 19 May 2020 and on Wednesday 21 July 2021 [Originally broadcast Tuesday 15 November 2016]
The Joyful Cousins
Round 1: First 10 Royals in line of succession to the throne [As of September 2016.]
Prince Charles / Prince William / Prince George / Princess Charlotte / Prince Harry / Prince Andrew / Princess Beatrice / Princess Eugenie / Prince Edward / Viscount Severn
Round 2: Top 10 largest countries in the world [By land area, not including the area of any inland water bodies such as lakes, according to data from the CIA World Factbook Online.]
Russia / China / USA / Canada / Brazil / Australia / India / Argentina / Kazakhstan / Algeria
Round 3: First 10 UK Top 40 single releases by ‘The Spice Girls’ [According to the Official Charts Company.]
Wannabe / Say you’ll be there / 2 Become 1 / Mama-Who do you think you are / Spice up your life / Too much / Stop / Viva Forever / Goodbye / Holler-Let love lead the way
Round 4: Last 10 football clubs to have won the UEFA Champions League [The last 10 different clubs to win the Champions League.]
Real Madrid / Barcelona / Bayern Munich / Chelsea / Inter Milan / Manchester United / AC Milan / Liverpool / Porto / Borussia Dortmund
Round 5: Top 10 most followed women in the world on Twitter [As of 4 August 2016, according to data from twittercounter.com.]
Katy Perry / Taylor Swift / Rihanna / Lady Gaga / Ellen Degeneres / Kim Kardashian West / Britney Spears / Selena Gomez / Ariana Grande / Shakira
Final Round: Chocolates: The 10 chocolates in boxes of Celebrations [The 10 different flavours that have been included since Celebrations were launched in 1997, according to information from Mars UK in August 2016.]
Milky Way / Snickers / Galaxy / Maltesers Teasers / Bounty / Galaxy Caramel / Mars / Twix / Galaxy Truffle / Topic
Series 1 Episode 3 (S1Ep3) Repeated Friday 20 September 2019, Wednesday 20 May 2020 and on Thursday 22 July 2021 [Originally broadcast Wednesday 16 November 2016]
C.A.K.E.
Round 1: Top 10 hosts and judges on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ [According to the number of episodes in which they are credited as a host or judge on IMDb.com as of August 2016.]
Craig Revel Horwood / Bruno Tonioli / Len Goodman / Tess Daly / Bruce Forsyth / Darcey Bussell / Arlene Phillips / Claudia Winkleman / Alesha Dixon / Natasha Kaplinsky
Round 2: Top 10 most popular wine grape varieties in the UK [Based on sales figures from around 400,000 Laithwaite’s Wine customers, published in February 2015.]
Sauvignon Blanc / Chardonnay / Merlot / Cabernet Sauvignon / Shiraz / Grenache / Pinot Noir / Tempranillo / Pinot Grigio / Malbec
Round 3: The 10 teams that are full members of the International Cricket Council [As of August 2015, according to the ICC website, the answers here are countries or geographical areas.]
Australia / Bangladesh / England / India / New Zealand / Pakistan / Sri Lanka / South Africa / West Indies / Zimbabwe
Round 4: Top 10 most common surnames in Scotland [The names occurring most often in the registers of births, marriages and deaths in Scotland in 2015; according to the National Records of Scotland, from data published in 2016.]
Smith / Brown / Wilson / Stewart / Thomson / Robertson / Campbell / Anderson / Murray / Macdonald
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): Top 10 highest-grossing films of the 1980s [The top 10 highest-grossing films worldwide released in cinemas from January 1980 to December 1989 inclusive, based on lifetime data provided by Box Office Mojo as of July 2016.]
ET: The Extra-Terrestrial / Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back / Star Wars: Return of the Jedi / Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade / Batman / Raiders of the Lost Ark / Back to the Future / Top Gun / Rain Man / Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Final Round: Toy Story: Top 10 ‘Toy Story 3’ characters [The first 10 named characters in the 2010 animated feature film ‘Toy Story 3’ as given in the cast list on IMDb.com.]
Woody / Buzz Lightyear / Jessie / Lotso / Mr Potato Head / Ken / Rex / Hamm / Mrs Potato Head / Andy
Series 1 Episode 4 (S1Ep4) Repeated Monday 23 September 2019, Thursday 21 May 2020 and on Friday 23 July 2021 [Originally broadcast Thursday 17 November 2016]
The Ticket Punchers
Round 1: First 10 Top 40 UK single releases by The Beatles [According to the Official Chart Company.]
Love Me Do / Please Please Me / From Me To You / She Loves You / I Want To Hold Your Hand / Can’t Buy Me Love / Ain’t She Sweet / A Hard Day’s Night / I Feel Fine / Ticket To Ride
Round 2: Last 10 First Ladies of the United States of America [The wives of the last 10 Presidents of the United States of America including the President in office as of August 2016.]
Michelle Obama / Laura Bush / Hillary Clinton / Barbara Bush / Nancy Reagan / Rosalynn Smith Carter / Betty Ford / Patricia Nixon / Lady Bird Johnson / Jacqueline Kennedy
Round 3: First 10 published ‘Mr Men’ characters [The first 10 “Mr Men” title characters to be published, as listed in the series of books by Roger Hargreaves, excluding all Little Miss characters.]
Mr Tickle / Mr Greedy / Mr Happy / Mr Nosey / Mr Sneeze / Mr Bump / Mr Snow/ Mr Messy / Mr Topsy-Turvy / Mr Silly
Round 4: Top 10 most northerly cities in England
Newcastle / Sunderland / Carlisle / Durham / Ripon / Lancaster / York / Leeds / Bradford / Preston
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): Last 10 winners of ‘The Open’ golf championship [According to theopen.com; includes the winner of the 2016 tournament.]
Henrik Stenson / Zach Johnson / Rory McIlroy / Phil Mickelson / Ernie Els / Darren Clarke / Louis Oosthuizen / Stewart Cink / Padraig Harrington / Tiger Woods
Final Round: Populations: Top 10 most populated countries in the world [According to the July 2015 estimate in the CIA World Factbook; “by country we mean an independent member of the United Nations in 2016”. Blogger’s note: if this question were asked now, in 2021, Mexico would be at 10 instead of Japan.]
China / India / USA / Indonesia / Brazil / Pakistan / Nigeria / Bangladesh / Russia / Japan
Series 1 Episode 5 (S1Ep5) Repeated Tuesday 24 September 2019, Friday 22 May 2020 and on Monday 26 July 2021 [Originally broadcast Friday 18 November 2016]
The Schoolboy Errors
Round 1: The 10 most-visited countries by holiday makers from the UK [According to the Office for National Statistics as of May 2016.]
Spain / France / Italy / USA / Portugal / Greece / Netherlands / Turkey / Ireland / Germany
Round 2: Last 10 James Bond theme song performers [The artist, solo performer, duo or group credited with performing the song over the opening title sequence of the last 10 official James Bond films as of August 2016.]
Sam Smith / Adele / Jack White and Alicia Keys / Chris Cornell / Madonna / Garbage / Sheryl Crow / Tina Turner / Gladys Knight / A-Ha
Round 3: The last 10 Leaders of the Opposition [The leader of the largest opposition party is known as the Leader of the Official Opposition; this list includes the incumbent at the beginning of September 2016.]
Jeremy Corbyn / Ed Miliband / David Cameron / Michael Howard / Iain Duncan Smith / William Hague / John Major / Tony Blair / John Smith / Neil Kinnock
Round 4: Top 10 highest-grossing films of the 1990s [Highest grossing films at cinemas worldwide released between January 1990 and December 1999 based on lifetime data provided by Box Office Mojo as of July 2016.]
Titanic / Jurassic Park / Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace / The Lion King / Independence Day / Forrest Gump / The Sixth Sense / Jurassic Park: The Lost World / Men in Black / Armageddon
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 most-capped England football players [The top 10 England male football players with the most caps, as of July 2016; appearances as a substitute are included, not just starting appearances.]
Peter Shilton / David Beckham / Wayne Rooney / Steven Gerrard / Bobby Moore / Ashley Cole / Bobby Charlton / Frank Lampard / Billy Wright / Bryan Robson
Final Round: Olympics: Last 10 host cities of the summer Olympic Games [As of September 2016, according to Olympic.org.]
Rio de Janeiro / London / Beijing / Athens / Sydney / Atlanta / Barcelona / Seoul / Los Angeles / Moscow
The Compartments 