A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began this week, on Monday 14 October. Here are the questions and answers for the episodes broadcast up to Friday 18 October 2019, Series 4 Episodes 1-5 (S4Ep1, S4Ep2 and so on).
The format here is the same as in earlier pieces such as this one from Series 3: a list of the “Tenable” challenges, a note on how the teams fared, and then the answers.
The Questions
Monday 14 October 2019 [s4ep1, repeated in the early hours of Sunday 23 February 2020 and on Monday 23 March 2020]
Dunstable and Dusted
Round 1: The 10 largest provinces and territories of Canada [The largest provinces by area, the combined total of both land and freshwater.]
Round 2: The 10 Pixar animated feature films between ‘Toy Story’ and ‘The Good Dinosaur’ [As released in the UK; original films only, sequels and prequels are not included in this list.]
Round 3: The 10 football clubs of the England 2018 World Cup squad [The 10 clubs that provided at least one player in the 23-man England squad that went to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia; this refers to the clubs “each player belonged to during the World Cup”.]
Round 4: The last 10 six-letter words ending in the letters ‘ION’ [The last 10 words alphabetically containing exactly six letters and ending in ION; according to Chambers 21st Century Dictionary on Chambers.co.uk; each word has its own entry; does not include hyphenated words, words with apostrophes or any word that the dictionary spells with an initial capital letter; as of 22 May 2019.]
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 Monopoly spaces nearest Go [The five spaces that immediately precede Go and the five spaces that follow it; includes properties that players can buy as well as spaces that cannot be purchased.]
Final Round: Airports: The 10 major UK airports closest to Big Ben [“Only airports with over half a million terminal passengers in 2018 appear on the Tenable Tower”.]
Tuesday 15 October 2019 [s4ep2, repeated late at night on Tuesday 3 March 2020, on Tuesday 24 March 2020 and on Monday 9 May 2022]
As Good As Gold
Round 1: The 10 English ceremonial county names with ‘O’ as the second letter
Round 2: The 10 different Sainsbury’s cooking oils [The 10 different “own brand” oils listed in the “Cooking ingredients and oils” section of the Sainsbury’s Online groceries website; as of 11 April 2019.]
Round 3: Top 10 ‘Fleabag’ actors [The 10 actors credited with the most appearances in the TV sitcom ‘Fleabag’, according to IMDb, as of April 2019.]
Round 4: The 10 chemical elements with symbols beginning with the letters ‘A’ or ‘K’
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 UK Top 10 Boney M hits
Final Round: Football Clubs: Top 10 football teams with a bird on their badge [10 football teams in the Premier League or the EFL Championship in the 2018/19 season that feature a bird on their club badge; the badges are as shown on the official websites of the Premier League and EFL Championship, as at April 2019.]
Wednesday 16 October 2019 [s4ep3, repeated late at night on Tuesday 10 March 2020, on Wednesday 25 March 2020 and on Tuesday 10 May 2022]
Shut that Troubadour
Round 1: The 10 city stops north of York on the LNER railway line [London North Eastern Railway operates trains between London and Scotland; there are 10 stations north of York where LNER trains make regular timetabled station stops; this list is according to LNER route map as of April 2019.]
Round 2: The 10 ingredients in Delia Smith’s Coq au Vin [According to the recipe in Delia Smith’s Complete Cooking Course, published in 2004; does not include butter, oil, flour, half of which is used to fry the ingredients and half made into a roux to thicken the sauce.]
Round 3: The first 10 winners of Celebrity Big Brother
Round 4: The first 10 words of six or more letters in ‘A Whole New World’ [From the 1992 animated feature film ‘Aladdin’.]
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 largest stadiums in the UK [By seating capacity, as of 3 May 2019.]
Final Round: European Geography: The 10 countries nearest Germany [This is about shared land borders or the distance between the land border of Germany and the nearest point on the land border of another country.]
Thursday 17 October 2019 [s4ep4, repeated late at night on Wednesday 11 March 2020, on Thursday 26 March 2020 and on Wednesday 11 May 2022]
The Ecky Thumpers
Round 1: The 10 Connors and Stapes in ‘Coronation Street’ [The first names of the characters who have the surnames Connor or Stape, according to names listed under the heading “Characters” on the official ITV “Coronation Street” characters web page as of May 2019.]
Round 2: The first 10 words of six letters or more in ‘We Will Rock You’ [The 1977 track by Queen; “someday” is not included as it is often spelt as two different words.]
Round 3: The first 10 NFL American football teams alphabetically [Each team name consists of a location and another term; this list is alphabetical by location, as of May 2019.]
Round 4: The first 10 chemical element symbols that are two-letter words [The chemical element symbols all consist of two letters, and those two letters in that order form two-letter words which are recognizable words in English; they all appear in Chambers 21st Century Dictionary on Chambers.co.uk, and have their own separate entries; as of May 2019.]
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 countries with national flags that are blue and one other colour [Does not include flags that have a crest or insignia; for clarity, white and black are both counted as colours.]
Final Round: UK Cities: The 10 English cities between Chichester and Leicester alphabetically
Friday 18 October 2019 [s4ep5, repeated on Friday 27 March 2020 and on Thursday 12 May 2022]
Life’s a Wisbech
Round 1: The first 10 peoples alphabetically in the titles of the original ‘Horrible Histories’ books [Relates to the original 23 books in the series, mainly written by Terry Deary; according to the titles featured on the “classic editions” page of the horrible-histories.co.uk official website, as of 18 April 2019.]
Round 2: Top 10 Beyoncé singles [The 10 biggest selling Beyoncé hits in the UK according to a list published by the Official Chart Company in March 2018; collaborations with other artists are acceptable, as long as Beyoncé is a named artist.]
Round 3: The 10 numbers between 20 and 19 on a dartboard [The 10 numbers that appear between 20 and 19 when heading clockwise on a standard dartboard, as used at the PDC World Darts Championship in 2019.]
Round 4: Top 10 actors in ‘Skyfall’ [The first 10 actors credited in the 2012 James Bond film ‘Skyfall’ as listed on IMDb, as of May 2019.]
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 UK cities with five or fewer letters in their name [Hull is not included here, as its official name is Kingston-upon-Hull; nor is Derry / Londonderry.]
Final Round: Prime Ministers: The first 10 prime ministers of Elizabeth II [The first 10 prime ministers since the accession of Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952; the list includes the person who was prime minister when she acceded to the throne.]
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.
Monday 14 October 2019, Dunstable and Dusted
All 5 members of Dunstable and Dusted made it to the final, playing for 5.5k, and named 9 of the 10 major UK airports closest to Big Ben. [The remaining answer: Norwich.]
Tuesday 15 October 2019, As Good As Gold
4 of As Good As Gold made it to the final and won 8.5k by listing the Top 10 football teams with a bird on their badge.
Wednesday 16 October 2019, Shut that Troubadour
All 5 members of Shut that Troubadour made it to the final, playing for 18.5k, and named 8 of the 10 countries nearest Germany. [The remaining answers: Czechia (new name for Czech Republic), Liechtenstein.]
Thursday 17 October 2019, The Ecky Thumpers
All 5 of the Ecky Thumpers made it to the final round, playing for 12k and named 9 of the 10 English cities between Chichester and Leicester alphabetically. [The remaining answer: Hereford.]
Friday 18 October 2019, Life’s a Wisbech
4 members of Life’s a Wisbech made it to the final and won 11k by naming the first 10 prime ministers of Elizabeth II.
Questions and Answers
Monday 14 October 2019 [s4ep1, repeated in the early hours of Sunday 23 February 2020 and on Monday 23 March 2020]
Dunstable and Dusted
Round 1: The 10 largest provinces and territories of Canada [The largest provinces by area, the combined total of both land and freshwater.]
Nunavut / Quebec / Northwest Territories / Ontario / British Columbia / Alberta / Saskatchewan / Manitoba / Yukon / Newfoundland and Labrador
Round 2: The 10 Pixar animated feature films between ‘Toy Story’ and ‘The Good Dinosaur’ [As released in the UK; original films only, sequels and prequels are not included in this list.]
A Bug’s Life / Monsters, Inc. / Finding Nemo / The Incredibles / Cars / Ratatouille / WALL-E / Up / Brave / Inside Out
Round 3: The 10 football clubs of the England 2018 World Cup squad [The 10 clubs that provided at least one player in the 23-man England squad that went to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia; this refers to the clubs “each player belonged to during the World Cup”.]
Tottenham Hotspur / Manchester City / Manchester United / Chelsea / Leicester City / Liverpool / Arsenal / Burnley / Everton / Stoke City
Round 4: The last 10 six-letter words ending in the letters ‘ION’ [The last 10 words alphabetically containing exactly six letters and ending in ION; according to Chambers 21st Century Dictionary on Chambers.co.uk; each word has its own entry; does not include hyphenated words, words with apostrophes or any word that the dictionary spells with an initial capital letter; as of 22 May 2019.]
Motion / Nation / Notion / Option / Pinion / Potion / Ration / Region / Turion / Vision
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 Monopoly spaces nearest Go [The five spaces that immediately precede Go and the five spaces that follow it; includes properties that players can buy as well as spaces that cannot be purchased.]
Liverpool Street Station / Chance / Park Lane / Super Tax / Mayfair / Old Kent Road / Community Chest / Whitechapel Road / Income Tax / King’s Cross Station
Final Round: Airports: The 10 major UK airports closest to Big Ben [“Only airports with over half a million terminal passengers in 2018 appear on the Tenable Tower”.]
City / Heathrow / Gatwick / Luton / Stansted / Southend / Southampton / Bournemouth / Birmingham / Norwich
Tuesday 15 October 2019 [s4ep2, repeated late at night on Tuesday 3 March 2020, on Tuesday 24 March 2020 and on Monday 9 May 2022]
As Good As Gold
Round 1: The 10 English ceremonial county names with ‘O’ as the second letter
Cornwall / Dorset / Norfolk / North Yorkshire / Northamptonshire / Northumberland / Nottinghamshire / Somerset / South Yorkshire / Worcestershire
Round 2: The 10 different Sainsbury’s cooking oils [The 10 different “own brand” oils listed in the “Cooking ingredients and oils” section of the Sainsbury’s Online groceries website; as of 11 April 2019.]
Almond oil / Corn oil / Grapeseed oil / Groundnut oil / Olive oil / Rapeseed oil / Sesame oil / Sunflower oil / Vegetable oil / Walnut oil
Round 3: Top 10 ‘Fleabag’ actors [The 10 actors credited with the most appearances in the TV sitcom ‘Fleabag’, according to IMDb, as of April 2019.]
Phoebe Waller Bridge / Sian Clifford / Olivia Colman / Jenny Rainsford / Bill Paterson / Brett Gelman / Andrew Scott / Hugh Skinner / Ben Aldridge / Hugh Dennis
Round 4: The 10 chemical elements with symbols beginning with the letters ‘A’ or ‘K’
Actinium Ac / Silver Ag / Aluminium Al / Americium Am / Argon Ar / Arsenic As / Astatine At / Gold Au / Potassium K / Krypton K
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 UK Top 10 Boney M hits
Daddy Cool / Sunny / Ma Baker / Belfast / Rivers of Babylon / Brown Girl in the Ring / Rasputin / Mary’s Boy Child-Oh My Lord / Painter Main / Hooray Hooray It’s a Holi-Holiday
Final Round: Football Clubs: Top 10 football teams with a bird on their badge [10 football teams in the Premier League or the EFL Championship in the 2018/19 season that feature a bird on their club badge; the badges are as shown on the official websites of the Premier League and EFL Championship.]
Brighton and Hove Albion / Burnley / Cardiff City / Crystal Palace / Liverpool / Norwich City / Sheffield Wednesday / Swansea City / Tottenham Hotspur / West Bromwich Albion
Wednesday 16 October 2019 [s4ep3, repeated late at night on Tuesday 10 March 2020, on Wednesday 25 March 2020 and on Tuesday 10 May 2022]
Shut that Troubadour
Round 1: The 10 city stops north of York on the LNER railway line [London North Eastern Railway operates trains between London and Scotland; there are 10 stations north of York where LNER trains make regular timetabled station stops; this list is according to LNER route map as of April 2019.]
Durham / Newcastle-upon-Tyne / Sunderland / Edinburgh / Glasgow / Dundee / Aberdeen / Stirling / Perth / Inverness
Round 2: The 10 ingredients in Delia Smith’s Coq au Vin [According to the recipe in Delia Smith’s Complete Cooking Course, published in 2004; does not include butter, oil, flour, half of which is used to fry the ingredients and half made into a roux to thicken the sauce.]
Unsmoked streaky bacon / Bay leaves / Chicken / Garlic / Dark-gilled mushrooms / Button onions / Black pepper / Salt / Thyme / Red wine
Round 3: The first 10 winners of Celebrity Big Brother
Jack Dee / Mark Owen / Bez / Chantelle Houghton / Shilpa Shetty / Ulrika Jonsson / Alex Reid / Paddy Doherty / Denise Welch / Julian Clary
Round 4: The first 10 words of six or more letters in ‘A Whole New World’ [From the 1992 animated feature film ‘Aladdin’.]
Shining / Shimmering / Splendid / Princess / Decide / Wonder / Sideways / Carpet / Fantastic / Dreaming
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 largest stadiums in the UK [By seating capacity, as of 3 May 2019.]
Wembley Stadium / Twickenham Stadium / Old Trafford / Millennium Stadium / Murrayfield Stadium / London Stadium / Tottenham Hotspur Stadium / Celtic Park / Emirates Stadium / Etihad Stadium
Final Round: European Geography: The 10 countries nearest Germany [This is about shared land borders or the distance between the land border of Germany and the nearest point on the land border of another country.]
Denmark / Poland / Czechia [new name for Czech Republic]/ Austria / Liechtenstein / Switzerland / France / Luxembourg / Belgium / Netherlands
Thursday 17 October 2019 [s4ep4, repeated late at night on Wednesday 11 March 2020, on Thursday 26 March 2020 and on Wednesday 11 May 2022]
The Ecky Thumpers
Round 1: The 10 Connors and Stapes in ‘Coronation Street’ [The first names of the characters who have the surnames Connor or Stape, according to names listed under the heading “Characters” on the official ITV “Coronation Street” characters web page as of May 2019.]
Carla Connor / Jenny Connor / Johnny Connor / Kate Connor / Liam Connor / Maria Connor / Michelle Connor / Ryan Connor / Fiz Stape / Hope Stape
Round 2: The first 10 words of six letters or more in ‘We Will Rock You’ [The 1977 track by Queen; “someday” is not included as it is often spelt as two different words.]
Playing / Street / Disgrace / Kicking / Singing / Shouting / Waving / Banner / Pleading / Somebody
Round 3: The first 10 NFL American football teams alphabetically [Each team name consists of a location and another term; this list is alphabetical by location, as of May 2019.]
Arizona Cardinals / Atlanta Falcons / Baltimore Ravens / Buffalo Bills / Carolina Panthers / Chicago Bears / Cincinnati Bengals / Cleveland Browns / Dallas Cowboys / Denver Broncos
Round 4: The first 10 chemical element symbols that are two-letter words [The chemical element symbols all consist of two letters, and those two letters in that order form two-letter words which are recognizable words in English; they all appear in Chambers 21st Century Dictionary on Chambers.co.uk, and have their own separate entries; as of May 2019.]
Am / As / At / Be / Bi / Er / He / Ho / In / La
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 countries with national flags that are blue and one other colour [Does not include flags that have a crest or insignia; for clarity, white and black are both counted as colours.]
Finland / Greece / Honduras / Israel / Kazakhstan / Micronesia / Palau / Somalia / Sweden / Ukraine
Final Round: UK Cities: The 10 English cities between Chichester and Leicester alphabetically
Coventry / Derby / Durham / Ely / Exeter / Gloucester / Hereford / Kingston-upon-Hull / Lancaster / Leeds
Friday 18 October 2019 [s4ep5, repeated on Friday 27 March 2020 and on Thursday 12 May 2022]
Life’s a Wisbech
Round 1: The first 10 peoples alphabetically in the titles of the original ‘Horrible Histories’ books [Relates to the original 23 books in the series, mainly written by Terry Deary; according to the titles featured on the “classic editions” page of the horrible-histories.co.uk official website, as of 18 April 2019.]
Aztecs / Celts / Egyptians / Georgians / Greeks / Incas / Normans / Romans / Saxons / Stuarts
Round 2: Top 10 Beyoncé singles [The 10 biggest selling Beyoncé hits in the UK according to a list published by the Official Chart Company in March 2018; collaborations with other artists are acceptable, as long as Beyoncé is a named artist.]
Halo / If I Were a Boy / Crazy in Love / Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) / Telephone / Drunk in Love / Runnin’ (Lose It All) / Irreplaceable / Best Thing I Never Had / Love on Top
Round 3: The 10 numbers between 20 and 19 on a dartboard [The 10 numbers that appear between 20 and 19 when heading clockwise on a standard dartboard, as used at the PDC World Darts Championship in 2019.]
1 / 18 / 4 / 13 / 6 / 10 / 15 / 2 / 17 / 3
Round 4: Top 10 actors in ‘Skyfall’ [The first 10 actors credited in the 2012 James Bond film ‘Skyfall’ as listed on IMDb, as of May 2019.]
Daniel Craig / Judi Dench / Javier Bardem / Ralph Fiennes / Naomie Harris / Bérénice Marlohe / Albert Finney / Ben Whishaw / Rory Kinnear / Ola Rapace
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 UK cities with five or fewer letters in their name [Hull is not included here, as its official name is Kingston-upon-Hull; nor is Derry / Londonderry.]
Bath / Derby / Ely / Leeds / Newry / Perth / Ripon / Truro / Wells / York
Final Round: Prime Ministers: The first 10 prime ministers of Elizabeth II [The first 10 prime ministers since the accession of Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952; the list includes the person who was prime minister when she acceded to the throne.]
Winston Churchill / Anthony Eden / Harold Macmillan / Alec Douglas-Home / Harold Wilson / Edward Heath / James Callaghan / Margaret Thatcher / John Major / Tony Blair
The Compartments 