Here are the questions and answers for the current series of ITV quiz show “Tenable”, episodes broadcast between Monday 4 and Friday 8 November 2019, Series 4 Episodes 16-20 (S4Ep16, S4Ep17 and so on).

The format here is the same as in earlier pieces such as this one from last month: a list of the “Tenable” challenges, a note on how the teams fared, and then the answers.

The Questions

Monday 4 November 2019 [s4ep16, repeated on Thursday 9 April 2020, Monday 5 October 2020 and Friday 27 May 2022]

[s4ep16] A Tribe Called Questions

Round 1: The last 10 sports to win BBC ‘Sports Personality of the Year’ [Just the sports, not the names of the winners.]

Round 2: The 10 nominees for Best Actress or Best Actor at the 2019 Oscars Ceremony [Includes the nominees who went on to win Best Actress and Best Actor.]

Round 3: The last 10 words alphabetically of four or more letters in the Narnia novel titles

Round 4: The 10 royal family residences nearest Westminster Abbey [Those royal residences that are used for all or part of the year by the queen, her children, the Duke of Cambridge or the Duke or Sussex.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round):  The last 10 chemical element names alphabetically with eight or fewer letters

Final Round: 1990s Pop Songs: The first 10 words of six or more letters in ‘Wannabe’ by the Spice Girls [Does not include the word “Wannabe” or “Zigga-zig-ah”, in any of its possible spellings.]

Tuesday 5 November 2019 [s4ep17, repeated on Friday 10 April 2020, Tuesday 6 October 2020 and Monday 30 May 2022]

[s4ep17] Baptism of Choir

Round 1: The 10 Elton John hit singles that start with the letters ‘C’ or ‘D’ [The 10 singles that reached number 40 or higher in the UK singles chart, according to the Official Charts Company, as of May 2019; singles released as a double A side will be included as individual answers.]

Round 2: The 10 unique words in the names of 2018/19 Premiership Rugby teams [The 10 unique words, other than place-names, that feature in the names of rugby union teams playing in the 2018/19 Gallagher Premiership season.]

Round 3: The first 10 US Presidents after VE Day [The first 10 different US Presidents after VE Day, in 1945.]

Round 4: The first 10 six-letter words ending in the letters ‘BER’ [According to Chambers 21st Century Dictionary on Chambers.co.uk; each word has its own entry and is in blue on the website; does not include hyphenated words, words with apostrophes or any word that the dictionary spells with an initial capital letter; does not include words with US spelling, or the words “cobber” or “dobber” as they are listed as Australian and New Zealand slang;  this list is as of 22 May 2019.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 expert specialities and presenters of ‘Antiques Roadshow’ [The team of experts on the TV programme ‘Antiques Roadshow’ cover nine areas of specialism; one of them is named “miscellaneous”; “We are looking for the other eight categories of specialism as well as the two most recent main presenters of the programme, as of April 2019”.]

Final Round: European Geography: the 10 countries that border Austria or Hungary with populations over one million [Countries that border Austria or Hungary or both, with populations over one million, not including either Austria or Hungary; as of March 2019.]

Wednesday 6 November 2019 [s4ep18, repeated on Monday 13 April 2020, Wednesday 7 October 2020 and Tuesday 31 May 2022]

[s4ep18] On Her Majesty’s National Health Service

Round 1: The first 10 Top 20 singles by Take That with two- or three-word titles [According to the Official Charts Company as of June 2019.]

Round 2: The 10 Beatrix Potter books with title characters that are rabbits or rodents [This is about the 23 classic children’s books that were published by Beatrix Potter during her lifetime; does not include the two collections of nursery rhymes.]

Round 3: The 10 longest-serving English Premier League football managers in May 2019 [The managers of the sides in the Premier League on the last day of the 2018/19 season, Sunday 12 May 2019; in some cases the managers were in charge of their teams when they were outside the Premier League.]

Round 4: The first 10 contestants on ‘Love Island’ 2019 [The first 10 contestants to appear on the first episode of Series 5 of ‘Love Island’, broadcast 3 June 2019; first names are acceptable answers.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): Top 10 A-level subjects in Summer 2018 [The 10 subjects for which most students gained a grade, based on provisional results published by the Joint Council for Qualifications on its website jcq.org.uk.]

Final Round: Monarchs: The 10 regnal names of monarchs of England since the Battle of Hastings to start with a consonant [Since the defeat of Harold II in 1066 there have only been 10 regnal names of kings and queens who ruled England that start with a consonant; some of these monarchs also had the title of ruling Great Britain or the United Kingdom; this list does not include kings or queens who only ruled in Scotland, and does not include Matilda or Lady Jane Grey as monarchs; as of May 2019.]

Thursday 7 November 2019 [s4ep19, repeated on Tuesday 14 April 2020, Thursday 8 October 2020 and Wednesday 1 June 2022]

[s4ep19] Slam Dunk the Steampunk

Round 1: Top 10 trees in UK addresses [The 10 trees that appear in the most UK addresses, in names of UK streets, houses and buildings, according to information in a press release dated May 2018 from the Royal Mail’s Address Management Unit database.]

Round 2: The 10 male professional dancers in ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ 2018 [They were central figures in the series broadcast in 2018; not all of these dancers were paired with a celebrity; first names are acceptable as answers.]

Round 3: The first 10 words of five letters or more in ‘Take on Me’ by A-ha

Round 4: The 10 English cities with names that end in the letters ‘E’ or ‘N’

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 principal actors in ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ [The actors who played the 9 members of The Fellowship of the Ring and the character who is in possession of the one ring at the start of this 2001 film in the “Lord of the Rings” series.]

Final Round: Prime Ministers: The 10 UK prime ministers either side of Winston Churchill’s first term [The five different individuals who served before Churchill’s first term as prime minister and the five who served after he left office for the first time.]

Friday 8 November 2019 [s4ep20, repeated on Wednesday 15 April 2020, Friday 9 October 2020 and Thursday 2 June 2022]

[s4ep20] The Kipper Ties

Round 1: The 10 countries with the most popular cuisines [The 10 overseas countries with the most popular type of cuisine, taken from the British results of an international YouGov study carried out between May and December 2018.]

Round 2: The first 10 major characters Oliver meets in London in ‘Oliver Twist’ [The first 10 major characters Oliver meets or spends time with when he reaches London; “major character” here means any named character that appears in more than one chapter of the book.]

Round 3: The last 10 Chris Pratt films [The last 10 films that feature the actor Chris Pratt, according to IMDb as of 30 April 2019.]

Round 4: The first 10 chemical element names alphabetically with seven or fewer letters

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): Top 10 goal-scoring clubs of all time in the Premier League [The 10 clubs that have scored the most goals in the Premier League from its establishment in 1992 to the end of the 2018/19 season, on 12 May 2019, according to the Premier League website.]

Final Round: Disney Songs: The first 10 words of six or more letters in ‘The Bare Necessities’ from ‘The Jungle Book’ [The first 10 different words of six or more letters; includes contracted words, which contain apostrophes.]

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 4 November 2019, A Tribe Called Questions

All 5 members of A Tribe Called Questions made it to the final and won 7k by naming the first 10 words of six or more letters in ‘Wannabe’ by the Spice Girls.

Tuesday 5 November 2019, Baptism of Choir

3 of Baptism of Choir made it to the final playing for 5k and named 4 of the 10 countries that border Austria or Hungary with populations over one million. [The remaining answers: Croatia, Czechia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine]

Wednesday 6 November 2019, On Her Majesty’s National Health Service

4 members of On Her Majesty’s National Health Service made it to the final and won 1k by naming the 10 regnal names of monarchs of England since the Battle of Hastings to start with a consonant.

Thursday 7 November 2019, Slam Dunk the Steampunk

All 5 of Slam Dunk the Steampunk made it to the final round playing for 2k and named 8 of the 10 UK prime ministers either side of Winston Churchill’s first term. [The remaining answers: Andrew Bonar Law, Ramsay MacDonald.]

Friday 8 November 2019, The Kipper Ties

All 5 members of The Kipper Ties made it to the final round playing for 48.5k and named 9 of the first 10 words of six or more letters in ‘The Bare Necessities’ from ‘The Jungle Book’. [The remaining answer: Couldn’t.]

Questions and Answers

Monday 4 November 2019 [s4ep16, repeated on Thursday 9 April 2020, Monday 5 October 2020 and Friday 27 May 2022]

[s4ep16] A Tribe Called Questions

Round 1: The last 10 sports to win BBC ‘Sports Personality of the Year’ [Just the sports, not the names of the winners.]

Cycling / Athletics / Tennis / Motor Racing / Horse Racing / Football / Boxing / Eventing / Cricket / Rugby Union

Round 2: The 10 nominees for Best Actress or Best Actor at the 2019 Oscars Ceremony [Includes the nominees who went on to win Best Actress and Best Actor.]

Olivia Colman / Yalitza Aparicio / Glenn Close / Lady Gaga / Melissa McCarthy / Rami Malek / Christian Bale / Bradley Cooper / Willem Dafoe / Viggo Mortensen

Round 3: The last 10 words alphabetically of four or more letters in the Narnia novel titles

Last / Lion / Magician’s / Nephew / Prince / Silver / Treader / Voyage / Wardrobe / Witch

Round 4: The 10 royal family residences nearest Westminster Abbey [Those royal residences that are used for all or part of the year by the queen, her children, the Duke of Cambridge or the Duke or Sussex.]

St James’s Palace / Clarence House / Buckingham Palace / Kensington Palace / Frogmore Cottage / Windsor Castle / The Royal Lodge / Bagshot Park / Highgrove House / Gatcombe Park

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round):  The last 10 chemical element names alphabetically with eight or fewer letters

Thorium / Thulium / Tin / Titanium / Tungsten / Uranium / Vanadium / Xenon / Yttrium / Zinc

Final Round: 1990s Pop Songs: The first 10 words of six or more letters in ‘Wannabe’ by the Spice Girls [Does not include the word “Wannabe” or “Zigga-zig-ah”, in any of its possible spellings.]

Really / Future / Forget / Better / Wasting / Precious / Together / Friends / Forever / Friendship

Tuesday 5 November 2019 [s4ep17, repeated on Friday 10 April 2020, Tuesday 6 October 2020 and Monday 30 May 2022]

[s4ep17] Baptism of Choir

Round 1: The 10 Elton John hit singles that start with the letters ‘C’ or ‘D’ [The 10 singles that reached number 40 or higher in the UK singles chart, according to the Official Charts Company, as of May 2019; singles released as a double A side will be included as individual answers.]

Crocodile Rock / Daniel / Candle in the Wind / Don’t Let the sun Go Down on Me / Don’t Go Breaking My Heart / Crazy Water / Chicago / Cold as Christmas / Can You Feel the Love Tonight? / Circle of Life

Round 2: The 10 unique words in the names of 2018/19 Premiership Rugby teams [The 10 unique words, other than place-names, that feature in the names of rugby union teams playing in the 2018/19 Gallagher Premiership season.]

Bears / Chiefs / Falcons / Harlequins / Saints / Saracens / Sharks / Tigers / Warriors / Wasps

Round 3: The first 10 US Presidents after VE Day [The first 10 different US Presidents after VE Day, in 1945.]

Harry S Truman / Dwight D Eisenhower / John F Kennedy / Lyndon B Johnson / Richard Nixon / Gerald Ford / Jimmy Carter / Ronald Reagan / George HW Bush / Bill Clinton

Round 4: The first 10 six-letter words ending in the letters ‘BER’ [According to Chambers 21st Century Dictionary on Chambers.co.uk; each word has its own entry and is in blue on the website; does not include hyphenated words, words with apostrophes or any word that the dictionary spells with an initial capital letter; does not include words with US spelling, or the words “cobber” or “dobber” as they are listed as Australian and New Zealand slang;  this list is as of 22 May 2019.]

Barber / Bomber / Camber / Fibber / Gibber / Jabber / Jobber / Libber / Limber / Lubber

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 expert specialities and presenters of ‘Antiques Roadshow’ [The team of experts on the TV programme ‘Antiques Roadshow’ cover nine areas of specialism; one of them is named “miscellaneous”; “We are looking for the other eight categories of specialism as well as the two most recent main presenters of the programme, as of April 2019.]

Arms and Militia / Books and Manuscripts / Ceramics and Glass / Clocks and Watches / Furniture / Jewellery / Pictures and Prints / Silver / Michael Aspel / Fiona Bruce

Final Round: European Geography: the 10 countries that border Austria or Hungary with populations over one million [Countries that border Austria or Hungary or both, with populations over one million, not including either Austria or Hungary; as of March 2019.]

Croatia / Czechia / Germany / Italy / Romania / Serbia / Slovakia / Slovenia / Switzerland / Ukraine

Wednesday 6 November 2019 [s4ep18, repeated on Monday 13 April 2020, Wednesday 7 October 2020 and Tuesday 31 May 2022]

[s4ep18] On Her Majesty’s National Health Service

Round 1: The first 10 Top 20 singles by Take That with two- or three-word titles [According to the Official Charts Company as of June 2019.]

I Found Heaven / Relight My Fire / Everything Changes / Back for Good / Never Forget / Rule the World / Greatest Day / Up All Night / Said It All / The Flood

Round 2: The 10 Beatrix Potter books with title characters that are rabbits or rodents [This is about the 23 classic children’s books that were published by Beatrix Potter during her lifetime; does not include the two collections of nursery rhymes

The Tale of Peter Rabbit / The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin / The Tale of Benjamin Bunny / The Tale of Two Bad Mice / The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit / The Tale of Samuel Whiskers / The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies / The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse / The Tale of Timmy Tip-Toes/ The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

Round 3: The 10 longest-serving English Premier League football managers in May 2019 [The managers of the sides in the Premier League on the last day of the 2018/19 season, Sunday 12 May 2019; in some cases the managers were in charge of their teams when they were outside the Premier League.]

Eddie Howe / Sean Dyche / Mauricio Pochettino / Chris Hughton / Jurgen Klopp / Rafael Benitez / Pep Guardiola / Neil Warnock / Nuno Espirito Santo / Roy Hodgson

Round 4: The first 10 contestants on ‘Love Island’ 2019 [The first 10 contestants to appear on the first episode of Series 5 of ‘Love Island’, broadcast 3 June 2019; first names are acceptable answers.]

Amber / Amy / Anna / Anton / Callum / Joe / Lucie / Michael / Sherif / Yewande

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): Top 10 A-level subjects in Summer 2018 [The 10 subjects for which most students gained a grade, based on provisional results published by the Joint Council for Qualifications on its website jcq.org.uk.]

Mathematics / Biology / Psychology / Chemistry / History / English Literature / Physics / Sociology / Geography / Business Studies

Final Round: Monarchs: The 10 regnal names of monarchs of England since the Battle of Hastings to start with a consonant [Since the defeat of Harold II in 1066 there have only been 10 regnal names of kings and queens who ruled England that start with a consonant; some of these monarchs also had the title of ruling Great Britain or the United Kingdom; this list does not include kings or queens who only ruled in Scotland, and does not include Matilda or Lady Jane Grey as monarchs; as of May 2019.]

William / Henry / Stephen / John / Richard / Mary / James / Charles / George / Victoria

Thursday 7 November 2019 [s4ep19, repeated on Tuesday 14 April 2020, Thursday 8 October 2020 and Wednesday 1 June 2022]

[s4ep19] Slam Dunk the Steampunk

Round 1: Top 10 trees in UK addresses [The 10 trees that appear in the most UK addresses, in names of UK streets, houses and buildings, according to information in a press release dated May 2018 from the Royal Mail’s Address Management Unit database.]

Beech / Hawthorn / Yew / Oak / Elm / Holly / Pear / Lime / Maple / Birch

Round 2: The 10 male professional dancers in ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ 2018 [They were central figures in the series broadcast in 2018; not all of these dancers were paired with a celebrity; first names are acceptable as answers.]

AJ Pritchard / Aljaz Skorjanec / Anton Du Beke / Giovanni Pernice / Gorka Marquez / Graziano Di Prima / Johannes Radebe / Kevin Clifton / Neil Jones / Pasha Kovalev

Round 3: The first 10 words of five letters or more in ‘Take on Me’ by A-ha

Talking / Anyway / Today’s / Another / Shying / Coming / Needless / Stumbling / Slowly / Learning

Round 4: The 10 English cities with names that end in the letters ‘E’ or ‘N’

Brighton and Hove / Cambridge / Carlisle / Newcastle-upon-Tyne / Lincoln / City of London / Preston / Ripon / Southampton / Wolverhampton

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 principal actors in ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ [The actors who played the 9 members of The Fellowship of the Ring and the character who is in possession of the one ring at the start of this 2001 film in the “Lord of the Rings” series.]

Sean Astin / Sean Bean / Orlando Bloom / Billy Boyd / Ian Holm / Ian McKellen / Dominic Monaghan / Viggo Mortensen / John Rhys Davies / Elijah Wood

Final Round: Prime Ministers: The 10 UK prime ministers either side of Winston Churchill’s first term [The five different individuals who served before Churchill’s first term as prime minister and the five who served after he left office for the first time.]

David Lloyd George / Andrew Bonar Law / Ramsay MacDonald / Stanley Baldwin / Neville Chamberlain / Clement Attlee / Anthony Eden / Harold Macmillan / Alec Douglas-Home / Harold Wilson

Friday 8 November 2019 [s4ep20, repeated on Wednesday 15 April 2020, Friday 9 October 2020 and Thursday 2 June 2022]

[s4ep20] The Kipper Ties

Round 1: The 10 countries with the most popular cuisines [The 10 overseas countries with the most popular type of cuisine, taken from the British results of an international YouGov study carried out between May and December 2018.]

Italy / China / India / Spain / Mexico / Thailand / Greece / United States / France / Turkey

Round 2: The first 10 major characters Oliver meets in London in ‘Oliver Twist’ [The first 10 major characters Oliver meets or spends time with when he reaches London; “major character” here means any named character that appears in more than one chapter of the book.]

Jack Dawkins / Fagin / Charles Bates / Bet / Nancy / Mr Brownlow / Mrs Bedwin / Mr Grimwig / William Sykes / Bull’s-eye

Round 3: The last 10 Chris Pratt films [The last 10 films that feature the actor Chris Pratt, according to IMDb as of 30 April 2019.]

Avengers: Endgame / The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part / Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdoms / Avengers: Infinity War / Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 / Passengers / The Magnificent Seven / Jurassic World / Guardians of the Galaxy / The Lego Movie

Round 4: The first 10 chemical element names alphabetically with seven or fewer letters

Argon / Arsenic / Barium / Bismuth / Bohrium / Boron / Bromine / Cadmium / Caesium / Calcium

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): Top 10 goal-scoring clubs of all time in the Premier League [The 10 clubs that have scored the most goals in the Premier League from its establishment in 1992 to the end of the 2018/19 season, on 12 May 2019, according to the Premier League website.]

Manchester United / Arsenal / Liverpool / Chelsea / Tottenham Hotspur / Manchester City / Everton / Newcastle United / Aston Villa / West Ham United

Final Round: Disney Songs: The first 10 words of six or more letters in ‘The Bare Necessities’ from ‘The Jungle Book’ [The first 10 different words of six or more letters; includes contracted words, which contain apostrophes.]

Simple / Forget / Worries / Strife / Mother / Nature’s / Recipes / Wherever / Wander / Couldn’t