Here are the questions and answers for the current series of ITV quiz show “Tenable”, episodes broadcast between Monday 18 and Friday 22 November 2019, Series 4 Episodes 26-30 (S4Ep26, S4Ep27 and so on).

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

The Questions

Monday 18 November 2019 [s4ep26, repeated on Thursday 23 April 2020, Monday 19 October 2020 and Monday 20 June 2022]

[s4ep26] Truly Scrum-tious

Round 1: The first 10 two-word singles by The Beatles [The 10 Beatles singles with two-word titles that reached the UK Top 40 during the 1960s; according to The Official Charts Company; songs on double A-sides are listed as separate answers.]

Round 2: The 10 EU countries with green or black in their flag [As of May 2018; if green or black only appears on a crest or coat of arms that country’s flag will not be a “Tenable” answer.]

Round 3: The last 10 Conservative politicians to be Home Secretary [The last 10 MPs at Westminster to have represented the Conservative party and been Home Secretary; as of 1 April 2019.]

Round 4: Top 10 try scorers in the Six Nations since 2000 [From 2000, when Italy joined what had previously been known as the Five Nations, up to the end of the most recent tournament in 2019; does not include any players who also competed in the earlier incarnation of the tournament, the Five Nations.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round):  The last 10 Steven Spielberg films with one- or two-word titles [Films for which Steven Spielberg has a directing credit, according to IMDb as of May 2019; does not include short films, documentaries, TV movies or TV series; “The BFG”, “AI” and “Amazing Stories” are not “Tenable” answers”.]

Final Round: Science Fiction: The first 10 words of four or more letters in the ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ novel titles [This includes the titles of the original novels written by Douglas Adams and the sixth novel in the series, written by Eoin Colfer; does not include the words “Hitchhiker’s”, “Guide” or “Galaxy”.]

Tuesday 19 November 2019 [s4ep27, repeated on Friday 24 April 2020, Tuesday 20 October 2020 and Tuesday 21 June 2022]

[s4ep27] Oche Oche Oche, Oi Oi Oi!

Round 1: The 10 most common surnames in Wales [According to figures published in a December 2008 edition of the statistics magazine Significance, compiled by academics from University College London based on information from the UK electoral register.]

Round 2: Top 10 ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’ characters [The 10 characters with the most appearances in the sitcom “Mrs Brown’s Boys”; credited acting performances according to IMDb as of 12 June 2019.]

Round 3: The first 10 double digit motorways in England [From a list of motorways in England, in ascending numerical order, looking for the first 10 that have a two-digit number; these are roads beginning with an M; motorways where the M is in brackets after the number do not count; as of June 2019.)

Round 4: The 10 James Bond films between ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ and ‘GoldenEye’ [The 10 James Bond films made by EON Productions, released between “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” in 1969 and “GoldenEye” in 1995.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The last 10 Britons to win the Formula 1 British Grand Prix [The race currently takes place at Silverstone each year; “Britons” are those drivers listed under the heading “British drivers” in the official media kit for the 2018 British Grand Prix.]

Final Round: Musical Instruments: The 10 woodwind and brass instruments played by the BBC Philharmonic [There are 10 types of woodwind and brass instruments that feature in a list of musical instruments on the BBC Philharmonic web page “About the Orchestra”; the word “type” means that if there is more than version of an instrument listed, with a prefix such as “bass”, “contra” or “second”, only the main name of the instrument will be on this list; as of May 2019.]

Wednesday 20 November 2019 [s4ep28, repeated on Monday 7 April 2020, Wednesday 21 October 2020 and Wednesday 22 June 2022]

[s4ep28] The Dim Blue Line

Round 1: Top 10 most-loved vegetables [The UK’s 10 favourite vegetables according to a 2018 poll commissioned by Dolmio Veggie goodness; technically not all 10 are vegetables but they are treated as vegetables when cooking.]

Round 2: The first 10 films featured in ‘The Keith and Paddy Picture Show’ [The first 10 films to be parodied in the TV show starring Keith Lemon and Paddy McGuinness, from the five main episodes of the first two series broadcast in 2017 and 2018, and not including any specials.]

Round 3: The 10 capital cities nearest Berlin

Round 4: the first 10 six-letter words ending in the letters ‘BLE’ [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; as of 15 June 2019.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The first 10 children’s novels by David Walliams [Does not include collections of short stories, so the three books called “The World’s Worst Children” are not included, and nor are picture books.]

Final Round: Premier League: The last 10 teams with a double letter in their name to compete in the Premier League [Up to and including the end of the 2018/19 season; “double letter” means two of the same letter consecutively in the same word; any word in the team name contain the double letter, except “football” and “association”, so FC and AFC in a club name are not relevant.]

Thursday 21 November 2019 [s4ep29, repeated on Tuesday 28 April 2020, Thursday 22 October 2020 and Thursday 23 June 2022]

[s4ep29] The Monster Raving Uni Party

Round 1: The 10 Monopoly spaces nearest Free Parking [The five spaces that precede Free Parking and the five spaces that follow it on a classic London Monopoly board; includes properties that players can buy as well as spaces that cannot be purchased.]

Round 2: The first 10 US states that contain the letters ‘IN’ [The first 10 US states alphabetically that contain the letters ‘IN’; the letters must be adjacent and in that order.]

Round 3: The 10 One Direction UK Top 10 singles with titles of three or fewer words [According to the Official Charts Company, as of April 2019.]

Round 4: Top 10 Scottish Premiership football teams of the 2018/19 season

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 charities with the most shops [These charities are all members of the Charity Retail Association; this is according to Charity Shops Survey 2018 conducted by Civil Society Media.]

Final Round: Game of Thrones: The first 10 houses in ‘Game of Thrones’ alphabetically [The Viewers’ Guide section on the official HBO “Game of Thrones” website lists the major factions, houses and families that appear in the series; this is a list of the 10 different names alphabetically that follow the word “House” on the list; as of May 2019.]

Friday 22 November 2019 [S4ep30, repeated on Wednesday 29 April 2020, Friday 23 October 2020 and Friday 24 June 2022]

[s4ep30] The Number Crunchers

Round 1: The last 10 six-letter words ending with the letters ‘GLE’ [According to Chambers 21st Century Dictionary on Chambers.co.uk; 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 2: Top 10 actors in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ [The first 10 actors credited in this 2015 release, according to IMDb on 18 April 2019.]

Round 3: The last 10 teams to win the cricket County Championship [Each county has won at least one title between 1998 and 2018, inclusively.]

Round 4: The first 10 Roman Emperors [The first 10 Emperors of the Roman Empire, taking 27BC as the starting point; this list contains the first 10 sole rules from that time onwards.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The first 10 studio albums by Blur or Oasis [This first 10 studio albums chronologically by either Blur or Oasis; does not include any compilation albums, live albums, video albums, remix albums, box-sets or EPs; does not include the 1997 self-titled Blur album.]

Final Round: US States: The 10 state names that contain the same vowel three or more times

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 18 November 2019, Truly Scrum-tious

All 5 members of Truly Scrum-tious made it to the final playing for 15k and named 9 of the first 10 words of four or more letters in the ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ novel titles. [The remaining answer: Another.]

Tuesday 19 November 2019, Oche Oche Oche, Oi Oi Oi!

All 5 of Oche Oche Oche, Oi Oi Oi! made it to the final playing for 43.5k and named 6 of the 10 woodwind and brass instruments played by the BBC Philharmonic. [The remaining answers: Piccolo, Cor anglais, Bassoon, Tuba.]

Wednesday 20 November 2019, The Dim Blue Line

4 members of The Dim Blue Line made it to the final and won 3.5k by naming the last 10 teams with a double letter in their name to compete in the Premier League.

Thursday 21 November 2019, The Monster Raving Uni Party

2 of The Monster Raving Uni Party made it to the final round playing for 1k and named 4 of the first 10 houses in ‘Game of Thrones’ alphabetically. [The remaining answers: Arryn, Bolton, Frey, Greyjoy, Martell, Tully.]

Friday 22 November 2019, The Number Crunchers

All 5 of The Number Crunchers made it to the final and won 51k by naming the 10 US states that contain the same vowel three or more times.

Questions and Answers

Monday 18 November 2019 [s4ep26, repeated on Thursday 23 April 2020, Monday 19 October 2020 and Monday 20 June 2022]

[s4ep26] Truly Scrum-tious

Round 1: The first 10 two-word singles by The Beatles [The 10 Beatles singles with two-word titles that reached the UK Top 40 during the 1960s; according to The Official Charts Company; songs on double A-sides are listed as separate answers.]

Day Tripper / Paperback Writer / Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine / Penny Lane / Hello Goodbye / Lady Madonna / Hey Jude / Get Back / Come Together

Round 2: The 10 EU countries with green or black in their flag [As of May 2018; if green or black only appears on a crest or coat of arms that country’s flag will not be a “Tenable” answer.]

Belgium / Bulgaria / Cyprus / Estonia / Germany / Hungary / Ireland / Italy / Lithuania / Portugal

Round 3: The last 10 Conservative politicians to be Home Secretary [The last 10 MPs at Westminster to have represented the Conservative party and been Home Secretary; as of 1 April 2019.]

Sajid Javid / Amber Rudd / Teresa May / Michael Howard / Kenneth Clarke / Kenneth Baker / David Waddington / Douglas Hurd / Leon Brittan / William Whitelaw

Round 4: Top 10 try scorers in the Six Nations since 2000 [From 2000, when Italy joined what had previously been known as the Five Nations, up to the end of the most recent tournament in 2019; does not include any players who also competed in the earlier incarnation of the tournament, the Five Nations.]

Brian O’Driscoll / Shane Williams / George North / Ben Cohen / Tommy Bowe / Jason Robinson / Shane Horgan / Keith Earls / Stuart Hogg / Vincent Clerc

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round):  The last 10 Steven Spielberg films with one- or two-word titles [Films for which Steven Spielberg has a directing credit, according to IMDb as of May 2019; does not include short films, documentaries, TV movies or TV series; “The BFG”, “AI” and “Amazing Stories” are not “Tenable” answers”.]

The Post / Lincoln / War Horse / Munich / The Terminal / Minority Report / Amistad / Schindler’s List / Jurassic Park / Hook

Final Round: Science Fiction: The first 10 words of four or more letters in the ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ novel titles [This includes the titles of the original novels written by Douglas Adams and the sixth novel in the series, written by Eoin Colfer; does not include the words “Hitchhiker’s”, “Guide” or “Galaxy”.]

Restaurant / Universe / Life / Everything / Long / Thanks / Fish / Mostly / Harmless  / Another

Tuesday 19 November 2019 [s4ep27, repeated on Friday 24 April 2020, Tuesday 20 October 2020 and Tuesday 21 June 2022]

[s4ep27] Oche Oche Oche, Oi Oi Oi!

Round 1: The 10 most common surnames in Wales [According to figures published in a December 2008 edition of the statistics magazine Significance, compiled by academics from University College London based on information from the UK electoral register.]

Jones / Williams / Davies / Evans / Thomas / Roberts / Lewis / Hughes / Morgan / Griffiths

Round 2: Top 10 ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’ characters [The 10 characters with the most appearances in the sitcom “Mrs Brown’s Boys”; credited acting performances according to IMDb as of 12 June 2019.]

Agnes Brown / Cathy Brown / Winnie McGoogan / Dermot Brown / Grandad Brown / Betty Brown / Buster Brady / Mark Brown / Maria Brown / Rory Brown

Round 3: The first 10 double digit motorways in England [From a list of motorways in England, in ascending numerical order, looking for the first 10 that have a two-digit number; these are roads beginning with an M; motorways where the M is in brackets after the number do not count; as of June 2019.)

M11 / M18 / M20 / M23 / M25 / M26 / M27 / M32 / M40 / M42

Round 4: The 10 James Bond films between ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ and ‘GoldenEye; [The 10 James Bond films made by EON Productions, released between “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” in 1969 and “GoldenEye” in 1995.]

Diamonds Are Forever / Live and Let Die / The Man with the Golden Gun / The Spy Who Loved Me / Moonraker / For Your Eyes Only / Octopussy / A View to a Kill / The Living Daylights / Licence to Kill

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The last 10 Britons to win the Formula 1 British Grand Prix [The race currently takes place at Silverstone each year; “Britons” are those drivers listed under the heading “British drivers” in the official media kit for the 2018 British Grand Prix.]

Lewis Hamilton / David Coulthard / Johnny Herbert / Damon Hill / Nigel Mansell / John Watson / James Hunt / Jackie Stewart / Jim Clark / Peter Collins

Final Round: Musical Instruments: The 10 woodwind and brass instruments played by the BBC Philharmonic [There are 10 types of woodwind and brass instruments that feature in a list of musical instruments on the BBC Philharmonic web page “About the Orchestra”; the word “type” means that if there is more than version of an instrument listed, with a prefix such as “bass”, “contra” or “second”, only the main name of the instrument will be on this list; as of May 2019.]

Flute / Piccolo / Oboe / Cor anglais / Clarinet / Bassoon / Horn / Trumpet / Trombone / Tuba

Wednesday 20 November 2019 [s4ep28, repeated on Monday 7 April 2020, Wednesday 21 October 2020 and Wednesday 22 June 2022]

[s4ep28] The Dim Blue Line

Round 1: Top 10 most-loved vegetables [The UK’s 10 favourite vegetables according to a 2018 poll commissioned by Dolmio Veggie goodness; technically not all 10 are vegetables but they are treated as vegetables when cooking.]

Potato / Carrot / Tomato / Onion / Pea / Broccoli / Pepper / Sweetcorn / Green bean / Cabbage

Round 2: The first 10 films featured in ‘The Keith and Paddy Picture Show’ [The first 10 films to be parodied in the TV show starring Keith Lemon and Paddy McGuinness, from the five main episodes of the first two series broadcast in 2017 and 2018, and not including any specials.]

Dirty Dancing / Ghostbusters / Star Wars: Return of the Jedi / Jaws / Rocky / Grease / Top Gun / Pretty Woman / Terminator 2: Judgement Day / Jurassic Park

Round 3: The 10 capital cities nearest Berlin

Prague / Copenhagen / Warsaw / Vienna / Bratislava / Amsterdam / Luxembourg / Brussels / Vaduz / Budapest

Round 4: the first 10 six-letter words ending in the letters ‘BLE’ [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; as of 15 June 2019.]

Arable / Babble / Bauble / Bobble / Bubble / Bumble / Burble / Cobble / Dabble / Dibble

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The first 10 children’s novels by David Walliams [Does not include collections of short stories, so the three books called “The World’s Worst Children” are not included, and nor are picture books.]

The Boy in the Dress / Mr Stink / Billionaire Boy / Gangsta Granny / Ratburger / Demon Dentist / Awful Auntie / Grandpa’s Great Escape / The Midnight Gang / Bad Dad

Final Round: Premier League: The last 10 teams with a double letter in their name to compete in the Premier League [Up to and including the end of the 2018/19 season; “double letter” means two of the same letter consecutively in the same word; any word in the team name contain the double letter, except “football” and “association”, so FC and AFC in a club name are not relevant.]

Cardiff City / Huddersfield Town / Liverpool / Tottenham Hotspur / Hull City / Middlesbrough / Aston Villa / Queens Park Rangers / Blackpool / Sheffield United

Thursday 21 November 2019 [s4ep29, repeated on Tuesday 28 April 2020, Thursday 22 October 2020 and Thursday 23 June 2022]

[s4ep29] The Monster Raving Uni Party

Round 1: The 10 Monopoly spaces nearest Free Parking [The five spaces that precede Free Parking and the five spaces that follow it on a classic London Monopoly board; includes properties that players can buy as well as spaces that cannot be purchased.]

Marylebone Station / Bow Street / Community Chest / Marlborough Street / Vine Street / Strand / Chance / Fleet Street / Trafalgar Square / Fenchurch St Station

Round 2: The first 10 US states that contain the letters ‘IN’ [The first 10 US states alphabetically that contain the letters ‘IN’; the letters must be adjacent and in that order.]

Illinois / Indiana / Maine / Minnesota / North Carolina / South Carolina / Virginia / Washington / West Virginia / Wisconsin

Round 3: The 10 One Direction UK Top 10 singles with titles of three or fewer words [According to the Official Charts Company, as of April 2019.]

Gotta Be You / One Thing / Little Things / Kiss You / Best Song Ever / Steal My Girl / Night Changes / Drag Me Down / Perfect / History

Round 4: Top 10 Scottish Premiership football teams of the 2018/19 season

Celtic / Rangers / Kilmarnock / Aberdeen / Hibernian / Heart of Midlothian / St Johnstone / Motherwell / Livingstone / Hamilton Academical

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 charities with the most shops [These charities are all members of the Charity Retail Association; this is according to Charity Shops Survey 2018 conducted by Civil Society Media.]

British Heart Foundation / Barnardo’s / Oxfam / Cancer Research UK / Sue Ryder / Age UK / British Red Cross / Salvation Army / Scope / Marie Curie

Final Round: Game of Thrones: The first 10 houses in ‘Game of Thrones’ alphabetically [The Viewers Guide section on the official HBO “Game of Thrones” website lists the major factions, houses and families that appear in the series; this is a list of the 10 different names alphabetically that follow the word “House” on the list; as of May 2019.]

Arryn / Baratheon / Bolton / Frey / Greyjoy / Lannister / Martell / Stark / Targaryen / Tully

Friday 22 November 2019 [S4ep30, repeated on Wednesday 29 April 2020, Friday 23 October 2020 and Friday 24 June 2022]

[s4ep30] The Number Crunchers

Round 1: The last 10 six-letter words ending with the letters ‘GLE’ [According to Chambers 21st Century Dictionary on Chambers.co.uk; 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.]

Mingle / Niggle / Single / Tangle / Tingle / Toggle / Waggle / Wangle / Wiggle / Woggle

Round 2: Top 10 actors in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ [The first 10 actors credited in this 2015 release, according to IMDb on 18 April 2019.]

Harrison Ford / Mark Hamill / Carrie Fisher / Adam Driver / Daisy Ridley / John Boyega / Oscar Isaac / Lupita Nyong’o / Andy Serkis / Domhnall Gleeson

Round 3: The last 10 teams to win the cricket County Championship [Each county has won at least one title between 1998 and 2018, inclusively.]

Surrey / Essex / Middlesex / Yorkshire / Durham / Warwickshire / Lancashire / Nottinghamshire / Sussex / Leicestershire

Round 4: The first 10 Roman Emperors [The first 10 Emperors of the Roman Empire, taking 27BC as the starting point; this list contains the first 10 sole rules from that time onwards.]

Augustus / Tiberius / Caligula / Claudius / Nero / Galba / Otho / Vitellius / Vespasian / Titus

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The first 10 studio albums by Blur or Oasis [This first 10 studio albums chronologically by either Blur or Oasis; does not include any compilation albums, live albums, video albums, remix albums, box-sets or EPs; does not include the 1997 self-titled Blur album.]

Leisure / Modern Life is Rubbish / Parklife / Definitely Maybe / The Great Escape / (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? / Be Here Now / 13 / Standing on the Shoulders of Giants / Heathen Chemistry

Final Round: US States: The 10 state names that contain the same vowel three or more times

Alabama / Alaska / Arkansas / Colorado / Illinois / Mississippi / New Jersey / Tennessee / Virginia / West Virginia