Here are the questions and answers for the current series of ITV quiz show “Tenable”, episodes broadcast between Monday 27 and Friday 31 January 2020, Series 4 Episodes 46-50 (S4Ep46, S4Ep50 and so on).

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

The Questions

Monday 27 January 2020 [s4ep46, repeated late at night on Tuesday 5 May 2020, on Monday 14 December 2020 and on Wednesday 20 July 2022]

[s4ep46] Never Gonna Gibb You Up

Round 1: Top 10 spring bulbs [The 10 most popular spring bulbs according to lovethegarden.com; botanically speaking, some of these plants grow from solid corms, tubers or rhizomes but they are described as “spring bulbs” on the Love The Garden website.]

Round 2: The first 10 main characters named in ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ [“Main characters” means the characters that are first to be named more than once in relation to the action, so this list does not include Dedalus Diggle, Madam Pomfrey or Sirius Black who are each mentioned once in passing in the opening chapters, nor does it include Jim and Ted who appeared on “The Muggle News”; Harry Potter is not an acceptable answer, as he appears in the question; all the character names in this list appear at least twice within Chapter 1 or 2 of the book.]

Round 3: Top 10 theme parks in the UK [According to themeparksuk.com; “theme park” means a large permanent area for public entertainment, with activities and rides, sometimes all connected with a single theme.]

Round 4: The last 10 UK Top 10 Katy Perry hits [According to the Official Charts Company, as of 25 June 2019; any single on which Katy Perry is a main or featured artist.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round):  The first 10 US states with 8 letters [In an alphabetical list of the usual short-form names of the US states, the first 10 that contain exactly 8 letters.]

Final Round: Football: Top 10 United teams in the English football league 2018/19 season [These teams were in the Premier League, EFL Championship or League One, the top three leagues in the men’s professional game, during the 2018/19 season, and all have the word United as part of their name.]

Tuesday 28 January 2020 [s4ep47, repeated late at night on Wednesday 6 May 2020, on Tuesday 15 December 2020 and on Thursday 21 July 2022]

[s4ep47] The RG Bhajis

Round 1: The first 10 six-letter words that end with the letters ‘DGE’ [According to Chambers 21st Century Dictionary on Chambers.co.uk; the acceptable answers all have their own entry and are 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 23 May 2019.]

Round 2: The last 10 UK Top 10 Girls Aloud singles [According to the Official Charts Company, as of May 2019.]

Round 3: The last 10 England football players to score a hat-trick [Up to 22 March 2019; “hat-trick” here means 3 or more goals scored during an international match, including extra-time; penalties scored during the game count towards a hat-trick, but penalties scored during a penalty shoot-out do not; this question relates to the men’s senior England football team.]

Round 4: The first 10 characters alphabetically on the ‘Avengers: Endgame’ poster [There are 13 characters depicted on the poster for this 2019 superhero film, which was used to promote the film in the UK; this list contains the first 10 names alphabetically; where a character has more than one name, only their superhero name is included.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The last 10 presidents of France [As of May 2019; does not include Alain Poher, who was an interim president in 1969 and again in 1974.]

Final Round: Capital Cities: The 10 largest capital cities in South America [The 10 capital cities in South America with the largest populations; where a country has more than one capital city, the administrative capital is counted here; based on 2018 estimates from the CIA World Fact Book as of March 2019.]

Wednesday 29 January 2020 [s4ep48, repeated late at night on Thursday 7 May 2020, on Wednesday 16 December 2020 and on Friday 22 July 2022]

[s4ep48] Dundeel

Round 1: The last 10 celebrities on ‘Dancing on Ice’ 2019 [The 10 celebrities who remained in the ITV show the longest.]

Round 2: The first 10 UK Top 10 Sam Smith hit singles [Includes collaborations as long as Sam Smith is a credited artist; according to the Official Charts Company as of 5 June 2019.]

Round 3: Top 10 countries of international visitors to London in 2018 [The 10 countries which the most visitors to London came from; according to the Office for National Statistics, as of June 2019.]

Round 4: Top 10 highest-grossing Bruce Willis films of the 1990s [The 10 highest-grossing films at cinemas worldwide for which Bruce Willis has an acting credit, which were released in the 1990s; based on lifetime data provided by Box Office Mojo as of 20 March 2019; these films all had an initial US release between 1990 and 1999 inclusive.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 golf courses on the rota for the Open Championship [As of May 2019.]

Final Round: UK Cities: The 10 UK cities closest to Edinburgh [As the crow flies; the centre of each city is taken to be where the pin appeared when the city name was searched on Google Maps; the distance along a straight line between the Edinburgh pin and the pins for the other cities was calculated in miles; as of 16 May 2019.]

Thursday 30 January 2020 [S4ep49, repeated on Saturday 9 May 2020, Thursday 17 December 2020 and Monday 25 July 2022]

[s4ep49] Cop a Load of Us

Round 1: The 10 best-selling car brands in the UK in 2018 [The top selling makes of car based on new registrations in 2018, according to figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.]

Round 2: The 10 highest earning football clubs in Europe [According to figures released by Deloitte in January 2019, from data gathered in the 2017/18 season.]

Round 3: The last 10 films directed by Alfred Hitchcock [His final 10 feature films according to their release dates, as listed by IMDb.]

Round 4: The 10 original members of The Pussycat Dolls and Little Mix [The 10 performers in the two groups at the time each group had their first UK number one single.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 English ceremonial counties between Lancashire and Shropshire alphabetically

Final Round: US Presidents: The 10 surnames of US presidents between Hoover and Pierce alphabetically

Friday 31 January 2020 [s4ep50, repeated on Monday 11 May 2020, Friday 18 December 2020 and Monday 1 August 2022]

[s4ep50] The Leading Ladies

Round 1: The first 10 UK National Parks [The first 10 parks to be designated in the UK.]

Round 2: Top 10 characters in the musical ‘Les Miserables’ [according to StageAgent.com, as of 9 April 2019.]

Round 3: The 10 French and German words for weekdays [The 10 French and German words for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.]

Round 4: Top 10 Prince singles [The 10 best-selling UK singles released by Prince, according to figures compiled by the Official Charts Company in 2018; includes singles credited to Prince as a solo artist, and alongside a backing band; in the case of double A sides each side is a single answer.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 fruits in Robinson’s Fruit Squash range [The 10 different fruits named in the ingredients of the Robinson’s Family Favourites range of fruit squash; they are named as “from concentrate” or “juice from concentrate”; these are drinks listed on the Robinson’s Squash website, as of March  2019.]

Final Round: US States: The 10 US states alphabetically between Connecticut and Louisiana

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 27 January 2020, Never Gonna Gibb You Up

3 members of Never Gonna Gibb You Up made it to the final round playing for 3.5k and named 8 of the Top 10 United teams in the English football league 2018/19 season . [The remaining answers: Rotherham United, Oxford United.]

Tuesday 28 January 2020, The RG Bhajis

4 members of The RG Bhajis made it to the final round and won 3.5k by naming the 10 largest capital cities in South America.

Wednesday 29 January 2020, Dundeel

2 members of Dundeel made it to the final round playing for 2.5k and named 9 of the 10 UK cities closest to Edinburgh. [The remaining answer: Durham.]

Thursday 30 January 2020, Cop a Load of Us

All 5 of Cop a Load of Us made it to the final round playing for 5.5k and named 7 of the 10 surnames of US presidents between Hoover and Pierce alphabetically. [The remaining answers: Madison, McKinley, Monroe.]

Friday 31 January 2020, The Leading Ladies

4 of the Leading Ladies made it to the final round and won 31k by naming the 10 US states alphabetically between Connecticut and Louisiana.

Questions and Answers

Monday 27 January 2020 [s4ep46, repeated late at night on Tuesday 5 May 2020, on Monday 14 December 2020 and on Wednesday 20 July 2022]

[s4ep46] Never Gonna Gibb You Up

Round 1: Top 10 spring bulbs [The 10 most popular spring bulbs according to lovethegarden.com; botanically speaking, some of these plants grow from solid corms, tubers or rhizomes but they are described as “spring bulbs” on the Love The Garden website.]

Allium / British bluebell / Crocus / Daffodil / Hyacinth / Iris / Lily of the valley / Snowdrop / Tulip / Winter aconite

Round 2: The first 10 main characters named in ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ [“Main characters” means the characters that are first to be named more than once in relation to the action, so this list does not include Dedalus Diggle, Madam Pomfrey or Sirius Black who are each mentioned once in passing in the opening chapters, nor does it include Jim and Ted who appeared on “The Muggle News”; Harry Potter is not an acceptable answer, as he appears in the question; all the character names in this list appear at least twice within Chapter 1 or 2 of the book.]

Mr Dursley / Mrs Dursley / Dudley / Mrs Potter / Albus Dumbledore / Professor McGonagall / Voldemort / James Potter / Hagrid / Mrs Figg

Round 3: Top 10 theme parks in the UK [According to themeparksuk.com; “theme park” means a large permanent area for public entertainment, with activities and rides, sometimes all connected with a single theme.]

Alton Towers / Thorpe Park / Chessington World of Adventures / Legoland Windsor / Drayton Manor / Blackpool Pleasure Beach / Paultons Park / Flamingo Land / Lightwater Valley / Oakwood

Round 4: The last 10 UK Top 10 Katy Perry hits [According to the Official Charts Company, as of 25 June 2019; any single on which Katy Perry is a main or featured artist.]

Feels / Chained to the Rhythm / Dark Horse / Roar / Wide Awake / Part of Me / Last Friday Night (TGIF) / ET / Firework / Teenage Dream

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round):  The first 10 US states with 8 letters [In an alphabetical list of the usual short-form names of the US states, the first 10 that contain exactly 8 letters.]

Arkansas / Colorado / Delaware / Illinois / Kentucky / Maryland / Michigan / Missouri / Nebraska / Oklahoma

Final Round: Football: Top 10 United teams in the English football league 2018/19 season [These teams were in the Premier League, EFL Championship or League One, the top three leagues in the men’s professional game, during the 2018/19 season, and all have the word United as part of their name.]

Manchester United / Newcastle United / West Ham United / Leeds United / Rotherham United / Sheffield United / Oxford United / Peterborough United / Scunthorpe United / Southend United

Tuesday 28 January 2020 [s4ep47, repeated late at night on Wednesday 6 May 2020, on Tuesday 15 December 2020 and on Thursday 21 July 2022]

[s4ep47] The RG Bhajis

Round 1: The first 10 six-letter words that end with the letters ‘DGE’ [According to Chambers 21st Century Dictionary on Chambers.co.uk; the acceptable answers all have their own entry and are 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 23 May 2019.]

Bridge / Dredge / Drudge / Fridge / Grudge / Kludge / Pledge / Sledge / Sludge / Smudge

Round 2: The last 10 UK Top 10 Girls Aloud singles [According to the Official Charts Company, as of May 2019.]

Something New / The Loving Kind / The Promise / Can’t Speak French / Call the Shots / Sexy No No No / Walk This Way / I Think We’re Alone Now / Something Kinda Ooooh / Whole Lotta History

Round 3: The last 10 England football players to score a hat-trick [Up to 22 March 2019; “hat-trick” here means 3 or more goals scored during an international match, including extra-time; penalties scored during the game count towards a hat-trick, but penalties scored during a penalty shoot-out do not; this question relates to the men’s senior England football team.]

Raheem Sterling / Harry Kane / Jermain Defoe / Theo Walcott / Peter Crouch / Michael Owen / Alan Shearer / Paul Scholes / Ian Wright / David Platt

Round 4: The first 10 characters alphabetically on the ‘Avengers: Endgame’ poster [There are 13 characters depicted on the poster for this 2019 superhero film, which was used to promote the film in the UK; this list contains the first 10 names alphabetically; where a character has more than one name, only their superhero name is included.]

Ant-Man / Black Widow / Captain America / Captain Marvel / Hawkeye / Hulk / Iron Man / Nebula / Okoye / Rocket

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The last 10 presidents of France [As of May 2019; does not include Alain Poher, who was an interim president in 1969 and again in 1974.]

Emmanuel Macron / François Hollande / Nicolas Sarkozy / Jacques Chirac / François Mitterand / Valerie Giscard D’Estaing / Georges Pompidou / Charles De Gaulle / René Coty / Vincent Auriol

Final Round: Capital Cities: The 10 largest capital cities in South America [The 10 capital cities in South America with the largest populations; where a country has more than one capital city, the administrative capital is counted here; based on 2018 estimates from the CIA World Fact Book as of March 2019.]

Buenos Aires / Bogota / Lima / Santiago / Brasilia / Asuncion / Caracas / Quito / La Paz / Montevideo

Wednesday 29 January 2020 [s4ep48, repeated late at night on Thursday 7 May 2020, on Wednesday 16 December 2020 and on Friday 22 July 2022]

[s4ep48] Dundeel

Round 1: The last 10 celebrities on ‘Dancing on Ice’ 2019 [The 10 celebrities who remained in the ITV show the longest.]

James Jordan / Wes Nelson / Saara Aalto / Brian McFadden / Melody Thornton / Jane Danson / Ryan Sidebottom / Gemma Collins / Saira Khan / Didi Conn

Round 2: The first 10 UK Top 10 Sam Smith hit singles [Includes collaborations as long as Sam Smith is a credited artist; according to the Official Charts Company as of 5 June 2019.]

La La La / Money on My Mind / Stay With Me / I’m Not the Only One / Like I Can / Lay Me Down / Writing’s on the Wall / Too Good at Goodbyes / Promises / Dancing With a Stranger

Round 3: Top 10 countries of international visitors to London in 2018 [The 10 countries which the most visitors to London came from; according to the Office for National Statistics, as of June 2019.]

United States / France / Germany / Spain / Italy / Netherlands / Ireland / Australia / Belgium / Poland

Round 4: Top 10 highest-grossing Bruce Willis films of the 1990s [The 10 highest-grossing films at cinemas worldwide for which Bruce Willis has an acting credit, which were released in the 1990s; based on lifetime data provided by Box Office Mojo as of 20 March 2019; these films all had an initial US release between 1990 and 1999 inclusive.]

The Sixth Sense / Armageddon / Die Hard: With a Vengeance / The Fifth Element / Die Hard 2: Die Harder / Pulp Fiction / 12 Monkeys / The Jackal / Death Becomes Her / The Siege

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 golf courses on the rota for the Open Championship [As of May 2019.]

Carnoustie / Muirfield / Royal Birkdale / Royal Liverpool / Royal Lytham & St Annes / Royal Portrush / Royal St George’s / Royal Troon / St Andrews / Turnberry

Final Round: UK Cities: The 10 UK cities closest to Edinburgh [As the crow flies; the centre of each city is taken to be where the pin appeared when the city name was searched on Google Maps; the distance along a straight line between the Edinburgh pin and the pins for the other cities was calculated in miles; as of 16 May 2019.]

Stirling / Perth / Dundee / Glasgow / Carlisle / Newcastle upon Tyne / Aberdeen / Sunderland / Durham / Inverness

Thursday 30 January 2020 [S4ep49, repeated on Saturday 9 May 2020, Thursday 17 December 2020 and Monday 25 July 2022]

[s4ep49] Cop a Load of Us

Round 1: The 10 best-selling car brands in the UK in 2018 [The top selling makes of car based on new registrations in 2018, according to figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.]

Ford / Volkswagen / Vauxhall / Mercedes-Benz / BMW / Audi / Nissan / Toyota / Kia / Hyundai

Round 2: The 10 highest earning football clubs in Europe [According to figures released by Deloitte in January 2019, from data gathered in the 2017/18 season.]

Real Madrid / Barcelona / Manchester United / Bayern Munich / Manchester City / Paris Saint-Germain / Liverpool / Chelsea / Arsenal / Tottenham Hotspur

Round 3: The last 10 films directed by Alfred Hitchcock [His final 10 feature films according to their release dates, as listed by IMDb.]

Family Plot / Frenzy / Topaz / Torn Curtain / Marnie / The Birds / Psycho / North by Northwest / Vertigo / The Wrong Man

Round 4: The 10 original members of The Pussycat Dolls and Little Mix [The 10 performers in the two groups at the time each group had their first UK number one single.]

Ashley Roberts / Carmit Bachar / Jessica Sutta / Kimberly Wyatt / Melody Thornton / Nicole Scherzinger / Jade Thirlwall / Jesy Nelson / Leigh-Anne Pinnock / Perrie Edwards

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 English ceremonial counties between Lancashire and Shropshire alphabetically

Leicestershire / Lincolnshire / Merseyside / Norfolk / North Yorkshire / Northamptonshire / Northumberland / Nottinghamshire / Oxfordshire / Rutland

Final Round: US Presidents: The 10 surnames of US presidents between Hoover and Pierce alphabetically

Jackson / Jefferson / Johnson / Kennedy / Lincoln / Madison / McKinley / Monroe / Nixon / Obama

Friday 31 January 2020 [s4ep50, repeated on Monday 11 May 2020, Friday 18 December 2020 and Monday 1 August 2022]

[s4ep50] The Leading Ladies

Round 1: The first 10 UK National Parks [The first 10 parks to be designated in the UK.]

Peak District / Lake District / Snowdonia / Dartmoor / Pembrokeshire Coast / North York Moors / Yorkshire Dales / Exmoor / Northumberland / Brecon Beacons

Round 2: Top 10 characters in the musical ‘Les Miserables’ [according to StageAgent.com, as of 9 April 2019.]

Cosette / Enjoiras / Eponine / Fontine / Gavroche / Javert / Jean Valjean / Madame Thenardier / Marius / Monsiuer Thenardier

Round 3: The 10 French and German words for weekdays [The 10 French and German words for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.]

Lundi / Monntag / Mardi / Dienstag / Mercredi / Mittwoch / Jeudi / Donnerstag / Vendredi / Freitag

Round 4: Top 10 Prince singles [The 10 best-selling UK singles released by Prince, according to figures compiled by the Official Charts Company in 2018; includes singles credited to Prince as a solo artist, and alongside a backing band; in the case of double A sides each side is a single answer.]

1999 / Little Red Corvette / Purple Rain / When Doves Cry / Kiss / Let’s Go Crazy / Take Me With You / Raspberry Beret / The Most Beautiful Girl in the World / Batdance

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 fruits in Robinson’s Fruit Squash range [The 10 different fruits named in the ingredients of the Robinson’s Family Favourites range of fruit squash; they are named as “from concentrate” or “juice from concentrate”; these are drinks listed on the Robinson’s Squash website, as of March  2019.]

Apple / Blackcurrant / Cherry / Lemon / Mango / Orange / Passionfruit / Pineapple / Plum / Strawberry

Final Round: US States: The 10 US states alphabetically between Connecticut and Louisiana

Delaware / Florida / Georgia / Hawaii / Idaho / Illinois / Indiana / Iowa / Kansas / Kentucky