A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began today, Monday 15 February. Here are the questions and answers for today’s show, Series 5 Episode 1 (S5Ep1). For this week’s other shows please follow these links:
Tuesday 16 February 2021 (S5Ep2)
Wednesday 17 February 2021 (S5Ep3)
Thursday 18 February 2021 (S5Ep4)
Friday 19 February 2021 (S5Ep5)
For previous series I have included at least a week’s worth of questions and answers in each post, as in this piece from a year ago. For this series I plan to post one piece for each episode containing the following: the questions, how the team fared and the answers.
The Questions
Monday 15 February 2021 [Repeated on Tuesday 16 August 2022]
[S5Ep1] Team name: Jacques of all trades
Round 1: The first 10 Bond films to not star Sean Connery or Roger Moore [This is from the list of 24 official Eon titles featuring the fictional spy James Bond.]
Round 2: The 10 opponents of Martina Hingis in a tennis Women’s Grand Slam Final
Round 3: 10 first names of British Fashion Award winners [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show you the last names of 10 designers who have won a British Fashion Award. We’re looking for the usual first names of these 10 designers.”]
The 10 surnames: Hindmarch / Macdonald / Lagerfeld / Blahnik / Quant / Lauren / Burton / McCartney / Ford / Westwood
Round 4: The first 10 Abba UK Top 10 singles alphabetically [According to the Official Chart Company as of October 2020.]
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): 10 surnames of people called Mary [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show 10 clues related to well-known historical or fictional figures commonly known by the first name Mary; we are looking for the 10 corresponding last names.”]
The clues: TV baker made Dame in 2020 / Had ‘No More Dramas’ UK Top 10 / Mother of Wendy in ‘Peter Pan’ (1904) / Collided with Zola Budd, 1984 Olympics / ‘ITV Evening News presenter from 2000’ / Wrote ‘The Borrowers’ book series / Nanny played by Julie Andrews (1964) / Retail expert, fronted ‘Mary Queen of Shops’ / Helped set up ‘British Hotel’ for soldiers in Crimean War / Wrote the novel ‘Frankenstein’
Final Round: Bob Marley: The first 10 words of four or more letters in ‘Three Little Birds’ by Bob Marley [The first 10 different words of 4 letters or more in the Top 10 single by Bob Marley; does not include contracted words, therefore “don’t” is not a tenable answer, nor is “cos” as a contraction of “because”, because it can be spelt in different ways, “gonna” is also not an acceptable answer.]
How the team fared
Monday 15 February 2021, S5Ep1, Jacques of all trades
All 5 members of Jacques of all trades made it to the final, playing for 18k, and named all 10 of the first 10 words of four or more letters in ‘Three Little Birds’ by Bob Marley.
Questions and Answers
Monday 15 February 2021 [Repeated on Tuesday 16 August 2022]
[S5Ep1] Team name: Jacques of all trades
Round 1: The first 10 Bond films to not star Sean Connery or Roger Moore [This is from the list of 24 official Eon titles featuring the fictional spy James Bond.]
Skyfall / Quantum of Solace / Casino Royale / Die Another Day / The World Is Not Enough / Tomorrow Never Dies / GoldenEye / Licence To Kill / The Living Daylights / On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Round 2: The 10 opponents of Martina Hingis in a tennis Women’s Grand Slam Final
Jennifer Capriati / Serena Williams / Steffi Graf / Amelie Mauresmo / Lindsay Davenport / Conchita Martinez / Venus Williams / Jana Novotna / Iva Majoli / Mary Pierce
Round 3: 10 first names of British Fashion Award winners [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show you the last names of 10 designers who have won a British Fashion Award. We’re looking for the usual first names of these 10 designers.”]
The 10 surnames: Hindmarch / Macdonald / Lagerfeld / Blahnik / Quant / Lauren / Burton / McCartney / Ford / Westwood
The 10 first names: Anya / Julien / Karl / Manolo / Mary / Ralph / Sarah / Stella / Tom / Vivienne
Round 4: The first 10 Abba UK Top 10 singles alphabetically [According to the Official Chart Company as of October 2020.]
Angeleyes / Chiquitita / Dancing Queen / Does Your Mother Know / Fernando / Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A man After midnight) / I Have a Dream / Knowing Me Knowing You / Lay All Your Love on Me / Mamma Mia
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): 10 surnames of people called Mary [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show 10 clues related to well-known historical or fictional figures commonly known by the first name Mary; we are looking for the 10 corresponding last names.”]
The clues: TV baker made Dame in 2020 / Had ‘No More Dramas’ UK Top 10 / Mother of Wendy in ‘Peter Pan’ (1904) / Collided with Zola Budd, 1984 Olympics / ‘ITV Evening News presenter from 2000’ / Wrote ‘The Borrowers’ book series / Nanny played by Julie Andrews (1964) / Retail expert, fronted ‘Mary Queen of Shops’ / Helped set up ‘British Hotel’ for soldiers in Crimean War / Wrote the novel ‘Frankenstein’
Berry / Blige [Mary J Blige] / Darling / Decker / Nightingale / Norton / Poppins / Portas / Seacole / Shelley
Final Round: Bob Marley: The first 10 words of four or more letters in ‘Three Little Birds’ by Bob Marley [The first 10 different words of 4 letters or more in the Top 10 single by Bob Marley; does not include contracted words, therefore “don’t” is not a tenable answer, nor is “cos” as a contraction of “because”, because it can be spelt in different ways, “gonna” is also not an acceptable answer.]
Worry / About / Thing / Every / Little / Alright / Singing / Rise / This / Morning
The Compartments 