A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began on Monday 15 February. Here are the questions and answers for Monday 19 April, Series 5 Episode 31 (S5Ep31). Sally Lindsay continues to stand in for the show’s usual presenter Warwick Davis.
For previous series I have included at least a week’s worth of questions and answers in each post, as in this piece from last year. For this series I plan to post one piece for each episode containing the following: the questions, how the team fared and the answers.
Here are links to the 30 previous episodes in the current series:
Monday 15 February 2021 (S5Ep1)
Tuesday 16 February 2021 (S5Ep2)
Wednesday 17 February 2021 (S5Ep3)
Thursday 18 February 2021 (S5Ep4)
Friday 19 February 2021 (S5Ep5)
Monday 22 February 2021 (S5Ep6)
Tuesday 23 February 2021 (S5Ep7)
Wednesday 24 February 2021 (S5Ep8)
Thursday 25 February 2021 (S5Ep9)
Friday 26 February 2021 (S5Ep10)
Monday 1 March 2021 (S5Ep11)
Tuesday 2 March 2021 (S5Ep12)
Wednesday 3 March 2021 (S5Ep13)
Thursday 4 March 2021 (S5Ep14)
Friday 5 March 2021 (S5Ep15)
Monday 8 March 2021 (S5Ep16)
Tuesday 9 March 2021 (S5Ep17)
Wednesday 10 March 2021 (S5Ep18)
Thursday 11 March 2021 (S5Ep19)
Friday 12 March 2021 (S5Ep20)
Monday 22 March 2021 (S5Ep21)
Tuesday 23 March 2021 (S5Ep22)
Wednesday 24 March 2021 (S5Ep23)
Thursday 25 March 2021 (S5Ep24)
Friday 26 March 2021 (S5Ep25)
Monday 12 April 2021 (S5Ep26)
Tuesday 13 April 2021 (S5Ep27)
Wednesday 14 April 2021 (S5Ep28)
Thursday 15 April 2021 (S5Ep29)
Friday 16 April 2021 (S5Ep30)
The Questions
Monday 19 April 2021 [Series 5 Episode 31]
[S5Ep31] Team name: Sweet Charity
Round 1: The 10 types of nut sold in Holland and Barrett [As of September 2020, as listed under “select category” on the “Nuts” page of the company website; botanically, some of these items would be counted as seeds, fruits or legumes, but all are regarded as nuts for culinary purposes.]
Round 2: 10 surnames of people called Jane [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show 10 clues relating to well-known historical or fictional figures commonly known by the first name Jane; we are looking for the 10 corresponding last names.”]
The clues: Third wife of Henry VIII / Singer, starred in 1998 series ‘The Cruise’ / Sleuth in Christie’s ‘4.50 from Paddington’ / Track-suited ‘Glee’ coach Sue Sylvester / Bubble in ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ / The ‘nine-day’ queen of England (1553) / Leading chimpanzee expert / ‘Barbarella’ star, made over 20 workout videos / Sister of Michael in Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins’ / Wrote ‘Sense and Sensibility’ (1811)
Round 3: The first 10 Elvis Presley Top 10 singles with two-word titles [According to the Official Chart Company as of January 2020; does not include any song titles that include hyphenated words, or words with apostrophes; words that are in brackets will be counted, so “(Let me be your) Teddy Bear” would not be acceptable.]
Round 4: The last 10 presidential surnames of five or fewer letters [The last 10 different surnames, up to and including the incumbent as of 21 January 2021; Martin van Buren is not included in this list as his surname is “van Buren”.]
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): 10 ‘The Lord of the Rings’ characters by actors [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the names of 10 actors who appear in the 2001 film “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” directed by Peter Jackson; we’re looking for the names of the characters they played in the film.”]
The actors: Viggo Mortensen / Liv Tyler / Ian Holm / Sean Bean / Cate Blanchett / Ian McKellen / Orlando Bloom / Dominic Monaghan / Billy Boyd / Christopher Lee
Final Round: Countries: The first 10 two-word countries after Marshall Islands alphabetically [“ … for fairness, North Macedonia is not ‘Tenable’ as it’s only changed its name recently”.]
How the team fared
Monday 19 April 2021, S5Ep31, Sweet Charity
All 5 members of Sweet Charity made it to the final playing for 17k and named 8 of the first 10 two-word countries after Marshall Islands alphabetically. The remaining answers: San Marino, Sierra Leone.
Questions and Answers
Monday 19 April 2021 [Series 5 Episode 31]
[S5Ep31] Team name: Sweet Charity
Round 1: The 10 types of nut sold in Holland and Barrett [As of September 2020, as listed under “select category” on the “Nuts” page of the company website; botanically, some of these items would be counted as seeds, fruits or legumes, but all are regarded as nuts for culinary purposes.]
Almonds / Brazil Nuts / Cashew Nuts / Hazelnuts / Macadamias / Peanuts / Pecans / Pine Nuts / Pistachios / Walnuts
Round 2: 10 surnames of people called Jane [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show 10 clues relating to well-known historical or fictional figures commonly known by the first name Jane; we are looking for the 10 corresponding last names.”]
The clues: Third wife of Henry VIII / Singer, starred in 1998 series ‘The Cruise’ / Sleuth in Christie’s ‘4.50 from Paddington’ / Track-suited ‘Glee’ coach Sue Sylvester / Bubble in ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ / The ‘nine-day’ queen of England (1553) / Leading chimpanzee expert / ‘Barbarella’ star, made over 20 workout videos / Sister of Michael in Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins’ / Wrote ‘Sense and Sensibility’ (1811)
The answers: Seymour / McDonald / Marple / Lynch / Horrocks / Grey / Goodall / Fonda / Banks / Austen
Round 3: The first 10 Elvis Presley Top 10 singles with two-word titles [According to the Official Chart Company as of January 2020; does not include any song titles that include hyphenated words, or words with apostrophes; words that are in brackets will be counted, so “(Let me be your) Teddy Bear” would not be acceptable.]
Heartbreak Hotel / Hound Dog / Blue Moon / Too Much / Jailhouse Rock / King Creole / One Night / Wooden Heart / Little Sister / Kissin’ Cousins
Round 4: The last 10 presidential surnames of five or fewer letters [The last 10 different surnames, up to and including the incumbent as of 21 January 2021; Martin van Buren is not included in this list as his surname is “van Buren”.]
Biden / Trump / Obama / Bush / Ford / Nixon / Taft / Hayes / Grant / Polk
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): 10 ‘The Lord of the Rings’ characters by actors [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the names of 10 actors who appear in the 2001 film “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” directed by Peter Jackson; we’re looking for the names of the characters they played in the film.”]
The actors: Viggo Mortensen / Liv Tyler / Ian Holm / Sean Bean / Cate Blanchett / Ian McKellen / Orlando Bloom / Dominic Monaghan / Billy Boyd / Christopher Lee
The characters: Aragorn / Arwen / Bilbo Baggins / Boromir / Galadriel / Gandalf / Legolas / Merry / Pippin / Saruman
Final Round: Countries: The first 10 two-word countries after Marshall Islands alphabetically [“ … for fairness, North Macedonia is not ‘Tenable’ as it’s only changed its name recently”.]
New Zealand / North Korea/ Saint Lucia / San Marino / Saudi Arabia / Sierra Leone / Solomon Islands/ South Africa / South Korea / South Sudan
The Compartments 