A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began last month. Here are the questions and answers for Tuesday 18 October 2022, Series 6 Episode 21 (S6Ep21).
As with Series 5 last year, I am posting one piece for each episode containing the following: the questions, how the team fared and the answers.
The Questions
Tuesday 18 October 2022
[S6Ep21] Team name: Wright’s Young Things
Round 1: 10 countries of beer brands [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will…” show the names of 10 beers; name the countries that each beer comes from.]
The clues: Quilmes / Carlsberg / Kronenbourg 1664 / Kingfisher / Red Stripe / Asahi Super Dry / Baltika / Tiger / Eles / Coors
Round 2: The first 10 named pigs, dogs and horses in ‘Animal Farm’ [George Orwell’s 1945 novel.]
Round 3: The 10 Lady Gaga singles to spend the most weeks in the Top 40 [according to the Official Chart Company as of the end of 2021.]
Round 4: The first 10 six-letter words ending with the letters ‘TLE’ [The first 10 of these words alphabetically, as listed in Chambers 21st century dictionary on chambers.co.uk; each word has its own entry; does not include hyphenated words, words with apostrophes, or any word that the dictionary spells with an initial capital letter; as of 13 January 2022.]
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): 10 people, places and things with the initials ‘CC’ [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will…” display 10 clues to people, places and things with the initials ‘CC’; we’re looking for the 10 corresponding answers.]
The clues: US president 1923-29 / Nasa launch site Florida / Duplicate email sent to secondary recipients / Railway terminus near Trafalgar Square / Silent film star, played The Tramp / Welsh singer with ‘Voice of an Angel’ album / Supermodel in ‘Freedom! 90’ music video / Governing body of a UK region larger than a city / Played Monica Geller in ‘Friends’ / Distance running over natural terrain
Final Round: Prime Ministers: The last 10 prime ministers with a letter ‘M’ in their name [The last 10 different prime ministers with an ‘M’ in their first name or last name, up to 1 January 2022.]
How the team fared
Tuesday 18 October 2022, S6Ep21, Wright’s Young Things
All 5 members of Wright’s Young Things made it to the final round and won 16k by naming the last 10 prime ministers with a letter ‘M’ in their name.
Questions and Answers
Tuesday 18 October 2022
[S6Ep21] Team name: Wright’s Young Things
Round 1: 10 countries of beer brands [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will…” show the names of 10 beers; name the countries that each beer comes from.]
The clues: Quilmes / Carlsberg / Kronenbourg 1664 / Kingfisher / Red Stripe / Asahi Super Dry / Baltika / Tiger / Eles / Coors
The answers: Argentina / Denmark / France / India / Jamaica / Japan / Russia Singapore / Turkey / United States
Round 2: The first 10 named pigs, dogs and horses in ‘Animal Farm’ [George Orwell’s 1945 novel.]
Major / Bluebell / Jessie / Pincher / Boxer / Clover / Molly / Snowball / Napoleon / Squealer
Round 3: The 10 Lady Gaga singles to spend the most weeks in the Top 40 [according to the Official Chart Company as of the end of 2021.]
Poker Face / Shallow / Bad Romance / The Edge of Glory / Just Dance / Telephone / Born This Way / Rain on Me / / Alejandro / Paparazzi
Round 4: The first 10 six-letter words ending with the letters ‘TLE’ [The first 10 of these words alphabetically, as listed in Chambers 21st century dictionary on chambers.co.uk; each word has its own entry; does not include hyphenated words, words with apostrophes, or any word that the dictionary spells with an initial capital letter; as of 13 January 2022.]
Battle / Beetle / Bottle / Bustle / Castle / Cattle / Fettle / Footle / Gentle / Hurtle
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): 10 people, places and things with the initials ‘CC’ [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will…” display 10 clues to people, places and things with the initials ‘CC’; we’re looking for the 10 corresponding answers.]
The clues: US president 1923-29 / Nasa launch site Florida / Duplicate email sent to secondary recipients / Railway terminus near Trafalgar Square / Silent film star, played The Tramp / Welsh singer with ‘Voice of an Angel’ album / Supermodel in ‘Freedom! 90’ music video / Governing body of a UK region larger than a city / Played Monica Geller in ‘Friends’ / Distance running over natural terrain
The answers: Calvin Coolidge / Cape Canaveral / Carbon copy / Charing Cross / Charlie Chaplin / Charlotte Church / Cindy Crawford / County council / Courtney Cox / Cross country
Final Round: Prime Ministers: The last 10 prime ministers with a letter ‘M’ in their name [The last 10 different prime ministers with an ‘M’ in their first name or last name, up to 1 January 2022.]
Theresa May / David Cameron / John Major / Margaret Thatcher / James Callaghan / Alec Douglas-Home / Harold Macmillan / Clement Attlee / Neville Chamberlain / Ramsay MacDonald
The Compartments 