A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began today, Monday 11 September 2023. Here are the questions and answers for today’s episode, in the format used elsewhere on this Blog: the questions, how the team fared and the answers.

The Questions

Monday 11 September 2023

[S6, no episode number given on my TV] Team name: Playing to Windsor

Round 1: 10 Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals by songs [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the titles of 10 songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals; we are looking for the 10 corresponding musicals that feature those songs.”]

The clues: Love Changes Everything / Memory / The Godmother’s Shop / Buenos Aires / Gethsemane / Poor, Poor Pharaoh / Stick It to the Man / Rolling Stock / With One Look / Masquerade

Round 2: The last 10 teams in the Premier League for only one season [The last 10 to be promoted and then relegated the following year, as at the end of the 2020/21 season.]

Round 3: The first 10 Mr. Men characters alphabetically with four-letter names [The titles of books by Roger and Adam Hargreaves, according to MrMen.com as of December 2021.]

Round 4: 10 artists by artworks [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the titles of 10 major artworks from the 19th and 20th centuries and the year in which they were completed or first exhibited; we’re looking for the names of the 10 artists that created the works on this list.”]

The clues: The Persistence of Memory (1931) / My Bed (1998) / The Starry Night (1889) / The Angel of the North (1998) / Nighthawks (1942) / Balloon Dog (1994) / The Snail (1953) / Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge (1899) / Guernica (1937) / Movement in Squares (1961)

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 most common final words in the names of National Rail stations [According to the list on the National Rail website on 10 January 2022; hyphenated words are treated as two separate words.]

Final Round: UK Geography: The 10 cities nearest Newcastle-upon-Tyne [As of 7 December 2020.]

How the team fared

Monday 11 September 2023, S6, Playing to Windsor

4 members of Playing to Windsor made it to the final round playing for 5.5k and named 8 of the 10 cities nearest Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The remaining answers: Bradford, Wakefield.

Questions and Answers

Monday 11 September 2023

[S6, no episode number given on my TV] Team name: Playing to Windsor

Round 1: 10 Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals by songs [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the titles of 10 songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals; we are looking for the 10 corresponding musicals that feature those songs.”]

The clues: Love Changes Everything / Memory / The Godmother’s Shop / Buenos Aires / Gethsemane / Poor, Poor Pharaoh / Stick It to the Man / Rolling Stock / With One Look / Masquerade

The answers: Aspects of Love / Cats / Cinderella / Evita / Jesus Christ Superstar / Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat / School of Rock / Starlight Express / Sunset Boulevard / The Phantom of the Opera

Round 2: The last 10 teams in the Premier League for only one season [The last 10 to be promoted and then relegated the following year, as at the end of the 2020/21 season.]

Fulham / West Bromwich Albion / Norwich City / Cardiff City / Hull City / Middlesbrough / Burnley / Queens Park Rangers / Reading / Blackpool

Round 3: The first 10 Mr. Men characters alphabetically with four-letter names [The titles of books by Roger and Adam Hargreaves, according to MrMen.com as of December 2021.]

Mr. Bump / Mr. Busy / Mr. Calm / Mr. Cool / Mr. Good / Mr. Lazy / Mr. Mean / Mr. Rude / Mr. Rush / Mr. Slow

Round 4: 10 artists by artworks [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the titles of 10 major artworks from the 19th and 20th centuries and the year in which they were completed or first exhibited; we’re looking for the names of the 10 artists that created the works on this list.”]

The clues: The Persistence of Memory (1931) / My Bed (1998) / The Starry Night (1889) / The Angel of the North (1998) / Nighthawks (1942) / Balloon Dog (1994) / The Snail (1953) / Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge (1899) / Guernica (1937) / Movement in Squares (1961)

The answers: Salvador Dali / Tracey Emin / Vincent van Gogh / Anthony Gormley / Edward Hopper / Jeff Koons / Henri Matisse / Claude Monet / Pablo Picasso / Bridget Riley

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 most common final words in the names of National Rail stations [According to the list on the National Rail website on 10 January 2022; hyphenated words are treated as two separate words.]

Park / Road / Central / Street / Hill / Bridge / Green / Parkway / Town / Junction

Final Round: UK Geography: The 10 cities nearest Newcastle-upon-Tyne [As of 7 December 2020.]

Sunderland / Durham / Carlisle / Ripon / York / Lancaster / Leeds / Bradford / Wakefield / Edinburgh