A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began last week. Here are the questions and answers for today’s episode, Monday 18 September 2023, in the format used elsewhere on this Blog: the questions, how the team fared and the answers.

The Questions

Monday 18 September 2023

[S7Ep1] Team name: The Eyes Have It

Round 1: 10 American football teams in the NFL [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show 10 words that follow a location in the current names of American football teams in the National Football League; we are looking for the location that goes before the word in the names of these NFL teams … as of September 2022.”]

The clues: Ravens / Bills / Panthers / Bengals / Broncos / Jaguars / Dolphins / 49ers / Seahawks / Commanders

Round 2: Top 10 countries for Michelin starred restaurants [The countries with the most Michelin starred restaurants, with 1, 2 or 3 stars; according to the official Michelin website as of September 2022.]

Round 3: The 10 UK Number 1 singles of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera [Includes songs recorded as solo artists and as part of ensembles and as featured artists; as of 14 September 2022.]

Round 4: The last 10 surnames of US presidents in whichat least one letter is repeated [Any letter can be repeated in the surname, and the repeated letters do not have to be next to each other.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): 10 Bond films by theme performers [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the names of 10 artists that have performed the main theme song for a James Bond film; we’re looking for the titles of the 10 corresponding films; this is as of the most recent Bond film, released September 2021.”]

The clues: Tom Jones / Nancy Sinatra / Paul McCartney & Wings / Carly Simon / Sheena Easton / Duran Duran / A-ha / Garbage / Adele / Billie Eilish

Final Round: Science: The 10 elements of the periodic table that end with ‘UM’ and also begin with the letters ‘C’ or ‘I’ [As of 2022.]

How the team fared

Monday 18 September 2023, S7Ep1, The Eyes Have It

All 5 members of Playing to Windsor made it to the final round playing for 56k and named 9 of the 10 elements of the periodic table that end with ‘UM’ and also begin with the letters ‘C’ or ‘I’ . The remaining answer: Copernicium.

Questions and Answers

Monday 18 September 2023

[S7Ep1] Team name: The Eyes Have It

Round 1: 10 American football teams in the NFL [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show 10 words that follow a location in the current names of American football teams in the National Football League; we are looking for the location that goes before the word in the names of these NFL teams … as of September 2022.”]

The clues: Ravens / Bills / Panthers / Bengals / Broncos / Jaguars / Dolphins / 49ers / Seahawks / Commanders

The answers: Baltimore / Buffalo / Carolina / Cincinnati / Denver / Jacksonville / Miami / San Francisco / Seatle / Washington

Round 2: Top 10 countries for Michelin starred restaurants [The countries with the most Michelin starred restaurants, with 1, 2 or 3 stars; according to the official Michelin website as of September 2022.]

France / Japan / Italy / Germany / Spain / USA / China / United Kingdom / Belgium / Netherlands

Round 3: The 10 UK Number 1 singles of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera [Includes songs recorded as solo artists and as part of ensembles and as featured artists; as of 14 September 2022.]

… Baby One More Time / Genie in a Bottle / Born To Make You Happy / Oops!… I Did It Again / Lady Marmalade / Dirrty / Beautiful / Toxic / Everytime / Scream & Shout

Round 4: The last 10 surnames of US presidents in whichat least one letter is repeated [Any letter can be repeated in the surname, and the repeated letters do not have to be next to each other.]

Obama / Clinton / Reagan / Carter / Nixon / Johnson / Kennedy / Eisenhower / Roosevelt / Hoover

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): 10 Bond films by theme performers [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the names of 10 artists that have performed the main theme song for a James Bond film; we’re looking for the titles of the 10 corresponding films; this is as of the most recent Bond film, released September 2021.”]

The clues: Tom Jones / Nancy Sinatra / Paul McCartney & Wings / Carly Simon / Sheena Easton / Duran Duran / A-ha / Garbage / Adele / Billie Eilish

The answers: Thunderball / You Only Live Twice / Live and Let Die / The Spy Who Loved Me / For Your Eyes Only / A View to a Kill / The Living Daylights / The World is Not Enough / Skyfall / No Time to Die

Final Round: Science: The 10 elements of the periodic table that end with ‘UM’ and also begin with the letters ‘C’ or ‘I’ [As of 2022.]

Cadmium / Caesium / Calcium / Californium / Cerium / Chromium / Copernicium / Curium / Indium / Iridium