A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began last week. Here are the questions and answers for today’s episode, Tuesday 19 September 2023, in the format used elsewhere on this Blog: the questions, how the team fared and the answers.
The Questions
Tuesday 19 September 2023
[S7Ep2] Team name: Vicars in a Twist
Round 1: The last 10 words alphabetically – with 5, 6, 7 or 8 letters – in the titles of Top 10 singles by Steps [All the words from the Top 10 singles by Steps containing 5, 6, 7 or 8 letters have been put into an alphabetical list; the correct answers here are the last 10 words in that list; does not include contracted words such as “You’ll”.]
Round 2: 10 celebrity weddings since 2000 [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show you the names of 10 people along with a year and a venue or place where they married a celebrity; we are looking for the name of the person they married.”]
The clues: Kim Sears (2015, Dunblane Cathedral) / Nicola Peltz (2022, Palm Beach) / Michael Douglas (2000, New York) / Portia De Rossi (2008, Los Angeles) / Christine Bleakley (2015, Knightsbridge, London) / Beyoncé (2008, New York) / Ben Affleck (2022, Little White Wedding Chapel) / Chrissy Teigen (2013, Villa Pizza) / Meghan Markle (2018, St George’s Chapel) / Katie Holmes (2006, Odescalchi Castle)
Round 3: The 10 elements beginning with the letters ‘A’ and ‘E’
Round 4: The 10 red wine grapes on The Bottle Club website [As of 11 October 2022.]
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): 10 famous abbeys [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show clues to 10 famous places or things with abbey in their name; we are looking for the famous abbey each clue is describing.”]
The clues: School in BBC’s ‘Bad Education’ series / Bank acquired by Santander in 2004 / 1969 album by The Beatles / Somerset church next to famous thermal spa / Site of 1066 Hastings conflict / Julian Fellowes TV period drama series / 1818 Jane Austen novel / Wordsworth poem set on the River Wye / 2011 royal wedding venue / Yorkshire monastery featured in the novel ‘Dracula’
Final Round: Historical Figures: 10 people who have appeared on banknotes [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower … “ will show clues to the names of 10 people who have appeared on UK banknotes; give the names of these historical figures.”]
[It looks like this is the first time there have been 10 clues to the answers in a Final Round.]
The clues: ‘Wealth of Nations’ economist / Enigma code cracker / ‘Oliver Twist author / St Peter’s Cathedral designer / Nicknamed ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ / Engineer and ‘Father of the Railways’ / ‘Pride and Prejudice’ author / Painter of ‘The Fighting Temeraire’ / ‘Cymbeline’ playwright / Appointed prime minister in 1940
How the team fared
Tuesday 19 September 2023, S7Ep2, Vicars in a Twist
All 5 members of Vicars in a Twist made it to the final round and won 7k by naming 10 people who have appeared on banknotes.
Questions and Answers
Tuesday 19 September 2023
[S7Ep2] Team name: Vicars in a Twist
Round 1: The last 10 words alphabetically – with 5, 6, 7 or 8 letters – in the titles of Top 10 singles by Steps [All the words from the Top 10 singles by Steps containing 5, 6, 7 or 8 letters have been put into an alphabetical list; the correct answers here are the last 10 words in that list; does not include contracted words such as “You’ll”.]
Heart / Reaction / Shade / Sorrow / Sorry / Stomp / Summer / Thing / Tragedy / Words
Round 2: 10 celebrity weddings since 2000 [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show you the names of 10 people along with a year and a venue or place where they married a celebrity; we are looking for the name of the person they married.”]
The clues: Kim Sears (2015, Dunblane Cathedral) / Nicola Peltz (2022, Palm Beach) / Michael Douglas (2000, New York) / Portia De Rossi (2008, Los Angeles) / Christine Bleakley (2015, Knightsbridge, London) / Beyoncé (2008, New York) / Ben Affleck (2022, Little White Wedding Chapel) / Chrissy Teigen (2013, Villa Pizza) / Meghan Markle (2018, St George’s Chapel) / Katie Holmes (2006, Odescalchi Castle)
The answers: Andy Murray / Brooklyn Beckham / Catherine Zeta-Jones / Ellen DeGeneres / Frank Lampard / Jay-Z / Jennifer Lopez / John Legend / Prince Harry / Tom Cruise
Round 3: The 10 elements beginning with the letters ‘A’ and ‘E’
Actinium / Aluminium / Americium / Antimony / Argon / Arsenic / Astatine / Einsteinium / Erbium / Europium
Round 4: The 10 red wine grapes on The Bottle Club website [As of 11 October 2022.]
Barbera / Cabernet Sauvignon / Grenache / Merlot / Malbec / Pinot Noir / Sangiovese / Shiraz / Tempranillo / Zinfandel
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): 10 famous abbeys [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show clues to 10 famous places or things with abbey in their name; we are looking for the famous abbey each clue is describing.”]
The clues: School in BBC’s ‘Bad Education’ series / Bank acquired by Santander in 2004 / 1969 album by The Beatles / Somerset church next to famous thermal spa / Site of 1066 Hastings conflict / Julian Fellowes TV period drama series / 1818 Jane Austen novel / Wordsworth poem set on the River Wye / 2011 royal wedding venue / Yorkshire monastery featured in the novel ‘Dracula’
The answers: Abbey Grove / Abbey National / Abbey Road / Bath Abbey / Battle Abbey / Downton Abbey / Northanger Abbey / Tintern Abbey / Westminster Abbey / Whitby Abbey
Final Round: Historical Figures: 10 people who have appeared on banknotes [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower … “ will show clues to the names of 10 people who have appeared on UK banknotes; give the names of these historical figures.”]
[It looks like this is the first time there have been 10 clues to the answers in a Final Round.]
The clues: ‘Wealth of Nations’ economist / Enigma code cracker / ‘Oliver Twist author / St Peter’s Cathedral designer / Nicknamed ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ / Engineer and ‘Father of the Railways’ / ‘Pride and Prejudice’ author / Painter of ‘The Fighting Temeraire’ / ‘Cymbeline’ playwright / Appointed prime minister in 1940
The answers: Adam Smith / Alan Turing / Charles Dickens / Christopher Wren / Florence Nightingale / George Stephenson / Jane Austen / JMW Turner / William Shakespeare / Winston Churchill
The Compartments 
I was one of the contestants who filmed for this series (I’ll be way down the line), I can confirm that this is the first time they’re using clue boards for the final. They made sure we were aware of that before we filmed.
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Thanks for the inside information.
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