A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began on Monday 11 September 2023. Here are the questions and answers for today’s episode, Monday 25 September 2023, in the format used elsewhere on this Blog: the questions, how the team fared and the answers.

The Questions

Monday 25 September 2023 [Repeated on Tuesday 23 July 2024]

[S7Ep6] Team name: The Wazz Beans

Round 1: 10 pop bands with siblings as members [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the titles of 10 UK Top 40 songs by pop groups with at least one set of siblings as members; we would like you to name the group that had a hit with the song in the year shown…” ]

The clues: Never Ever (1997) / Yesterday Once More (1973) / Falling (2013) / Sex on Fire (2008) / Pass the Dutchie (1982) / Eternal Flame (1989) / Good Vibrations (1966) / Summer Breeze (1974) / I’m So Excited (1984) / I’m Gonna Be (500 miles) (1988)

Round 2: The first 10 five and six-letter words ending the letters ‘IGN’ [The first 10 of these words alphabetically, as listed in Chambers 21st century dictionary on chambers.co.uk; each word has its own entry and is in blue on the website; does not include hyphenated words, words prefixed with a hyphen, words with apostrophes, or any word that the dictionary spells with an initial capital letter.]

Round 3: 10 places in the titles of books [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the titles of 10 books that feature a place name in the title, and the name of the author; however, we have removed the place name from each title; we are looking for the 10 place names that correspond with the titles on the Tower.”]

The clues: Looking for ____ (John Green) / The ____ Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer) / The ____ Serpent (Sarah Perry) / Our Man in ____ (Graham Greene) / A Passage to ____ (EM Forster) / ____ Inn (Daphne du Maurier) / The Hotel ____ ____ (John Irving) / From ____ With Love (Ian Fleming) / Wide ____ ____ (Jean Rhys) / Road to ____ Pier (George Orwell)

Round 4: The 10 teams Peter Crouch and Frank Lampard played for in their Premier League careers [According to PremierLeague.com; only includes the teams that were in the Premier League at the times the players were playing for them; does not include any teams they were sent to on loan.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 capital cities closest to Prague [Measurements are according to Google Maps, and are as the crow flies.]

Final Round: Marvel Films: The first 10 Marvel Cinematic Universe films that have a title that contains a colon [Based on titles listed on the movies page on the official Marvel website, as of August 2022.]

How the team fared

Monday 25 September 2023, S7Ep6, The Wazz Beans

All 5 members of The Wazz Beans made it to the final round and won 14k by naming the first 10 Marvel Cinematic Universe films that have a title that contains a colon.

Questions and Answers

Monday 25 September 2023 [Repeated on Tuesday 23 July 2024]

[S7Ep6] Team name: The Wazz Beans

Round 1: 10 pop bands with siblings as members [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the titles of 10 UK Top 40 songs by pop groups with at least one set of siblings as members; we would like you to name the group that had a hit with the song in the year shown…” ]

The clues: Never Ever (1997) / Yesterday Once More (1973) / Falling (2013) / Sex on Fire (2008) / Pass the Dutchie (1982) / Eternal Flame (1989) / Good Vibrations (1966) / Summer Breeze (1974) / I’m So Excited (1984) / I’m Gonna Be (500 miles) (1988)

The answers: All Saints / Carpenters / Haim / Kings of Leon / Musical Youth / The Bangles / The Beach Boys / The Isley Brothers / The Pointer Sisters / The Proclaimers

Round 2: The first 10 five and six-letter words ending the letters ‘IGN’ [The first 10 of these words alphabetically, as listed in Chambers 21st century dictionary on chambers.co.uk; each word has its own entry and is in blue on the website; does not include hyphenated words, words prefixed with a hyphen, words with apostrophes, or any word that the dictionary spells with an initial capital letter.]

Align / Assign / Benign / Deign / Design / Ensign / Feign / Malign / Reign / Resign

Round 3: 10 places in the titles of books [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the titles of 10 books that feature a place name in the title, and the name of the author; however, we have removed the place name from each title; we are looking for the 10 place names that correspond with the titles on the Tower.”]

The clues: Looking for ____ (John Green) / The ____ Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer) / The ____ Serpent (Sarah Perry) / Our Man in ____ (Graham Greene) / A Passage to ____ (EM Forster) / ____ Inn (Daphne du Maurier) / The Hotel ____ ____ (John Irving) / From ____ With Love (Ian Fleming) / Wide ____ ____ (Jean Rhys) / Road to ____ Pier (George Orwell)

The answers: Alaska / Canterbury / Essex / Havana / India / Jamaica / New Hampshire / Russia / Sargasso Sea / Wigan

Round 4: The 10 teams Peter Crouch and Frank Lampard played for in their Premier League careers [According to PremierLeague.com; only includes the teams that were in the Premier League at the times the players were playing for them; does not include any teams they were sent to on loan.]

Aston Villa / Burnley / Chelsea / Liverpool / Manchester City / Portsmouth / Southampton / Stoke City / Tottenham Hotspur / West Ham United

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 capital cities closest to Prague [Measurements are according to Google Maps, and are as the crow flies.]

Vienna / Berlin / Bratislava / Budapest / Ljubljana / Vaduz / Zagreb / Warsaw / Luxembourg / Bern

Final Round: Marvel Films: The first 10 Marvel Cinematic Universe films that have a title that contains a colon [Based on titles listed on the movies page on the official Marvel website, as of August 2022.]

Captain America: The First Avenger / Thor: The Dark World / Captain America: The Winter Soldier / Avengers: Age of Ultron / Captain America: Civil War / Spider-Man: Homecoming / Thor: Ragnarok / Avengers: Infinity War / Avengers: Endgame / Spider-Man: Far From Home