A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began on Monday 11 September 2023. Here are the questions and answers for Wednesday 27 September 2023, in the format used elsewhere on this Blog: the questions, how the team fared and the answers.

The Questions

Wednesday 27 September 2023 [Repeated on Thursday 25 July 2024]

[S7Ep8] Team name: The Mature Cheddars

Round 1: Top 10 animals in the names of pubs [The names of the animals that appear in the Top 100 most popular pub names in the UK; includes mythical animals; data from pubnames.co.uk as of 5 October 2022.]

Round 2: 10 people and things from Cardiff [10 clues to people or places or things that originated in Cardiff; give the 10 answers that correspond with the clues.]

The clues: Brewers, founded 1882 / Broadcaster, fronted Catatonia / Had 2005 hit album, ‘Tissues and Issues’ / Hurdler, won silver at the 1988 Olympics / Joined Real Madrid from Spurs in 2015 / 2018 Tour de France winner / Played the title role in TV series ‘Hornblower’ / Building Society, founded 1850 / ‘Goldfinger’ and ‘Diamonds are Forever’ singer / Baroness, won 11 Paralympic golds

Round 3: The 10 cricketers and tennis players who have won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award [Up to and including the ceremony held in 2021]

Round 4: The 10 Top 10 UK singles by The Police [According to the Official Chart Company as of October 2022.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): 10 predecessors of famous people [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the names of 10 people and the role they have held; we’re looking for their immediate predecessors in these roles, so the names of the people they replaced.”]

The clues: Liz Truss – UK prime minister / Simon Armitage – poet laureate / Clive Myrie – host of ‘Mastermind’ / Greg James – Radio 1 Breakfast Show host / Phil Collins – lead singer of band Genesis / Daniel Craig – James Bond actor / Edward VII – UK monarch / Justin Welby – Archbishop of Canterbury / Anthony Albanese – Australian prime minister / Sandi Toksvig – ‘QI’ host

Final Round: Ceremonial Counties: The 10 English ceremonial counties between Norfolk and Suffolk alphabetically [Some of the counties in this list have more than one word in their name.]

How the team fared

Wednesday 27 September 2023, S7Ep8, The Mature Cheddars

2 members of The Mature Cheddars made it to the final round and won 1k by naming the 10 English ceremonial counties between Norfolk and Suffolk alphabetically.

Questions and Answers

Wednesday 27 September 2023 [Repeated on Thursday 25 July 2024]

[S7Ep8] Team name: The Mature Cheddars

Round 1: Top 10 animals in the names of pubs [The names of the animals that appear in the Top 100 most popular pub names in the UK; includes mythical animals; data from pubnames.co.uk as of 5 October 2022.]

Lion / Horse / Swan / Bull / Hart / Hounds / Fox / Dragon / Hare / Greyhound

Round 2: 10 people and things from Cardiff [10 clues to people or places or things that originated in Cardiff; give the 10 answers that correspond with the clues.]

The clues: Brewers, founded 1882 / Broadcaster, fronted Catatonia / Had 2005 hit album, ‘Tissues and Issues’ / Hurdler, won silver at the 1988 Olympics / Joined Real Madrid from Spurs in 2015 / 2018 Tour de France winner / Played the title role in TV series ‘Hornblower’ / Building Society, founded 1850 / ‘Goldfinger’ and ‘Diamonds are Forever’ singer / Baroness, won 11 Paralympic golds

The answers: Brains / Cerys Matthews / Charlotte Church / Colin Jackson / Gareth Bale / Geraint Thomas / Ioan Gruffudd / Principality / Shirley Bassey / Tanni Grey-Thompson

Round 3: The 10 cricketers and tennis players who have won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award [Up to and including the ceremony held in 2021]

Jim Laker / Ann Jones / David Steele / Virginia Wade / Ian Botham / Greg Rusedski / Andrew Flintoff / Andy Murray / Ben Stokes / Emma Raducanu

Round 4: The 10 Top 10 UK singles by The Police [According to the Official Chart Company as of October 2022.]

Wrapped Around Your Finger / Every Breath You Take / Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic / Invisible Sun / De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da / Don’t Stand So Close To Me / So Lonely / Walking On The Moon / Message In A Bottle / Can’t Stand Losing You

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): 10 predecessors of famous people [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the names of 10 people and the role they have held; we’re looking for their immediate predecessors in these roles, so the names of the people they replaced.”]

The clues: Liz Truss – UK prime minister / Simon Armitage – poet laureate / Clive Myrie – host of ‘Mastermind’ / Greg James – Radio 1 Breakfast Show host / Phil Collins – lead singer of band Genesis / Daniel Craig – James Bond actor / Edward VII – UK monarch / Justin Welby – Archbishop of Canterbury / Anthony Albanese – Australian prime minister / Sandi Toksvig – ‘QI’ host

The answers: Boris Johnson / Carol Ann Duffy / John Humphrys / Nick Grimshaw / Peter Gabriel / Pierce Brosnan / Queen Victoria / Rowan Williams / Scott Morrison / Stephen Fry

Final Round: Ceremonial Counties: The 10 English ceremonial counties between Norfolk and Suffolk alphabetically [Some of the counties in this list have more than one word in their name.]

North Yorkshire / Northamptonshire / Northumberland / Nottinghamshire / Oxfordshire / Rutland / Shropshire / Somerset / South Yorkshire / Staffordshire