A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began on Monday 11 September 2023. Here are the questions and answers for Friday 29 September 2023 in the format used elsewhere on this Blog: the questions, how the team fared and the answers.

The Questions

Friday 29 September 2023 [Repeated on Monday 29 July 2024]

[S7Ep10] Team name: Clither-OMG

Round 1: 10 UK Top 40 singles that have the surnames of ‘Mr Men’ in their titles [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the titles of 10 UK Top 40 singles along with the artist who performed them; however, each title has a word missing; this word is also the surname of a character from the children’s book series ‘Mr Men’ created by Roger Hargreaves; we want you to tell us the missing word.”]

The clues: Long ____ Sally (Little Richard) / ____ for Cats (Squeeze) / Ain’t ____ (Rufus and Chaka Khan) / Shiny ____ People (REM) / It’s Oh So ____ (Bjork) / ____ 10 (The Beautiful South) / ____ Enough (Cher) / All the ____ Things (Blink 182) / Breathe ____ (Alesha Dixon) / The ____ Song (Bruno Mars)

[Usually the clues or the answers are in alphabetical order; it looks like these clues were in chronological order, the oldest chart entries first.]

Round 2: The 10 outfield players on the England women’s football team at the end of the Euro 2022 final [The players on the pitch at the end of the game, after 30 minutes of extra time.]

Round 3: The 10 ingredients in Jamie Oliver’s Victoria Sponge recipe [According to jamieoliver.com.]

Round 4: The last 10 US States alphabetically with seven or more consonants in their names

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): 10 people born in the 19th century [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show clues to famous people who were born in the 19th century … we are looking for the names that they are most commonly known by. “]

The clues: US President, assassinated 1865 / Lord Byron’s mathematician child / Won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 / Baseball player nicknamed ‘Sultan of Swat’ / Engineer who designed the ‘Bouncing Bomb’ / Author of ‘Middlemarch’ / Escapologist born Erik Weisz / Australian outlaw played by Heath Ledger in 2003 film / UK Queen (1837-1901) / Artist who painted ‘The Night Café’ at Arles

Final Round: Commonwealth Games: Top 10 nations in the 2022 Commonwealth Games medal table [The Games held in Birmingham in 2022.]

How the team fared

Friday 29 September 2023, S7Ep10, Clither-OMG

All 5 members of Clither-OMG made it to the final round playing for 13.5k and named 9 of the top 10 nations in the 2022 Commonwealth Games medal table. The remaining answer: Malaysia.

Questions and Answers

Friday 29 September 2023 [Repeated on Monday 29 July 2024]

[S7Ep10] Team name: Clither-OMG

Round 1: 10 UK Top 40 singles that have the surnames of ‘Mr Men’ in their titles [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the titles of 10 UK Top 40 singles along with the artist who performed them; however, each title has a word missing; this word is also the surname of a character from the children’s book series ‘Mr Men’ created by Roger Hargreaves; we want you to tell us the missing word.”]

The clues: Long ____ Sally (Little Richard) / ____ for Cats (Squeeze) / Ain’t ____ (Rufus and Chaka Khan) / Shiny ____ People (REM) / It’s Oh So ____ (Bjork) / ____ 10 (The Beautiful South) / ____ Enough (Cher) / All the ____ Things (Blink 182) / Breathe ____ (Alesha Dixon) / The ____ Song (Bruno Mars)

The answers: Tall / Cool / Nobody / Happy / Quiet / Perfect / Strong / Small / Slow / Lazy

[Usually the clues or the answers are in alphabetical order; it looks like these clues were in chronological order, the oldest chart entries first.]

Round 2: The 10 outfield players on the England women’s football team at the end of the Euro 2022 final [The players on the pitch at the end of the game, after 30 minutes of extra time.]

Alex Greenwood / Leah Williamson / Millie Bright / Lucy Bronze / Keira Walsh / Jill Scott / Nikita Parris / Ella Toone / Chloe Kelly / Alessia Russo

Round 3: The 10 ingredients in Jamie Oliver’s Victoria Sponge recipe [According to jamieoliver.com.]

Butter / Cream / Eggs / Golden caster sugar / Icing sugar / Jam / Lemon / Raspberries / Self-raising Flour / Vanilla pod

Round 4: The last 10 US States alphabetically with seven or more consonants in their names

Massachusetts / Mississippi / New Hampshire / North Carolina / North Dakota / Pennsylvania / Rhode Island / South Carolina / Washington / West Virginia

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): 10 people born in the 19th century [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show clues to famous people who were born in the 19th century … we are looking for the names that they are most commonly known by. “]

The clues: US President, assassinated 1865 / Lord Byron’s mathematician child / Won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 / Baseball player nicknamed ‘Sultan of Swat’ / Engineer who designed the ‘Bouncing Bomb’ / Author of ‘Middlemarch’ / Escapologist born Erik Weisz / Australian outlaw played by Heath Ledger in 2003 film / UK Queen (1837-1901) / Artist who painted ‘The Night Café’ at Arles

The answers: Abraham Lincoln / Ada Lovelace / Albert Einstein / Babe Ruth / Barnes Wallis / George Eliot / Harry Houdini / Ned Kelly / Queen Victoria / Vincent van Gogh

Final Round: Commonwealth Games: Top 10 nations in the 2022 Commonwealth Games medal table [The Games held in Birmingham in 2022.]

Australia / England / Canada / India / New Zealand / Scotland / Nigeria / Wales / South Africa / Malaysia