A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began on Monday 11 September 2023. Here are the questions and answers for Wednesday 4 October 2023, in the format used elsewhere on this Blog: the questions, how the team fared and the answers.

The Questions

Wednesday 4 October 2023 [Repeated on Wednesday 7 August 2024]

[S7Ep13] Team name: The Newey Kids on the Block

Round 1: 10 episodes of animated TV series [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the titles of 10 episodes of animated TV series; we’re looking for the titles of the TV series …”]

The clues: Tiptoe through the Penfolds / Scrooge’s Last Adventure / Pup a Doodle Do / Muddy Puddles / Chuckie’s First Haircut / Home Sweet Pineapple / Two Men on a Dinosaur / The Coming of Astro / Marge vs the Monorail / Mumm-Ra Lives! Part 1

Round 2: The 10 titles of Shakespeare comedies that contain the letter ‘A’ [The Comedies category and titles are as listed on the RSC website RSC.org.uk as of October 2022.]

Round 3: The last 10 actors to play Batman and Catwoman [The last 10 to play Batman, Catwoman or Selina Kyle, the alias of Catwoman in a feature-length live action film; only includes films in the official DC series as listed on their website; actors who voiced the characters in animated films are not acceptable answers; up to and including the most recent film “The Batman” released in 2022.]

Round 4: 10 countries by their 21st century prime ministers [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the names of 10 people and the year in which they first became prime minister of a country; we’re looking for the name of the country.”]

The clues: Julia Gillard (2010) / Justin Trudeau (2015) / Helle Thorning-Schmidt (2011) / Sanna Marin (2019) / Narendra Modi (2014) / Leo Varadkar (2017) / Fumio Kishida (2021) / Mark Rutte (2010) / Jacinda Ardern (2017) / Imran Khan (2018)

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): Top 10 Robbie Williams singles [Top 10 solo Robbie Williams singles by total UK units sold, according to The Official Chart Company as of 13 September 2022; no duets, collaborations or singles recorded as part of Take That.]

Final Round: Countries: The last 10 one-word country names that contain both the letters ‘U’ and ‘N’ [The last 10 alphabetically, as of October 2022.]

How the team fared

Wednesday 4 October 2023, S7Ep13, The Newey Kids on the Block

4 members of The Newey Kids on the Block made it to the final round and won 7k by naming the last 10 one-word country names that contain both the letters ‘U’ and ‘N’.

Questions and Answers

Wednesday 4 October 2023 [Repeated on Wednesday 7 August 2024]

[S7Ep13] Team name: The Newey Kids on the Block

Round 1: 10 episodes of animated TV series [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the titles of 10 episodes of animated TV series; we’re looking for the titles of the TV series …”]

The clues: Tiptoe through the Penfolds / Scrooge’s Last Adventure / Pup a Doodle Do / Muddy Puddles / Chuckie’s First Haircut / Home Sweet Pineapple / Two Men on a Dinosaur / The Coming of Astro / Marge vs the Monorail / Mumm-Ra Lives! Part 1

The answers: Danger Mouse / DuckTales / Paw Patrol / Peppa Pig / Rugrats / SpongeBob SquarePants / The Flintstones / The Jetsons / The Simpsons / Thundercats

Round 2: The 10 titles of Shakespeare comedies that contain the letter ‘A’ [The Comedies category and titles are as listed on the RSC website RSC.org.uk as of October 2022.]

A Midsummer Night’s Dream / All’s Well That Ends Well / As You Like It / Love’s Labour’s Lost / Measure for Measure / Much Ado About Nothing / The Merchant of Venice / The Taming of the Shrew / The Two Gentlemen of Verona / The Winter’s Tale

Round 3: The last 10 actors to play Batman and Catwoman [The last 10 to play Batman, Catwoman or Selina Kyle, the alias of Catwoman in a feature-length live action film; only includes films in the official DC series as listed on their website; actors who voiced the characters in animated films are not acceptable answers; up to and including the most recent film “The Batman” released in 2022.]

Robert Pattinson / Zoe Kravitz / Ben Affleck / Anne Hathaway / Christian Bale / Halle Berry / George Clooney / Val Kilmer / Michael Keaton / Michelle Pfeiffer

Round 4: 10 countries by their 21st century prime ministers [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the names of 10 people and the year in which they first became prime minister of a country; we’re looking for the name of the country.”]

The clues: Julia Gillard (2010) / Justin Trudeau (2015) / Helle Thorning-Schmidt (2011) / Sanna Marin (2019) / Narendra Modi (2014) / Leo Varadkar (2017) / Fumio Kishida (2021) / Mark Rutte (2010) / Jacinda Ardern (2017) / Imran Khan (2018)

The answers: Australia / Canada / Denmark / Finland / India / Ireland / Japan / Netherlands / New Zealand / Pakistan

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): Top 10 Robbie Williams singles [Top 10 solo Robbie Williams singles by total UK units sold, according to The Official Chart Company as of 13 September 2022; no duets, collaborations or singles recorded as part of Take That.]

Angels / Rock DJ / Candy / She’s The One / It’s Only Us / Let Me Entertain You / Feel / Millennium / Eternity / Road to Mandalay

Final Round: Countries: The last 10 one-word country names that contain both the letters ‘U’ and ‘N’ [The last 10 alphabetically, as of October 2022.]

Nicaragua / Sudan / Suriname / Tunisia / Turkmenistan / Uganda / Ukraine / Uzbekistan / Vanuatu / Venezuela