A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began on Monday 11 September 2023. Here are the questions and answers for Friday 6 October 2023 in the format used elsewhere on this Blog: the questions, how the team fared and the answers.

The Questions

Friday 6 October 2023 [Repeated on Friday 9 August 2024]

[S7Ep15] Team name: Five Fear Maidens

Round 1: Top 10 artists of the best-selling debut albums in the UK [The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the titles of the 10 best-selling albums of all time in the UK along with the year they originally entered the chart; we’re looking for the names of the artists or groups that released the 10 albums on the Tower … according to data announced on BBC Radio 2 in October 2022, originally compiled by the Official Chart Company in partnership with National Album Day.”]

The clues: Bat Out of Hell (1977) / Back to Bedlam (2004) / Spirit (2007) / The Fame (2008) / No Angel (1999) / Spice (1996) / Hopes and Fears (2004) / Jagged Little Pill (1994) / In the Lonely Hour (2014) / Parachutes (2000)

Round 2: The last 10 countries alphabetically containing ‘A’ and ‘Z’ [The letters can be either way round and do not need to be adjacent.]

Round 3: 10 Tate artists by their forenames [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the forenames of 10 artists and the year in which they were born; we’re looking for the 10 corresponding surnames …”; all of the artists on this list have artworks in the collections at the Tate Galleries.”]

The clues: Salvador (1904) / Marcel (1887) / Tracey (1963) / Lucian (1922) / Wassily (1866) / Anish (1954) / Laurence Stephen (1887) / Grayson (1960) / Dante Gabriel (1828) / Joseph Mallard William (1775)

Round 4: The last 10 contestants on the fourth series of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ [The series that began broadcasting on 22 September 2022.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 films directed by Quentin Tarantino [The 10 feature films; according to IMDb as of October 2022; does not include short films, TV episodes or documentaries.]

Final Round: US States: The first 10 US states alphabetically that contain the letters ‘U’ or ‘S’

How the team fared

Friday 6 October 2023, S7Ep15, Five Fear Maidens

All 5 members of Five Fear Maidens made it to the final round playing for 17k and named 8 of the first 10 US states alphabetically that contain the letters ‘U’ or ‘S’. The remaining answers: Connecticut, Louisiana

Questions and Answers

Friday 6 October 2023 [Repeated on Friday 9 August 2024]

[S7Ep15] Team name: Five Fear Maidens

Round 1: Top 10 artists of the best-selling debut albums in the UK [The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the titles of the 10 best-selling albums of all time in the UK along with the year they originally entered the chart; we’re looking for the names of the artists or groups that released the 10 albums on the Tower … according to data announced on BBC Radio 2 in October 2022, originally compiled by the Official Chart Company in partnership with National Album Day.”]

The clues: Bat Out of Hell (1977) / Back to Bedlam (2004) / Spirit (2007) / The Fame (2008) / No Angel (1999) / Spice (1996) / Hopes and Fears (2004) / Jagged Little Pill (1994) / In the Lonely Hour (2014) / Parachutes (2000)

The answers: Meat Loaf / James Blunt / Leona Lewis / Lady Gaga / Dido / Spice Girls / Keane / Alanis Morissette / Sam Smith / Coldplay

Round 2: The last 10 countries alphabetically containing ‘A’ and ‘Z’ [The letters can be either way round and do not need to be adjacent.]

Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan / Mozambique / New Zealand / Switzerland / Tanzania / Uzbekistan / Venezuela / Zambia / Zimbabwe

Round 3: 10 Tate artists by their forenames [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the forenames of 10 artists and the year in which they were born; we’re looking for the 10 corresponding surnames …”; all of the artists on this list have artworks in the collections at the Tate Galleries.”]

The clues: Salvador (1904) / Marcel (1887) / Tracey (1963) / Lucian (1922) / Wassily (1866) / Anish (1954) / Laurence Stephen (1887) / Grayson (1960) / Dante Gabriel (1828) / Joseph Mallard William (1775)

The answers: Dali / Duchamp / Emin / Freud / Kandinsky / Kapoor / Lowry / Perry / Rossetti / Turner

Round 4: The last 10 contestants on the fourth series of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ [The series that began broadcasting on 22 September 2022.]

Baby / Black Peppa / Cheddar Gorgeous / Copper Topp / Dakota Schiffer / Danny Beard / Jonbers Blonde / Le Fil / Pixie Polite / Sminty Drop

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 films directed by Quentin Tarantino [The 10 feature films; according to IMDb as of October 2022; does not include short films, TV episodes or documentaries.]

Reservoir Dogs / Pulp Fiction / Jackie Brown / Kill Bill, Vol. 1 / Kill Bill, Vol. 2 / Death Proof / Inglourious Basterds / Django Unchained / The Hateful Eight / Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood

Final Round: US States: The first 10 US states alphabetically that contain the letters ‘U’ or ‘S’

Alaska / Arkansas / Connecticut / Illinois / Kansas / Kentucky / Louisiana / Massachusetts / Minnesota / Mississippi