A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began on Monday 11 September 2023. Here are the questions and answers for Tuesday 10 October 2023, in the format used elsewhere on this Blog: the questions, how the team fared and the answers.
The Questions
Tuesday 10 October 2023 [Repeated on Tuesday 13 August 2024]
[S17Ep17] Team name: The Top Hats
Round 1: The first 10 words of three or more letters in the chorus of ‘Ring of Fire’ by Johnny Cash [First released in 1963; does not include “ring” or “fire” as acceptable answers as they appear in the title.]
Round 2: 10 capital cities beginning with the letters H. I, J or K [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the names of 10 countries, the capital cities of which all begin with one of the letters H. I, J or K; we want you to tell us the names of the cities …”]
The clues: Vietnam / Zimbabwe / Cuba / Pakistan / Indonesia / Afghanistan / Nepal / Sudan / Malaysia / Ukraine
Round 3: The 10 unique words in the titles of Richard Osman’s first three novels [Does not include the word “The” as that appears in all three titles.]
Round 4: 10 people who have won an EGOT [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show 10 clues to people who have won an EGOT, that is all 4 of the following awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award, for their work in the fields of TV, the music industry, film and theatre; we are looking for the 10 EGOT winners … “]
The clues: Composer of ‘Cats’ / Star of films ‘Hello Dolly!’ and ‘Funny Girl’ / Voiced Darth Vader in ‘Star Wars’ / Effie White in the film ‘Dreamgirls’ / Hobson the butler in the film ‘Arthur’ / ‘All of Me, ‘Ordinary People’ singer / Daughter of Judy Garland / Director of the film ‘Young Frankenstein’ / Anita in 1961 film ‘Westside Story’ / Starred as Deloris in ‘Sister Act’ films
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 first class cricket County Championship teams with grounds nearest to Lord’s [From the 18 first class county teams, the 10 nearest to Lord’s, the home of Middlesex, as the crow flies, according to Google Maps; Middlesex is not an acceptable answer.]
Final Round: Disney Films: The 10 character names ending with a vowel in the titles of animated Disney films. [This relates to the classic animated feature films from Walt Disney Studios from the first release in 1937; does not include Pixar Films; the list includes one-word and two-word names; in the case of the latter, it is the second word that must end in a vowel; in some cases the name will be the full title of the film; where that is not the case, all that is needed is the character name, not the name of the film.]
How the team fared
Tuesday 10 October 2023, S7Ep17, The Top Hats
4 members of The Top Hats made it to the final round playing for 3k and named 6 of the 10 character names ending with a vowel in the titles of animated Disney films. The remaining answers: Alice, Lilo, Chicken Little, Raya.
Questions and Answers
Tuesday 10 October 2023 [Repeated on Tuesday 13 August 2024]
[S17Ep17] Team name: The Top Hats
Round 1: The first 10 words of three or more letters in the chorus of ‘Ring of Fire’ by Johnny Cash [First released in 1963; does not include “ring” or “fire” as acceptable answers as they appear in the title.]
Fell / Into / Burning / Went / Down / And / The / Flames / Higher / Burns
Round 2: 10 capital cities beginning with the letters H. I, J or K [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the names of 10 countries, the capital cities of which all begin with one of the letters H. I, J or K; we want you to tell us the names of the cities …”]
The clues: Vietnam / Zimbabwe / Cuba / Pakistan / Indonesia / Afghanistan / Nepal / Sudan / Malaysia / Ukraine
The answers: Hanoi / Harare / Havana / Islamabad / Jakarta / Kabul / Kathmandu / Khartoum / Kuala Lumpur / Kyiv
Round 3: The 10 unique words in the titles of Richard Osman’s first three novels [Does not include the word “The” as that appears in all three titles.]
Thursday / Murder / Club / Man / Who / Died / Twice / Bullet / That / Missed
Round 4: 10 people who have won an EGOT [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show 10 clues to people who have won an EGOT, that is all 4 of the following awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award, for their work in the fields of TV, the music industry, film and theatre; we are looking for the 10 EGOT winners … “]
The clues: Composer of ‘Cats’ / Star of films ‘Hello Dolly!’ and ‘Funny Girl’ / Voiced Darth Vader in ‘Star Wars’ / Effie White in the film ‘Dreamgirls’ / Hobson the butler in the film ‘Arthur’ / ‘All of Me, ‘Ordinary People’ singer / Daughter of Judy Garland / Director of the film ‘Young Frankenstein’ / Anita in 1961 film ‘Westside Story’ / Starred as Deloris in ‘Sister Act’ films
The answers: Andrew Lloyd Webber / Barbra Streisand / James Earl Jones / Jennifer Hudson / John Gielgud / John Legend / Liza Minnelli / Mel Brooks / Rita Moreno / Whoopi Goldberg
Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The 10 first class cricket County Championship teams with grounds nearest to Lord’s [From the 18 first class county teams, the 10 nearest to Lord’s, the home of Middlesex, as the crow flies, according to Google Maps; Middlesex is not an acceptable answer.]
Surrey / Essex / Sussex / Kent / Northamptonshire / Hampshire / Leicestershire / Warwickshire / Worcestershire / Gloucestershire
Final Round: Disney Films: The 10 character names ending with a vowel in the titles of animated Disney films. [This relates to the classic animated feature films from Walt Disney Studios from the first release in 1937; does not include Pixar Films; the list includes one-word and two-word names; in the case of the latter, it is the second word that must end in a vowel; in some cases the name will be the full title of the film; where that is not the case, all that is needed is the character name, not the name of the film.]
Snow White / Pinocchio / Dumbo / Bambi / Cinderella / Alice / Lilo / Chicken Little / Moana / Raya
The Compartments 