A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began on Monday 11 September 2023. Here are the questions and answers for Thursday 19 October 2023, in the format used elsewhere on this Blog: the questions, how the team fared and the answers.

The Questions

Thursday 19 October 2023 [Repeated on Wednesday 28 August 2024]

[S7Ep24] Team name: The Grand Old Dudes of York

Round 1: 10 British cities by railway station names [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the last part of 10 railway stations in Great Britain; we’re looking for the 10 cities that appear in the first part of the names …” Does not include London Underground, Overground or DLR lines.]

The clues: New Street / Forster Square / Temple Meads / Gateway / St David’s / Trent Valley / Lime Street / Piccadilly / Shrub Hill / General

Round 2: The 10 types of tree alphabetically between apple and crab apple [From the “A to Z of British trees” page on the website of the Woodland Trust; some of the tree types appear more than once, with different descriptive names such as Common or Silver after the main name; “we just need the main part of the name”.]

Round 3: 10 metals in the titles of UK Top 40 singles [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the titles of 10 UK Top 40 singles all of which feature a type of metal in the title along with the artist who recorded the song; however, we have removed the metal from the title on the Tower; we are looking for the 10 that correspond to each song title on the ‘Tenable’ Tower”.]

The clues: ____ in Pocket (The Pretenders) / Fool’s ____ (The Stone Roses) / Any Old ____ (Peter Sellers) / Pencil Full of ____ (Paolo Nutini) / ____ (Nirvana) / ____ (Bloc Party) / ____ Lady (David Soul) / Wheels of ____ (Saxon) / ____ Soldier (Small Faces) / ____ (David Guetta ft Sia)

Round 4: The 10 brands of kit in the Premier League and Championship with a one-word name [The sportswear brands, with one-word names, that supply kit to the teams in the top two tiers in English football; as of the start of the 2022/23 season; does not refer to the sponsors, only the sportswear manufacturer.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The last 10 male celebrities to win ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ [Up to and including the series transmitted in 2021; the main show only, not Christmas Specials.]

Final Round: Board Games: The 10 Monopoly properties that end with the letters ‘E’, ‘N’ or ‘D’ [The standard London Monopoly board, and the answers are all properties that are in colour groups, not stations or utilities; for properties that consist of more than one word, it is the last word that must end in ‘E’, ‘N’ or ‘D’.]

Thursday 19 October 2023, S7Ep24, The Grand Old Dudes of York

All 5 members of The Grand Old Dudes of York made it to the final round playing for 4.5k and named 3 of the 10 Monopoly properties that end with the letters ‘E’, ‘N’ or ‘D’. The remaining answers: Northumberland Avenue, Park Lane, Angel Islington, Whitechapel Road, Euston Road, Pentonville Road, Strand.

Questions and Answers

Thursday 19 October 2023 [Repeated on Wednesday 28 August 2024]

[S7Ep24] Team name: The Grand Old Dudes of York

Round 1: 10 British cities by railway station names [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the last part of 10 railway stations in Great Britain; we’re looking for the 10 cities that appear in the first part of the names …” Does not include London Underground, Overground or DLR lines.]

The clues: New Street / Forster Square / Temple Meads / Gateway / St David’s / Trent Valley / Lime Street / Piccadilly / Shrub Hill / General

The answers: Birmingham / Bradford / Bristol / Edinburgh / Exeter / Lichfield / Liverpool / Manchester / Worcester / Wrexham

Round 2: The 10 types of tree alphabetically between apple and crab apple [From the “A to Z of British trees” page on the website of the Woodland Trust; some of the tree types appear more than once, with different descriptive names such as Common or Silver after the main name; “we just need the main part of the name”.]

Ash / Aspen / Beech / Birch / Blackthorn / Box / Buckthorn / Cedar / Cherry / Chestnut

Round 3: 10 metals in the titles of UK Top 40 singles [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show the titles of 10 UK Top 40 singles all of which feature a type of metal in the title along with the artist who recorded the song; however, we have removed the metal from the title on the Tower; we are looking for the 10 that correspond to each song title on the ‘Tenable’ Tower”.]

The clues: ____ in Pocket (The Pretenders) / Fool’s ____ (The Stone Roses) / Any Old ____ (Peter Sellers) / Pencil Full of ____ (Paolo Nutini) / ____ (Nirvana) / ____ (Bloc Party) / ____ Lady (David Soul) / Wheels of ____ (Saxon) / ____ Soldier (Small Faces) / ____ (David Guetta ft Sia)

The answers: Brass / Gold / Iron / Lead / Lithium / Mercury / Silver / Steel / Tin / Titanium

Round 4: The 10 brands of kit in the Premier League and Championship with a one-word name [The sportswear brands, with one-word names, that supply kit to the teams in the top two tiers in English football; as of the start of the 2022/23 season; does not refer to the sponsors, only the sportswear manufacturer.]

Adidas / Castore / Erreà / Hummel / Joma / Kelme / Macron / Nike / Puma / Umbro

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The last 10 male celebrities to win ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ [Up to and including the series transmitted in 2021; the main show only, not Christmas Specials.]

Bill Bailey / Kelvin Fletcher / Joe McFadden / Ore Oduba / Jay McGuinness / Louis Smith / Harry Judd / Chris Hollins / Tom Chambers / Mark Ramprakash

Final Round: Board Games: The 10 Monopoly properties that end with the letters ‘E’, ‘N’ or ‘D’ [The standard London Monopoly board, and the answers are all properties that are in colour groups, not stations or utilities; for properties that consist of more than one word, it is the last word that must end in ‘E’, ‘N’ or ‘D’.]

Northumberland Avenue / Trafalgar Square / Leicester Square / Park Lane / Angel Islington / Old Kent Road / Whitechapel Road / Euston Road / Pentonville Road / Strand