Here are the questions and answers for an episode of the ITV quiz show “Tenable” broadcast today, Friday 30 August 2024. The format used here is the same as that used elsewhere on this Blog (such as here, for the episode broadcast on Monday 11 September 2023): the questions, how the team fared and the answers.

The Questions

Friday 30 August 2024

[Series 7] Team name: Here Come The Girls and Neil

Round 1: 10 types of fruit and vegetables by their varieties [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show different varieties of 10 different types of fruit and vegetables; we’re looking for the names of the fruits or vegetables …”]

The clues: Bramley, Braeburn / Stromboli, Autumn Spear / Early Nantes, St Valery / Merlot, Muscat Ottonel / Little Gem, Red Iceberg / Galia, Mangomel / Conference, Concorde / Mirabelle, Victoria / Pegasus, Elegance / Pot of Gold, Swift

Round 2: The 10 countries other than the UK represented by Wimbledon ladies’ singles champions [The 10 nationalities, other than the UK, of women who have won the Wimbledon Ladies Championships, according to the nationalities listed alongside their names on the Official Wimbledon Website; from 1968 up to the 2022 tournament.]

Round 3: 10 famous people born on Christmas Day [“We’re looking for the names of the people described by the clues.”]

The clues: The Eurythmics singer / Football pundit known as Kammy / Had UK hit single with ‘White Flag’ / Played Rick in the film ‘Casablanca’ / Plays Theresa McQueen in ‘Hollyoaks’ / First became Canadian prime minister in 2015 / Won ‘The Great British Bake Off’ in 2015 / His autobiography is ‘The Naked Civil Servant’ / Lead singer of The Pogues / Played the title character in 1976 film ‘Carrie’

Round 4: The last 10 Tom Hanks films with two-word titles [Films for which Tom Hanks has an acting credit, as listed on IMDb; films released up to September 2022.]

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The last 10 songs alphabetically on ‘ABBA Gold’ [The Greatest Hits compilation, as released in the UK in 1992.]

Final Round: African Countries: The 10 four- and five-letter countries of Africa that begin with a consonant [According to the African states listed on the United Nations website, the short forms of the country names as they are known in English; “for fairness, we won’t take Congo, to avoid confusion between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and The Republic of the Congo”.]

How the team fared

Friday 30 August 2024, Series 7, Here Come The Girls and Neil

All 5 members of Here Come The Girls and Neil made it to the final round and won 4k by naming all 10 of the four- and five-letter countries of Africa that begin with a consonant.

Questions and Answers

Friday 30 August 2024

[Series 7] Team name: Here Come The Girls and Neil

Round 1: 10 types of fruit and vegetables by their varieties [“The ‘Tenable’ Tower will show different varieties of 10 different types of fruit and vegetables; we’re looking for the names of the fruits or vegetables …”]

The clues: Bramley, Braeburn / Stromboli, Autumn Spear / Early Nantes, St Valery / Merlot, Muscat Ottonel / Little Gem, Red Iceberg / Galia, Mangomel / Conference, Concorde / Mirabelle, Victoria / Pegasus, Elegance / Pot of Gold, Swift

The answers: Apple / Broccoli / Carrot / Grape / Lettuce / Melon / Pear / Plum / Strawberry / Sweetcorn

Round 2: The 10 countries other than the UK represented by Wimbledon ladies’ singles champions [The 10 nationalities, other than the UK, of women who have won the Wimbledon Ladies Championships, according to the nationalities listed alongside their names on the Official Wimbledon Website; from 1968 up to the 2022 tournament.]

Australia / Czechia / France / Germany / Kazakhstan / Romania / Russia / Spain / Switzerland / USA

Round 3: 10 famous people born on Christmas Day [“We’re looking for the names of the people described by the clues.”]

The clues: The Eurythmics singer / Football pundit known as Kammy / Had UK hit single with ‘White Flag’ / Played Rick in the film ‘Casablanca’ / Plays Theresa McQueen in ‘Hollyoaks’ / First became Canadian prime minister in 2015 / Won ‘The Great British Bake Off’ in 2015 / His autobiography is ‘The Naked Civil Servant’ / Lead singer of The Pogues / Played the title character in 1976 film ‘Carrie’

The answers: Annie Lennox / Chris Kamara / Dido / Humphrey Bogart / Jorgie Porter / Justin Trudeau / Nadiya Hussain / Quentin Crisp / Shane McGowan / Sissy Spacek

Round 4: The last 10 Tom Hanks films with two-word titles [Films for which Tom Hanks has an acting credit, as listed on IMDb; films released up to September 2022.]

The Post / The Circle / Captain Phillips / Cloud Atlas / Larry Crowne / The Terminal / The Ladykillers / Cast Away / Toy Story / Apollo 13

Round 5 (The Captain’s Round): The last 10 songs alphabetically on ‘ABBA Gold’ [The Greatest Hits compilation, as released in the UK in 1992.]

Money, Money, Money / One of Us / S.O.S / Super Trouper / Take a Chance on Me / Thank You for the Music / The Name of the Game / The Winner Takes It All / Voulez-Vous / Waterloo

Final Round: African Countries: The 10 four- and five-letter countries of Africa that begin with a consonant [According to the African states listed on the United Nations website, the short forms of the country names as they are known in English; “for fairness, we won’t take Congo, to avoid confusion between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and The Republic of the Congo”.]

Benin / Chad / Gabon / Ghana / Kenya / Libya / Mali / Niger / Sudan / Togo