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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Some of the answers given can stray off into this territory, especially if the contestant trying to fill in the list has no clue about the question they’re being asked about.



* LosingHorns: Every wrong answer will get this.



* UnexpectedlyObscureAnswer: Some of the word questions can full into this, as there is usually one answer on the list that no one can get unless they are a Scrabble master, or a walking dictionary. Cue Warwick then doing is best ((Series/{{Pointless}} Richard Osman)) impression trying to tell everyone, and himself, what it means off a sheet of paper.

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* UnexpectedlyObscureAnswer: Some of the word questions can full into this, as there is usually one answer on the list that no one can get unless they are a Scrabble master, or a walking dictionary. Cue Warwick then doing is best ((Series/{{Pointless}} Richard Osman)) impression trying to tell everyone, and himself, what it means reading off a sheet of paper.paper what the definition of that particular word is, mainly because he hasn’t a got clue either.
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* UnexpectedlyObscureAnswer: Some of the word questions can full into this, as there is usually one answer on the list that no one can get unless they are a Scrabble master, or a walking dictionary. Cue Warwick then doing is best ((Series/{{Pointless}} Richard Osman)) impression trying to tell everyone, and himself, what it means off a sheet of paper.
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British GameShow hosted by Creator/WarwickDavis (or ex Series/CoronationStreet star Sally Lindsay if Davis is unable due to other filming commitments). Every episode, a team of five contestants attempt to win up to £125,000 by filling in the lists of 10 on a general knowledge subject. If they get 5 correct answers in their lists, they win £1000 for the team, and get to take part in the final board. Every answer after the first five the prize money then goes up, so the more answers on the board they get right, the more money they win for the team. However if they fail to get the first five correct, then they are out of the game. Each team has a captain who is automatically through to the final regardless of how badly they do. If they manage to get five answers right on their board, they can then decide whether to bring back their banished teammate(s), or keep banking the money. The remaining teammates at the end then have answer one final list at the end to win the money accumulated throughout the show.

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British GameShow hosted by Creator/WarwickDavis (or ex Series/CoronationStreet star Sally Lindsay if Davis is unable due to other filming commitments). Every episode, a team of five contestants attempt to win up to £125,000 by filling in the lists of 10 on a general knowledge subject. If they get 5 correct answers in their lists, they win £1000 for the team, and get to take part in the final board. Every correct answer after the first five the gets more prize money then goes up, so the more answers on the board they get right, the more money they win for the team.team, and a perfect 10 will get £25,000 into the prize fund. However if they fail to get the first five correct, then they are out of the game. Each team has a captain who is automatically through to the final regardless of how badly they do. If they manage to get five answers right on their board, they can then decide whether to bring back their banished teammate(s), or keep banking the money. The remaining teammates at the end then have answer one final list at the end to win the money accumulated throughout the show.
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British GameShow hosted by Creator/WarwickDavis (or ex Series/CoronationStreet star Sally Lindsay if Davis is unable due to other filming commitments). Every episode, a team of five contestants attempt to win up to £125,000 by filling in the lists of 10 on a general knowledge subject. If they get 5 correct answers in their lists, they win £1000 for the team, and get to take part in the final board. Every answer after the first five then goes up, so the more answers on the board they get right, the more money they win for the team. However if they fail to get the first five correct, then they are out of the game. Each team has a captain who is automatically through to the final regardless of how badly they do. If they manage to get five answers right on their board, they can then decide whether to bring back their banished teammate(s), or keep banking the money. The remaining teammates at the end then have answer one final list at the end to win the money accumulated throughout the show.

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British GameShow hosted by Creator/WarwickDavis (or ex Series/CoronationStreet star Sally Lindsay if Davis is unable due to other filming commitments). Every episode, a team of five contestants attempt to win up to £125,000 by filling in the lists of 10 on a general knowledge subject. If they get 5 correct answers in their lists, they win £1000 for the team, and get to take part in the final board. Every answer after the first five the prize money then goes up, so the more answers on the board they get right, the more money they win for the team. However if they fail to get the first five correct, then they are out of the game. Each team has a captain who is automatically through to the final regardless of how badly they do. If they manage to get five answers right on their board, they can then decide whether to bring back their banished teammate(s), or keep banking the money. The remaining teammates at the end then have answer one final list at the end to win the money accumulated throughout the show.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: The Vortex, in reality a small room backstage where contestants who have failed to get through their lists sit, sounds like some kind of torture chamber by the time Warwick has finished describing it.

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* MundaneMadeAwesome: The Vortex, in reality a small room backstage where contestants who have failed to get through their lists sit, and watch the rest of the show, sounds like some kind of torture chamber by the time Warwick has finished describing it.
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* ActorAllusion: Happens a lot, since questions about pop culture appear almost daily. If a question about Film/HarryPotter or Film/StarWars comes up, expect Warwick to mention being in it. Even a question about trees descended into this when a contestant gave the answer of Willow.

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* ActorAllusion: Happens a lot, since questions about pop culture appear almost daily. If a question about Film/HarryPotter or Film/StarWars comes up, expect Warwick to mention being in it. Even a question about trees descended into this when a contestant gave the answer of Willow. Film/{{Willow}}.
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British GameShow hosted by Creator/WarwickDavis (or ex Series/CoronationStreet star Sally Lindsay if Davis is unable due to other filming commitments). Every episode, a team of five contestants attempt to win up to £125,000 by filling in the lists of 10 on a general knowledge subject. If they get 5 correct answers in their lists, they win £1000 for the team, and get to take part in the final board. Every answer after the first five then goes up, so the more answers on the board they get right, the more money they win for the team. However if they fail to get the first five correct, then they are out of the game. Each team has a captain who is automatically through to the final regardless of how badly they do. If they manage to get five answers right on their board, they can then decide whether to bring back their banished teammate(s), or keep banking the money. The remaining team at the end then have answer one final list at the end to win the money accumulated throughout the show.

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British GameShow hosted by Creator/WarwickDavis (or ex Series/CoronationStreet star Sally Lindsay if Davis is unable due to other filming commitments). Every episode, a team of five contestants attempt to win up to £125,000 by filling in the lists of 10 on a general knowledge subject. If they get 5 correct answers in their lists, they win £1000 for the team, and get to take part in the final board. Every answer after the first five then goes up, so the more answers on the board they get right, the more money they win for the team. However if they fail to get the first five correct, then they are out of the game. Each team has a captain who is automatically through to the final regardless of how badly they do. If they manage to get five answers right on their board, they can then decide whether to bring back their banished teammate(s), or keep banking the money. The remaining team teammates at the end then have answer one final list at the end to win the money accumulated throughout the show.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: The Vortex, in reality a small room backstage where contestants who have failed to get through their lists sit, sounds like some kind of torture room by the time Warwick has finished describing it.

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* MundaneMadeAwesome: The Vortex, in reality a small room backstage where contestants who have failed to get through their lists sit, sounds like some kind of torture room chamber by the time Warwick has finished describing it.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: The Vortex, in reality a small room backstage where contestants who have failed to get through their lists sit, sounds like some kind of torture room by the time Warwick has finished describing it.
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* {{Lifeline}}: Three times during the game, a contestant may choose one teammate to provide an answer, and may accept or reject it at their discretion. Each contestant is also allowed to give one wrong answer when they are doing their lists, anymore than that, and they’re out of the game.

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* {{Lifeline}}: Three times during the game, a contestant may choose one teammate to provide an answer, and may accept or reject it at their discretion. Each contestant is also allowed to give one wrong answer when they are doing their lists, anymore than that, and they’re out of the game. The team’s captain also has an “Overrule” button that they can press if they think their teammate’s answer is miles off, however if they use it, they must then provide another answer instead. All these lifelines, apart from the free guess are not available to use after the contestant gets the five correct answers and the £1000 for their team.
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* {{Corpsing}}:If a contestant gives a particularly stupid answers, Warwick will find it hard to keep his composure.

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* {{Corpsing}}:If {{Corpsing}}: If a contestant gives a particularly stupid answers, Warwick will find it hard to keep his composure.
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* Corpsing: If a contestant gives a particularly stupid answers, Warwick will find it hard to keep his composure.

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* Corpsing: If {{Corpsing}}:If a contestant gives a particularly stupid answers, Warwick will find it hard to keep his composure.
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* AllOrNothing: It doesn’t matter how much money teams build up in the show, if they don’t get a every answer of 10 in the last game, they go home with nothing

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* AllOrNothing: It doesn’t matter how much money teams build up in the show, if they don’t get a every answer of 10 in the last game, they go home with nothing
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British GameShow hosted by Creator/WarwickDavis (or ex Series/CoronationStreet star Sally Lindsay if Davis is unable due to other filming commitments). Every episode, a team of five contestants attempt to win up to £125,000 by filling in the lists of 10 on a general knowledge subject. If they get 5 correct answers in their lists, they win £1000 for the team, and get to take part in the final board. Every answer after the first five then goes up, so the more answers on the board they get right, the more money they win for the team. However if they fail to get the first five correct, then they are out of the game. Each team has a captain who is automatically through to the final regardless of how badly they do. If they manage to get five answers right on their board, they can then decide whether to bring back their banished teammate(s), or keep banking the money. The remaining team at the end then have answer one final list at the end to win the money accumulated throughout the show.

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British GameShow hosted by Creator/WarwickDavis (or ex Series/CoronationStreet star Sally Lindsay if Davis is unable due to other filming commitments). Every episode, a team of five contestants attempt to win up to £125,000 by filling in the lists of 10 on a general knowledge subject. If they get 5 correct answers in their lists, they win £1000 for the team, and get to take part in the final board. Every answer after the first five then goes up, so the more answers on the board they get right, the more money they win for the team. However if they fail to get the first five correct, then they are out of the game. Each team has a captain who is automatically through to the final regardless of how badly they do. If they manage to get five answers right on their board, they can then decide whether to bring back their banished teammate(s), or keep banking the money. The remaining team at the end then have answer one final list at the end to win the money accumulated throughout the show.
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British GameShow hosted by Creator/WarwickDavis (or ex Series/CoronationStreet star Sally Lindsay if Davis is unable due to other filming commitments). Every episode, a team of five contestants attempt to win up to £125,000 by filling in the lists of 10 items each.

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British GameShow hosted by Creator/WarwickDavis (or ex Series/CoronationStreet star Sally Lindsay if Davis is unable due to other filming commitments). Every episode, a team of five contestants attempt to win up to £125,000 by filling in the lists of 10 items each.
on a general knowledge subject. If they get 5 correct answers in their lists, they win £1000 for the team, and get to take part in the final board. Every answer after the first five then goes up, so the more answers on the board they get right, the more money they win for the team. However if they fail to get the first five correct, then they are out of the game. Each team has a captain who is automatically through to the final regardless of how badly they do. If they manage to get five answers right on their board, they can then decide whether to bring back their banished teammate(s), or keep banking the money. The remaining team at the end then have answer one final list at the end to win the money accumulated throughout the show.
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* WhatAnIdiot: With this being an general knowledge game show, stupid answers are part and parcel of it. Generally due to either the contestant having a complete brain blank, but knowing they have to give an answer, or the contestant not knowing a thing about the question they’re being asked about.
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* EpicFail: Any team that manages not to bank any money for the final round and have no teammates left beside the captain (who gets through to the last list no matter what). It did happen to at least one team. The captain was given a token £1000 to play for in the the last round. Unsurprisingly, they didn’t win that either.
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* PungeonMaster: Warwick Davis. He doesn’t like either if a contestant gives one, judging from the look he gave one contestant in one episode, especially if he thinks he should have got it.

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* PungeonMaster: Warwick Davis. He doesn’t like it either if a contestant gives one, judging from the look he gave one contestant in one episode, especially if he thinks he should have got it.
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* PungeonMaster: Warwick Davis. He doesn’t like either if a contestant gives one, judging from the look he gave one contestant in one episode.

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* PungeonMaster: Warwick Davis. He doesn’t like either if a contestant gives one, judging from the look he gave one contestant in one episode.episode, especially if he thinks he should have got it.
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* GettingCrapPassedTheRadar: The question about Boobies and Tits (as in species of birds), definitely qualifies. It didn’t go unnoticed by everyone in the studio, and Warwick threatened to sack the question writer when he had regained his composure.

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* GettingCrapPassedTheRadar: GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The question about Boobies and Tits (as in species of birds), definitely qualifies. It didn’t go unnoticed by everyone in the studio, and Warwick threatened to sack the question writer when he had regained his composure.
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* GettingCrapPassEdTheRadar: The question about Boobies and Tits (as in species of birds), definitely qualifies. It didn’t go unnoticed by everyone in the studio, and Warwick threatened to sack the question writer when he had regained his composure.

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* GettingCrapPassEdTheRadar: GettingCrapPassedTheRadar: The question about Boobies and Tits (as in species of birds), definitely qualifies. It didn’t go unnoticed by everyone in the studio, and Warwick threatened to sack the question writer when he had regained his composure.
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* GettingCrapPassTheRadar: The question about Boobies and Tits (as in species of birds), definitely qualifies. It didn’t go unnoticed by everyone in the studio, and Warwick threatened to sack the question writer when he had regained his composure.

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* GettingCrapPassTheRadar: GettingCrapPassEdTheRadar: The question about Boobies and Tits (as in species of birds), definitely qualifies. It didn’t go unnoticed by everyone in the studio, and Warwick threatened to sack the question writer when he had regained his composure.

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* Corpsing: If a contestant gives a particularly stupid answers, Warwick will find it hard to keep his composure.



* GameShowHost: Actor Creator/WarwickDavis.

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* GameShowHost: Actor Creator/WarwickDavis.Creator/WarwickDavis, or actress Sally Lindsay if Davis is unavailable.
* GettingCrapPassTheRadar: The question about Boobies and Tits (as in species of birds), definitely qualifies. It didn’t go unnoticed by everyone in the studio, and Warwick threatened to sack the question writer when he had regained his composure.


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* PungeonMaster: Warwick Davis. He doesn’t like either if a contestant gives one, judging from the look he gave one contestant in one episode.
* PunnyName: The team names of the contestants are a pun of either their occupation, hobbies, family name or where they come from.
* RulesSpiel: Warwick goes through this at the start of every episode.
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* ActorAllusion: Happens a lot, since questions about pop culture appear almost daily. If a question about Film/HarryPotter or Film/StarWars comes up, expect Warwick to mention being in it. Even a question about trees descended into this when a contestant gave the answer of Film/Willow.

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* ActorAllusion: Happens a lot, since questions about pop culture appear almost daily. If a question about Film/HarryPotter or Film/StarWars comes up, expect Warwick to mention being in it. Even a question about trees descended into this when a contestant gave the answer of Film/Willow.Willow.
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* ActorAllusion: Happens a lot, since questions about pop culture appear almost daily. If a question about Film/HarryPotter or Film/StarWars comes up, expect Warwick to mention being in it. Even a question about trees descended into this when a contestant gave the answer of Film/Willow.
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* {{Lifeline}}: Three times during the game, a contestant may choose one teammate to provide an answer, and may accept or reject it at their discretion.

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* {{Lifeline}}: Three times during the game, a contestant may choose one teammate to provide an answer, and may accept or reject it at their discretion. Each contestant is also allowed to give one wrong answer when they are doing their lists, anymore than that, and they’re out of the game.

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British GameShow hosted by Creator/WarwickDavis. Every episode, a team of five contestants attempt to win up to £125,000 by filling in the lists of 10 items each.

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British GameShow hosted by Creator/WarwickDavis.Creator/WarwickDavis (or ex Series/CoronationStreet star Sally Lindsay if Davis is unable due to other filming commitments). Every episode, a team of five contestants attempt to win up to £125,000 by filling in the lists of 10 items each.


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* AllOrNothing: It doesn’t matter how much money teams build up in the show, if they don’t get a every answer of 10 in the last game, they go home with nothing
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* HomeGame
** A BoardGame adaptation was released in 2019.
** ''Tenable'' is also avaliable on the App Store.
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British GameShow hosted by Creator/WarwickDavis.

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British GameShow hosted by Creator/WarwickDavis.
Creator/WarwickDavis. Every episode, a team of five contestants attempt to win up to £125,000 by filling in the lists of 10 items each.
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British GameShow hosted by Creator/WarwickDavis.

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* {{Catchphrase}}: "I'm sorry to say you are terrible at tenable."
* CelebrityEdition: Named ''Tenable All Stars''.
* ChristmasSpecial
** A ''Tenable All Stars Christmas Special'' was broadcast on Boxing Day 2019.
** ''Tenable Christmas Cracker'' was broadcast on Christmas Day 2020.
* GameShowHost: Actor Creator/WarwickDavis.
* {{Lifeline}}: Three times during the game, a contestant may choose one teammate to provide an answer, and may accept or reject it at their discretion.
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