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4BR Quiz: British Open Quiz

The final British Open puzzler certainly tested quite a few of you...

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Our final British Open puzzle certainly tested quite a few of you.

Only a handful of people got the correct answer to what was a fairly simple connection – even if it did need a bit of British Open historical research to get there.

Friday answer

Our question was: "What was the British link between a champagne measure named after a Biblical King; a Dire Straits pop single about star crossed lovers; a Rolf Harris song about a harem of ladies passing by – and a dead DJ with a Victorian link to a winning band at the contest?"

The answer:

The simple answer was the name John.

The champagne measure named after a Biblical King was ‘Nabucudonosor’ (Nabuchadnezzar) – the 1885 British Open test piece that is also a massive bottle that contains 15 litres of bubbly.

The Dire Straits pop single about star crossed lovers was ‘Romeo et Guiletta’ (Romeo & Juliet), the test piece in 1878, whilst the ladies of the harem were featured in the Rolf Harris song, ‘The Court of King Caractacus’ – the test piece of 1903.

John Gladney conducted all three winning performances.

And the dead Victorian DJ?

It was John Peel – conductor of Dewsbury’s winning performance in 1866!

And the dead Victorian DJ? It was John Peel – conductor of Dewsbury’s winning performance in 1866!4BR

Winner

The lucky winner was Lee Drew who got his hands on signed copies of Paul Lovatt-Cooper’s latest CD, ‘Only For You’ and the study score for the Nationals test piece, ‘Breath of Souls’.

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