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4BR Quiz: Head start

Another little tester from 4BR to solve to get your hands on a trio of brass bands CDs...

Frank Sidebottom
 

The 4BR Quiz pays a long overdue homage today to one of the greats of the popular music world — and the subject of a quite surreal film performance by award winning actor Michael Fassbender:

The one and only comedic genius that was Frank Sidebottom.

All you have to do is let us know which two time British Open winning conductor is also paying his own personal tribute in the picture above at a recent CD recording?

So who is the conductor under the large spheroidal head?

a) Frank Renton
b) Frank Spencer
c) Ian Porthouse

The winner picked out of the electronic hat by Friday lunchtime will get a nice trio of brass band CDs sent to them...

All you have to do is let us know which two time British Open winning conductor is also paying his own personal tribute in the picture above at a recent CD recording?4BR

Answers:

E-mail us the answer before midday on Friday 7th August with your contact telephone details at: quiz@4barsrest.com

Last winner:

The winner of the 'Guess the Trophy' was 13 year old Lucas Metcalfe of Elland in West Yorkshire.

Lucas identified the wonderful, if ever so slightly weird trophy possibly inspired by Dadist conceptual artist Marcel Duchamp, as the one presented to the French National Champions!

Lucas plays baritone with Elland Silver Youth Band, so he's going to get a trio of euphonium CDs in the post.

"Brilliant,"he said. "I look at 4BR all the time so remembered the picture as it is a weird trophy!"

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