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4BR Xmas Eve Brain Teaser

There is a nice little selection box of CDs to be won for the person who can work out the musical connection...

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Just before you may settle down for the usual Christmas airing of 'Ben Hur' or 'The Great Escape' we have a little brain tickler to try and solve.

We will send a nice little selection box of CDs to the person who can identify the link between the following:

A leading character in Donizetti's 1835 opera 'Lucia di Lammermoor', the Hollywood home of actress Mae West and a famous Whit Friday march by the great William Rimmer?

Could it be:

a) Punchinello
b) Queen of the South
c) Ravenswood

A leading character in Donizetti's 1835 opera 'Lucia di Lammermoor', the Hollywood home of actress Mae West and a famous Whit Friday march by the great William Rimmer?4BR

Answers:

E-mail us the answer before 6.00pm today (24th December) with your contact telephone details at: quiz@4barsrest.com

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