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4BR Sunday Quiz: The French Connection

All you have to do is identify the link and three great CDs with a Gallic musical flavour could be yours to enjoy...

Quiz
  The trio of CDs can be yours if you can come up with the link

The trio of CDs come from the outstanding brass performers Anthony Galinier, Lilian Meurin and Bastien Baumet.

Question:

What's the link between a British pop group named after a French football team, a famous finale to a 3rd Symphony and a television detective played by a former James Bond..?

A little bit of research and you will surely come up with the answer... and the connection...

What's the link between a British pop group named after a French football team, a famous finale to a 3rd Symphony and a television detective played by a former James Bond..?4BR

Answers:

Answers to be sent to: quiz@4barsrest.com

Closing date for answers: 12.00pm (midnight) on Sunday 18th August.

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