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Valentine's Day quiz

Get your thinking caps on and you can win a trio of great brass band CDs for your beloved...

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  Get the answer right and a trio of CDs will be on their way to you

Why not win your beloved a trio of great CDs for Valentine's Day?

Beats a tired bunch of petrol station flowers or an old box of Quality Street any day...

All you have to do is answer a very simple musical question...

Question:

Which Wagner opera (and top section National Final test-piece) tells the tale of a seafaring captain doomed to forever sail the high seas without rest until he can find the love of a faithful woman...

1. Rienzi
2. The Flying Dutchman
3. Un Vie de Matelot

Which Wagner opera (and top section National Final test-piece) tells the tale of a seafaring captain doomed to forever sail the high seas without rest until he can find the love of a faithful woman...

Answers:

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

Closing date for answers: 12.00pm (midnight) on Friday 14th December

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