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4BR Easter Quiz: What's the link?

It's a bit late in the day, but see if you an come up with the link and tell us why to win a brace of great brass band CDs.

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  Can you tell us what the link is and explain why?

A little Easter Bank Holiday brain tickler for a quick workout to win a brace of great CDs.

We will be posting regular quiz questions to win prizes over the coming weeks — some harder than others — but all a bit of fun to keep you in a good musical mood at home.

We have two great brass band CDs up for grabs today from our selection box.

All you have to do is come up with the link between the following... and explain why.

Question:

What is the Easter link between Elton John, songsters Flanagan and Allen, the darkly surreal film Donnie Darko and a children's cartoon figure that was to found in the city of Utrecht when the European Championships were there in 2018?

What is the Easter link between Elton John, songsters Flanagan and Allen, the darkly surreal film Donnie Darko and a famous cartoon figure that was to found in the city of Utrecht when the European Championships were there in 2018?4BR

Answers:

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

Closing date for answers: 12.00 (midnight) on Tuesday 14th April.

Midweek winner:

Mike Tarrant, who plays euphonium for Murley Silver Band in Fivemiletown County Tyrone was clever enough to pick out that the link between a test-piece by Kenneth Downie, the on-screen partner to Jimmy Greaves in a famous television football punditry programme and a fictional private detective played by actor Roger Moore was all about Saints — St Magnus, Ian St John and Simon Templar aka 'The Saint'.

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