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Sunday Quiz: A little bit of detective work required...

Come up with the link and tell us why and there are a couple of great CDs to win...

Quiz
  Match the clues...Image by Donna Sarjeant from Pixabay

A little brain tickler to work out over your Sunday morning coffee or after your afternoon nap today...

We will keep 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.

All you have to do is come up with the link between the following... and explain why, and we have a couple of great brass band CDs to post out to the lucky winner....

Question:

What's the link between a European Brass Band Championship winning conductor, a former World Cup captain of the Welsh rugby team, a former principal cornet of Black Dyke and the actress Una Stubbs?

The picture may give you a little clue...

a European Brass Band Championship winning conductor, a former World Cup captain of the Welsh rugby team, a former principal cornet of Black Dyke and the actress Una Stubbs?

Answers:

Answers with explanation to be sent to: quiz@4barsrest.com
Closing date for answers: 12.00 (midnight) on Sunday 3rd May

Plastic fantastic winner

Rob Hammett, the contest secretary of the St Dennis Band in Cornwall knew that the link (with some different spelling) between the Birmingham inventor of the first man-made plastic, a famous Black Dyke Band conductor, an iconic 1950s female American civil rights activist, a former West Ham United goalkeeper and a 1980's European Championship test-piece was PARKES... Alexander, Major Peter, Rosa, Phil (or you could have had Tony) and Royal...

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