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Midweek Quiz: D for...?

Come up with the link and tell us why and you can be playing on an iconic gold plated cornet mouthpiece...

Gnasher
  What's the link?

Another little brain tickler to work out...

Come up with the answer and you can win a fantastic gold plated Denis Wick 4B cornet mouthpiece.

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 connection between the following... and explain why.

Question:

What's the link between a former First Section Champion Band of Great Britain, a 1978 hit song for Debbie Harry and the pop group 'Blondie', an Australian cricketer who took 355 test wickets, and a comic book dog called 'Gnasher'?

Answers:

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

Closing date for answers: 12.00 (midnight) on Friday 15th May

What's the link between a former First Section Champion Band of Great Britain, a 1978 hit song for Debbie Harry and the pop group 'Blondie', an Australian cricketer who took 355 test wickets, and a comic book dog called 'Gnasher'?4BR

A little bit of detective work winner...

We had a great response to our last quiz — but it caused all sorts of problems with our devilish little rugby red herring in the net...

Dean Evans from Abertillery was one of just 5 people who got it right.

The answer to 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 — was of course Sherlock Holmes.

The links were James (Watson), Richard (Moriarty) — not Terry Holmes who never captained Wales at the World Cup, Matthew (Baker) and Mrs (Hudson) — Sherlock's partner in crime, nemesis, home address and housekeeper...

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