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4BR Monday Quiz:

More Olympic connections to work out if you are to get your hands on some great brass band CDs.

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  You will have to put on your Rio Olympic hats on for today's Rio inspired brain tickler.

It's still all a bit Rio 2016 with our quiz at the moment, so let's see if you can work this one out today…

Question:

What record breaking Olympic athlete's identity is linked by a famous set of Bach variations arranged in a brass band test piece by a Norwegian composer, a Daphne du Maurier novel and the 1970's television game show 'The Golden Shot' with Bob Monkhouse?

Please give us the reason to go with your answer so that we know you haven't just guessed!

Answers:

E-mail us the answer before 12.00pm tonight (Monday 15th August) with your contact telephone details at: quiz@4barsrest.com

What record breaking Olympic athlete's identity is linked by a set of Bach variations in a test piece by a Norwegian composer, a Daphne du Maurier novel and the 1970's television game show 'The Golden Shot' with Bob Monkhouse?4BR

Last Winner

We had another great response to our Friday quiz, with our winner of the latest trio of CDs being Adrian Longbottom — who plays second euphonium with the Emley Band in West Yorkshire.

He knew it was the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals that was the link between a famous test-piece used both at the British Open and National Finals (Diadem of Gold), a 1967 pop song hit by Jeff Beck (Hi Ho Silver Lining) and an 1835 comic opera (and famous overture) by composer Daniel Auber (The Bronze Horse).

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