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4BR Quiz: Monday Quiz

There’s another selection of some great CDs on offer with our Monday morning quiz.

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There is a great little selection box prize from 4BR – as long as you can get your thinking caps on?

CDs

We have a January selection box of three cracking releases – including one from the ‘Jewels’ of David Childs, Owen Farr, Richard Marshall and Philip Cobb with Eminence Brass, Brett Baker’s ‘World of the Trombone Volume — 3’ and a bit of the best London’s pride with Aveley & Newham.

Quiz Question:

The old 1831 London Bridge, sold brick by brick in 1968 to American entrepreneur Robert P McCulloch now spans the Bridgewater Channel canal in which American state?

A: New York
B: Arizona
C: California

The old 1831 London Bridge, sold brick by brick in 1968 to American entrepreneur Robert P McCulloch now spans the Bridgewater Channel canal in which American state?4BR

Clues

The only clues this time are that it has sports teams called the Diamondbacks, Suns and Cardinals, the official gun is a single action Colt army revolver and the state is home to brass bands by the name of Old Pueblo Brass, Renaissance Brass, Salt River Brass and Territorial Brass.

Closing date:

All answers for this one must be in by midnight on Friday 11th January.

New Year’s Day winner

We had a great response to last week’s quiz, with Norman John Mitchinson from Bristol remembering that Pontins paid out the first £1,000 top prize in 1977.

E-mail:

E-mail us the answer at: quiz@4barsrest.com

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