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4BR Quiz: Musical Chair?

We have another little mid-week brain tickler if you want to get your hands on some great brass band CDs.

Grimethorpe Colliery Band
 

Our little mid-week brain teaser this time around is all about musical chairs...

All you have to do is tell us who will now be filling this seat at the British Open at Symphony Hall?

The Question:

All you have to do is tell us which famous cornet player will now be filling this empty seat at the British Open Championship at Symphony Hall in Birmingham on September 5th?

a) Philip McCann
b) Roger Webster
c) James Shepherd

Answers:

E-mail us the answer before midday on Wednesday 26th August with your contact telephone details at: quiz@4barsrest.com

All you have to do is tell us which famous cornet player will now be filling this empty seat at the British Open Championship at Symphony Hall in Birmingham on September 5th?4BR

Last winner:

The winner of the 'Penny Lane' quiz who knew it was the surname Mason who linked the famous Beatles pop hit 'Penny Lane', the rock group Pink Floyd and the British actor who memorably played a nasty spy in the Alfred Hitchcock film 'North by Northwest' — was Herman Haverkate from Holland.

He was delighted as he runs a brass band radio show in his country so the CDs will come in handy.

The three Masons in questions were of course, David, who played the piccolo trumpet part on the 1967 Penny Lane hit for a fee of £27 and 10 shillings; Nick, the drummer with Pink Floyd and James (who was also second choice behind David Niven for the part of James Bond).

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