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4BR Quiz: Bank Holiday Quiz

Time to get those thinking caps on again if you want to win a DVD of the 'Highlights of the 2019 European Championships' from Montreux.

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  If you get the answer right there is a great prize on offer...

Sunday, 25 August 2019

        

All you have to do is work out the answer to our question and you can sit back and enjoy the thrilling DVD performances from Cory, Eikanger, Brass Band Bugermusik Luzern, Paris, Brighouse & Rastrick, Valaisia, BML Talents, Brass Band Regensburg, Wardle Academy, Catch Basin and the European Youth Band...

Question:

What's the link between a 1890's British Open test-piece, a Liverpool football star and a hit single from 1986 for the American pop group 'The Bangles?

Remember — All the cops in the donut shop say, 'Ay of whey oh, ay of whey oh'....

You have to identify the connection and why...

Remember — All the cops in the donut shop say, 'Ay of whey oh, ay of whey oh'...

Answers:

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

Closing date for answers: 12.00pm (midnight) on Monday 26th August.

        

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