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Christmas Quizzes 2020–2021

Solution of the Day : 30 December


There have been many theories about, and mishearings of, that bit of Edmonton banter before the live Conquistador lets rip. Luckily the recent liner notes gave a rationale for what you were hearing.

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Georgie Fame, Zucchero and Van Morrison … this Procol drummer has played with them all. 
 
Geoff Dunn. The question and the answer start with the same letter, so competitors were able to discount it.
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‘It’s a [Gerard] Hoffnung,’ says Gary on the Edmonton album; name the key participant in that 1971 orchestral recital who had previously worked with the celebrated musical satirist.
 
Lawrence Leonard, the conductor of the orchestra, who insisted his name should not appear on the famous record. the reference is in this liner-note
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Find a Procol song recorded in one capital city, featuring a guest artist from another capital city, and released in 1973.
 
Fires (Which Burnt Brightly), recorded in London with a vocalist from Paris. The question and the answer start with the same letter, so competitors were able to discount it.

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The (scarcely) hidden name in the title
of this very unlikely newspaper-clipping is Matthew Fisher
The number of letters separating forename and surname is 11, and the eleventh letter in the qualifying question is N

GEOFFREY  N


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