Procol Harum

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the Pale

Christmas quizzes 2012/13

5 January: the whole lot of 36 questions, and what to do next

Each day we've added three statements to the following list, and now it's complete. All you've needed to do is make a note, from day to day, of the number of the single statement that you consider to be true. Detailed 'how to play' instructions are here.

Today there's a new, simple instruction or two telling you how to turn your findings into prizes! They're on a separate page ... link below. As always, you will end up sending a very short answer to ‘Beyond the Pale’.

First, review all the questions, and your answers, to be sure that you have not made any elementary errors. Use the links, within the questions and answers, to help you check.

25 December (Keep a note of the number of your answer)	By what two initial letters is Procol Harum's 1970s' drummer best known?	1	B J
		2	M M
		3	G E
26 December (Keep a note of the number of your answer)	What is the correct spelling of the band's second name?	4	Harem, like you see on ticket stubs
		5	Harum, as is obvious from their record-sleeves
		6	Harom, as shewn here
27 December (Keep a note of the number of your answer)	What drug, sometimes required by musicians, was reputedly invented in Wuppertal, where the 2013 Procol Harum convention will take place?	7	Not LSD, but crystal meth
		8	Not phosgene, not even Warfarin, but formaldehyde
		9	Not cocaine, but aspirin
28 December (Keep a note of the number of your answer)	What country has concert halls in Yokohama, Osaka, Tokyo and Nagoya?	10	Funnily enough Japan has!
		11	Probably The Isle of Wight
		12	Definitely Texas, no question
29 December (Keep a note of the number of your answer)	Which of these has never been a correct mode of address for Procol Harum's Commander?	13	Gary Brooker MBE
		14	Sir Gary Brooker
		15	Gary Brooker
30 December (Keep a note of the number of your answer)	Why do orchestras and bands so love to play in the Stadthalle at Wuppertal, Germany?	16	Because there is a Higgs Boson somewhere under the stage
		17	Because trains come through it every 15 minutes
		18	Because it boasts such fine acoustics
31 December (Keep a note of the number of your answer)	Complete this title of an ex-Procoler's recent solo album: 'Don't Forget your ...'	19	Alligator (on Angel Air records)
		20	Ruby (on Vertigo records)
		21	Reflections (on Teacup records)
1 January 2013 (Keep a note of the number of your answer)	Where were Procol Harum on Tuesday 31 July 2012?	22	In Capetown, with the Moody Blues
		23	In Alpharetta, with Yes
		24	In Nagasaki, with Yumi Matsutoya
2 January (Keep a note of the number of your answer)	Whereabouts in the world is Wuppertal, where Procol's 2013 orchestral tour concludes with such magnificent parties and fun?	25	In the exact middle of the Kalahari Desert
		26	Within easy walking-distance of Kristiansand, Norway
		27	Near Hagen, Germany
3 January (Keep a note of the number of your answer)	When did Procol Harum go 'round and round and round and round again' during a 2012 concert?	28	At Westbury, on a revolving stage
		29	At Kalamazoo, in a fish-drying shed
		30	At Zanzibar, in 1968
4 January (Keep a note of the number of your answer)	Procol Harum played in Japan with Yumi Matsutoya: which of these statements did the BtP team believe was the explanation for her unusual first-name?	31	Her clothes are always made out of yummy edible fabric (vegan)
		32	It is just short for ‘Yuming’
		33	It is Vietnamese for "tonsils of tungsten, a larynx of lanthanum, and a windpipe of wolfram"

5 January

(Keep a note of the number of your answer)

Which of these reasons explains Yumi's wish to collaborate with Procol Harum in 2012?

Curiosity over Robin's guitaring

Amazement at Chris's organ

Admiration for Gary’s singing

Useful resources: BtP search engine | Search 'Beyond the Pale' on Google | Wikipedia | Procol Harum 2012 dates

You'll also need to look at our fab prizes and decide which one you most favour ... you'll need to let us know the full preference-order of all twelve, eg [GAHBICJDKELF]

The final instruction is on this page ... but to get to it you need a username and password (lower-case letters) ... click here to enter these, when you've worked out what they are ...

You work out the username and password from the correct answers to the questions above: to get them, just read the helpful hints here.

And let's not forget the valuable clues: the username and the password have no capitals in them and are both the name of a town where Procol Harum did not play in 2012: tour dates here

In the unlikely event of there being fewer winners than prizes this year, early claimants will get more than their fair share! Prizes will of course be awarded at the absolute discretion of Roland and Jens, who run 'Beyond the Pale', and whose decision will be final; their families are not eligible to enter. These puzzles were made up by someone listening to very exciting live recordings by Colosseum. Thanks to Jane Clare, from Perth in WA, once again our helpful and constructive guinea-pig for the whole puzzle-sequence.

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