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1. MUSIC: in 1999, a Tuba appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel, but it wasn't an instrument - it was the name of a singer. Which country did Tuba Önal and Grup Mistik represent with the song 'Dön Artık'?
2. ANIMALS: which beautiful but bad-tempered aquatic bird has a large variant known as the trumpeter?
3. SCI/TECH: brass is an alloy made of two metals. One is copper, but what is the other one?
4. HUMANITIES: how many trombones 'led the big parade' in a song from the musical 'The Music Man'?
5. CELEBRITIES: which British TV presenter, born in Ashton-under-Lyne and formerly of 'The Big Breakfast', plays the baritone horn?
6. GEOGRAPHY: where in Europe would you find the city of Hoorn? (Bring your bicycles!)
7. HISTORY: which of these instruments is a brass instrument used by the Romans for sounding alarms and announcing night watches?
8. RELIGION: in which book of the New Testament do seven angels announce the apocalypse by sounding seven trumpets?
9. TELEVISION: which of these is the actual title of a slice-of-life anime featuring a group of teenage girls who play brass?
10. MOVIES: which Scottish actor, also known for 'Trainspotting' and the 'Star Wars' prequels, played Andy Barrow in the 1996 film 'Brassed Off'?
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