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1. With which album did the band enter the 1980s, from which the single release 'The Spirit of Radio', became one their greatest commercial successes?
2. Well known for his humorous use of stage props, bass player Geddy Lee used which of the following catering appliances as a backdrop for his performances during the band's 2007 'Snakes and Arrows' tour?
3. Neil Peart joined Rush after the departure of John Rutsey and just prior to their first major US tour in 1974. By what nickname, given to him by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, is he still referred to today?
4. The lyrics of this song revolve around two major world cities; it's a track which features on the band's hugely successful 1981 album 'Moving Pictures'. This song is called 'The ________ Eye'.
5. Equipment provided to the band by this sound processing company allowed Rush to reproduce their studio sound in live performance. What was the name of this company?
6. Which name, with an almost identical spelling, links Rush drummer Neil Peart with one of the two leading characters in the hugely successful 1980 musical movie and cult classic, 'The Blues Brothers'?
7. The band's original drummer, John Rutsey, left Rush shortly after the release of the eponymous album 'Rush!' in 1974. What was given as the reason for his departure?
8. Which British rock band, sharing their name with a villainous literary figure, did Rush support in their first concert with Neil Peart as their newest member, on the 14th of August 1974?
9. One of the band's first gigs took place during September 1968 at a church drop-in centre in Willowdale, Ontario. Buried in rooms underneath the church, from which of the following did the venue take its somewhat appropriate name; the ____?
10. The band are known to have more than a fleeting interest in space travel, having been invited in the past to observe the launch of the Space Shuttle. With this in mind, what is the name of the restaurant and bar in Toronto of which Alex Lifeson is part owner: The ____ Room?
11. Although enormously popular with their fans, during their early career Rush were never given a great deal of credit by the critics and were lambasted by some elements within the North American music press for being what?
12. Seen on the inner sleeve of the band's 1984 offering, where do we find Grace in relation to Pressure?
13. "There is unrest in the forest,
And the creatures all have fled,
For the maples scream oppression!
While the ____ just shake their heads"
Who, or what, were shaking their heads?
14. Which primary colour features in the title of a song on the 1981 album 'Moving Pictures', the subject of which was inspired by a short story published in a motoring magazine?
15. If all of your answers are correct, and the quiz title is something of a lyrical clue, once the first letters to the answers to questions one through fourteen have been rearranged, they will spell the title of a track from the band's 1989 album 'Presto' and complete this quiz!
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