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Rush -' Vapor Trails' Trivia Quiz

This is the first of a set of Rush Album related quizzes I aim to complete. I'm going to be working backwards as well, from the most recent 'Vapor Trails', all the way back to 'Rush'. If you know the albums well, you shouldn't do too bad! :)

A multiple-choice quiz by auto2112. Estimated time: 5 mins.

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auto2112

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5 mins

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147,688

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
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Question 1 of 25

1. Which song does the line, "While a billion other dealers are slipping past our guards" come from? Hint

Earthshine

Vapor Trails

Out of the Cradle

Peaceable Kingdom

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Question 2 of 25

2. Alex Lifeson plays the instrument known as the mandola on 'Vapor Trails'.

True

False

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Question 3 of 25

3. Odd One Out: Which of the following four songs features on 'Vapor Trails'? Hint

Secret Touch

Virtuality

Open Secrets

Ceiling Limited

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Question 4 of 25

4. What number studio album is this for Rush? Hint

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Question 5 of 25

5. Which is the shortest song on the album? Hint

Out of the Cradle

One Little Victory

Sweet Miracle

Nocturne

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Question 6 of 25

6. Which video game racing series featured the song 'One Little Victory' in its most recent incarnation? Hint

Burnout

Ridge Racer

Need For Speed

Gran Turismo

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Question 7 of 25

7. The song 'Freeze' is part of a 5-song trilogy known as 'The Fear Trilogy'.

True

False

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Question 8 of 25

8. How many songs are featured on the album? Hint

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Question 9 of 25

9. Keyboards are not used on this album.

True

False

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Question 10 of 25

10. The song 'Ghost Rider' features which line of lyrics? Hint

Carry all those phantoms, through bitter wind and stormy skies

You can never break the chain, there is never love without pain

Surge of energy, spark of inspiration, the breath of love is electricity

Are you under the illusion, the path is winding your way

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Question 11 of 25

11. Rush followed the release of the album with a huge tour. Which continent did they regret not taking the tour to? Hint

Australasia

Europe

Africa

Asia

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Question 12 of 25

12. 'Freeze' is which part of 'The Fear Trilogy'? Hint

III

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Question 13 of 25

13. Which of the following from 'Vapor Trails' has never been performed live by Rush? Hint

How It Is

One Little Victory

Ceiling Unlimited

Earthshine

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Question 14 of 25

14. There was a gap of how many years since the release of 'Test For Echo' and 'Vapor Trails'? Hint

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Question 15 of 25

15. Neil Peart wrote the lyrics for every song on the album.

True

False

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Question 16 of 25

16. Which song features the line "I wasn't walking with angels, I was talking to myself"? Hint

Sweet Miracle

Peaceable Kingdom

Vapor Trails

Nocturne

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Question 17 of 25

17. In which month of 2002 was 'Vapor Trails' released? Hint

May

April

March

June

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Question 18 of 25

18. The song 'One Little Victory' was featured in one of the WWE's PPV events in 2002.

True

False

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Question 19 of 25

19. Which of the following 4 words fit into the blank space for this line from the song 'Freeze':
'The menace threatens,closing,
And I'm .... in the shadows.' Hint

Frozen

Lurking

Hiding

Frightened

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Question 20 of 25

20. For the first time in a Rush studio album, Alex Lifeson sings lead vocals on one of the songs.

True

False

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Question 21 of 25

21. What did the cover of the album depict? Hint

A farmer's field

A plane in the sky

A painting of a fireball

A puddle of water

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Question 22 of 25

22. The tracklist order changes between the US and UK versions of the album.

True

False

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Question 23 of 25

23. The following line features in which 'Vapor Trails' song:
'Silence all the songbirds, stilled by the killing frost'
Hint

Earthshine

Ghost Rider

How It Is

Vapor Trail

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Question 24 of 25

24. Which of the following tracks lasts more than ten minutes? Hint

Nocturne

Stars Look Down

Out of the Cradle

None of them

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Question 25 of 25

25. Finally... This is the 4th album in a row on which Rush has featured an instrumental song with no lyrics.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which song does the line, "While a billion other dealers are slipping past our guards" come from?

Answer: Peaceable Kingdom

'Peaceable Kingdom' is a song about the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the United States of America.

2. Alex Lifeson plays the instrument known as the mandola on 'Vapor Trails'.

Answer: True

This isn't the only Rush album that Lifeson played the mandolin on. He also played it on the 'Test For Echo' album, in the song 'Half the World'.

3. Odd One Out: Which of the following four songs features on 'Vapor Trails'?

Answer: Secret Touch

For those of you who voted for 'Ceiling Limited', you're wrong because the song on the album is called 'Ceiling UNlimited'.

4. What number studio album is this for Rush?

Answer: 17

Rush have followed a pattern with the releases of their albums. They release 4 studio albums, then a live album, then 4 studio, and so on. However, this trend looks to be broken in 2003 with the release of the 'Live in Rio' album.

5. Which is the shortest song on the album?

Answer: Sweet Miracle

At 3:40, 'Sweet Miracle' is the shortest song on the album. Still longer than the majority of music released today, though. :)

6. Which video game racing series featured the song 'One Little Victory' in its most recent incarnation?

Answer: Need For Speed

And it's a first for Rush. They've featured in movies and even wrestling PPV's, but never a video game.

7. The song 'Freeze' is part of a 5-song trilogy known as 'The Fear Trilogy'.

Answer: False

The song 'Freeze' IS part of 'The Fear Trilogy', but it doesn't consist of 5 songs, only 4.

8. How many songs are featured on the album?

Answer: 13

This album actually features the most tracks Rush have ever put onto a studio album.

9. Keyboards are not used on this album.

Answer: True

Rush wanted a more 'raw' sound for 'Vapor Trails', and decided to ditch the use of keyboards for the first time since their early days as a band. The fans were not happy.

10. The song 'Ghost Rider' features which line of lyrics?

Answer: Carry all those phantoms, through bitter wind and stormy skies

The song 'Ghost Rider' is about Neil Peart's journey of self-discovery after he lost his wife to cancer and his daughter in a car crash.

11. Rush followed the release of the album with a huge tour. Which continent did they regret not taking the tour to?

Answer: Europe

Even if they wanted to, they wouldn't have been able to tour Europe. The reason was that all the major arenas in Europe wouldn't take a chance on Rush, believing that the European fans hadn't taken much notice of 'Vapor Trails', the album. The sales of the album and the consequent backlash from the fans on the internet proved them wrong.

12. 'Freeze' is which part of 'The Fear Trilogy'?

Answer: IV

'The Fear Trilogy' is a confusing one. It's not even strictly a true trilogy with its 4 songs, and the trilogy also plays out in the following chronological order: III, II, I, VI. Confusing?

13. Which of the following from 'Vapor Trails' has never been performed live by Rush?

Answer: How It Is

It's been well documented that there's around 40 Rush songs that have never been performed live.

14. There was a gap of how many years since the release of 'Test For Echo' and 'Vapor Trails'?

Answer: 6

This was the longest gap between any two Rush studio albums released.

15. Neil Peart wrote the lyrics for every song on the album.

Answer: True

Neil Peart has been the sole lyricist for Rush on more than 95 percent of their songs to date.

16. Which song features the line "I wasn't walking with angels, I was talking to myself"?

Answer: Sweet Miracle

The full verse reads as:
I wasn't walking with angels,
I was talking to myself,
Rising up to the surface,
Raging against the night,
Starless night.

17. In which month of 2002 was 'Vapor Trails' released?

Answer: May

The exact date was 14th of May, 2002.

18. The song 'One Little Victory' was featured in one of the WWE's PPV events in 2002.

Answer: False

But way back in 1993, the song 'Where's My Thing?' from the Rush album 'Roll the Bones' WAS featured in that year's Royal Rumble event.

19. Which of the following 4 words fit into the blank space for this line from the song 'Freeze': 'The menace threatens,closing, And I'm .... in the shadows.'

Answer: Frozen

Maybe a bit of an obvious answer this one, but there needed to be an easy question in this quiz! :)

20. For the first time in a Rush studio album, Alex Lifeson sings lead vocals on one of the songs.

Answer: False

Alex Lifeson has NEVER sang lead vocals for any Rush song. Why would you want him to anyway with Geddy Lee available? :)

21. What did the cover of the album depict?

Answer: A painting of a fireball

It's also one of their least popular album covers amongst the internet crowd. Very picky, that lot.

22. The tracklist order changes between the US and UK versions of the album.

Answer: True

Strangely enough, it does. 'Peaceable Kingdom' and 'Ceiling Unlimited' swapped places when the album was released in the UK.

23. The following line features in which 'Vapor Trails' song: 'Silence all the songbirds, stilled by the killing frost'

Answer: Vapor Trail

I originally believed that this was another case of a Rush album which shares its title with one of its songs, but somebody right here on funtrivia proved me wrong! It's corrected now! :P

24. Which of the following tracks lasts more than ten minutes?

Answer: None of them

Rush hasn't done a song which lasts more than 10 minutes since the album 'Moving Pictures' in 1981.

25. Finally... This is the 4th album in a row on which Rush has featured an instrumental song with no lyrics.

Answer: False

There's actually NO instrumental track on the album.

Source: Author auto2112

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