Rush Songs Trivia Quiz - Trivia Quiz

1 Which album includes Rush's hit song Tom Sawyer?

A. Grace Under Pressure

B. Moving Pictures

C. Permanent Waves

2 Which Rush song tells a futuristic tale of a forbidden sports car?

A. Red Barchetta

B. Fly by Night

C. Subdivisions

3 Which instrumental’s rhythm is based on the Morse code for Toronto’s airport?

A. YYZ

B. La Villa Strangiato

C. The Main Monkey Business

4 Which Rush song critiques conformity and alienation in suburbia?

A. Subdivisions

B. Freewill

C. The Spirit of Radio

5 Which Rush single famously ends with a reggae-inspired section?

A. The Spirit of Radio

B. Limelight

C. Closer to the Heart

6 Which of these is part of Rush’s multi-song Fear series?

A. Witch Hunt

B. Red Sector A

C. Jacob's Ladder

7 Which Rush epic was influenced by Ayn Rand’s novella Anthem?

A. 2112

B. Hemispheres

C. Xanadu

8 Which Rush song features guest vocals by Aimee Mann?

A. Time Stand Still

B. Distant Early Warning

C. Force Ten

9 Which song was inspired by Coleridge’s poem Kubla Khan?

A. Xanadu

B. By-Tor and the Snow Dog

C. Anthem

10 Which Rush track became the band’s highest-charting U.S. single?

A. New World Man

B. Tom Sawyer

C. Limelight

11 Which Rush song declares the line "I will choose free will"?

A. Freewill

B. The Trees

C. Entre Nous

12 Which song depicts a mythic conflict between Apollo and Dionysus?

A. Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres

B. Bastille Day

C. Anthem

13 Which early Rush song became a breakout after heavy play on Cleveland radio?

A. Working Man

B. In the Mood

C. Finding My Way

14 Which instrumental is subtitled "An Exercise in Self-Indulgence"?

A. La Villa Strangiato

B. YYZ

C. Leave That Thing Alone

15 Which Rush song was written after the band watched the first Space Shuttle launch?

A. Countdown

B. Mission

C. Chain Lightning