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Okay, let's see how Rush-smart you are... 1 - What year did Rush record in England for the first time and what album did they record? 2 – What tour was it when Rush sold out three consecutive nights for the first time at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto? 3 – What album was the first that Terry Brown did not co-produce with Rush? 4 – What studio album did Geddy first start using Taurus pedals? 5 – What tour did Rush stop opening up for other bands and become the headliner? 6 – Which band (a label mate with Anthem Records) most commonly opened for Rush in the late 70s? 7 – What tour did Geddy start using his Steinberger Bass guitar? 8 – What tour was the final time Neil used Slingerland drums? 9 – What Rush album was the first to go Gold in the US? (500,000 units.) 10 – Rush sold out three consecutive nights and recorded one of those nights for an FM radio broadcast. Which tour and what city, what venue? 11 – What tour did Alex start playing a Gibson double neck six and twelve string guitar? He had two – what colours were they? 12 – What is the name of Rush’s lighting director who has been with the band since the band’s first big show opening for Uriah Heep and Manfred Mann’s earth Band in 1974? 13 – What city was that show (#12) played in and approximately how many people were in the audience? 14 – Where was the sound of birds chirping (heard on the intro to Xanadu) recorded? 15 – What tour did Neil start using temple blocks and wind chimes and for what song? 16 – What is the biggest audience that Rush played to for their own show? (Not a festival.) 17 – What tour did Rush use pyrotechnics for the first time? (Flash pots as they were called then.) 18 – How many shows has Rush played in Australia? 19 – What tour did Geddy start using an Oberheim OBX synthesizer on stage? 20 – Last one is a weird one… on which tour did Alex get his hair permed for the first time?