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100

"Moving Pictures" was released in this year, but the band celebrated its 40th anniversary during 2022. 

What is 1981?

100

This song, with a polka-style intro, kicked off the encore for the Time Machine Tour. 

What is "La Villa Strangiato"?

100

The cover of this album features a young boy walking along a waterway, kicking a skull.

What is "Roll the Bones"?

100

"Bloodstained velvet, dirty lace, _______, see them bow their heads to die..."

What is "naked fear on every face"?

100

This author wrote the book "Anthem", and was acknowledged in the liner notes of "2112". 

Who is Ayn Rand?

200

This was the last album recorded and released before the live album "Different Stages". 

What is "Test for Echo"?

200

This is the only song from "Power Windows" that was never played live. 

What is "Emotion Detector"?

200

A sundial, a sketch of a honeybee, and a pedlar's cart are all featured in this album's interior artwork.

What is "Clockwork Angels"?

200

"I know it makes no difference, to what you're going through, ______, and I worry about you"

What is "and I see the tip of the iceberg"?

200
The Shakespeare play "As You Like It" inspired this line, referenced both in a Rush song and as the title of a live album. 

What is "all the world's a stage"?

300
This was the first album Rupert Hine produced for the band.

What is "Presto"?

300

Neil's drum solo was during this song on "All the World's a Stage".

What is "Working Man"?

300

This building is the setting of the scene featured on the cover of "Moving Pictures".

What is the Ontario Legislative Building?

300

"In the dog days, _____, dogs cry for the moon, but those connections are mysterious"

What is "people look to Sirius"?

300

A fan of several of this author's works, Neil alluded to two of his books in the song "Losing It".

Who is Ernest Hemingway?

400

This album, released in the month of October, features eight songs that are all between five minutes and six and a half minutes in length. 

What is "Power Windows"?

400

This album contains the lowest percentage of songs that were played live.

What is "Vapor Trails"?

400

A semblance of a jaw with teeth can be made out in the top left corner of the cover of this synth-era album.

What is "Grace Under Pressure"?

400

"Pale facsimile, like what others see, ______, earthshine, a beacon in the night..."

What is "when they look in my direction"?

400

A drug-induced dream inspired Samuel Taylor Coleridge to write a poem that he stated was left unfinished; the poem in turn inspired the lyrics of this Rush song. 

What is "Xanadu"?

500

Unhappy with the quality of the initial sessions made by their producer, Rush moved on to produce this album entirely on their own; the only time they did so.

What is "Rush" (debut)?

500

According to the official Rush.com setlists, this is the only song to be played in full as both a concert opener and an encore closer. 

What is "Limelight"?

500

The enlarged hand and forearm in Rembrandt's 1632 painting "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" inspired the enlarged hand from the figure on this album cover. 

What is "Power Windows"?

500

"Bet your life (rational, romantic, mystic, cynical, idealist), Bet your life (minimal, expressionist, post-modern, ______), Bet your life..."

What is "neo-symbolist"?

500

A line from Joseph Conrad's novel "Victory" is quoted in this song from "Vapor Trails".

What is "Secret Touch"?