GL's Rick Wakeman Challenge
Everything you never wanted to know about Rick Wakeman!
1. In Dec 1973 Rick temporarily changed his name to Ismail Arabif Inmtah?
True
False
2. In 1993 Rick released the album entitled?
Journey To The Center Of The Keys
Unleashing The Tethered One
The Fantabulous Cantrobulous
Rock n Roll Prophet
3. Gene's Landing broke the sad news that they couldn't support Rick on his 1999 West Coast Tour due to?
Captain Deano swallowed a keyboard
Had to see a man about a dog
They had double booked with a Yes Tribute band
Wakemanitis
4. Did Rick perform on Dib Cochran & the Earwigs classic 'oh baby'?
5. When Rick quit YES in 1978 he was replaced by?
The London Symphony Orchestra
Peter Frampton
Trevor Horn & Geoff Downes from the Buggles
Unreplaceable!
6. In Rick's younger day he quite a handy middle distant runner and only narrowly missed the British Olympic squad for Munich 1972?
7. Did the 1989 album Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe?
Sink without a trace
Reached the US top 30
Was banned on the grounds of Crap Music
Ousted Bros's "When will I be famous" at No.1
8. In 1996 Rick's rare collection of Medieval Capes sold at auction for $240 000 US?
9. The YES triple live album Yessongs(1973) was followed by the sad news of?
The departure of drummer Bill Bruford
Death of their long-time manager Spig Sparticus
The departure of bass player Chris Squire
Rick announced he wanted to stay in the band
10. A signed copy of any of Rick's Albums is likely to fetch at least $4000 US?
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