All your friends say you're obsessed. But what do they know? Answer the questions below (some about you, some about Starlight Express) and click 'calculate' to work out your StEx-obsessiveness percentage. Note: this is all Done In Fun, those without a sense of humour probably shouldn't be in this section anyway. You'll need a javascript capable browser for the scripty thing (written by my lovely friend Raj Bhaskar) to work.

First, answer some questions about yourself:

How many recordings of Starlight Express do you own?
None
One
Two, three or four
Five, six or seven
More than seven
(Hand over those bootlegs, no one's impressed)

How many times have you seen the show?
None
None, but I long to
One
Two to five times
Six to ten times
Eleven to twenty times
More than twenty times

Which items of Starlight Express merchandise do you own? (choose all that apply)
None
Programme
Brochure
T-shirt
Sweater
Flag
Teddy
Mug
Baseball Cap
Poster
Vocal score
Keyring
Other

How well would you say you know the lyrics?
I don't
I can hum bits of it
I can do almost all of 'Make up my Heart'
I know the main songs reasonably well
I can sing it backward, if necessary
I can sing it fluently in more than one language

Now answer these simple (and not so simple) Starlight Express questions:
1) What is Rusty's surname?
Smith
McCoy
He doesn't have one

2) I say, 'Should I tell him no?'. You:
Say, 'Well, it depends....'
Shake your head
Nod

3) Who is the current Rusty in London?
Mark McGee
Adrian Hansel
Ray Shell

4) Why did Rusty win the race?
Because he was turbo-charged on strawberry bootlaces
Because the Starlight Express helped him
Because he believed in the Starlight Express
Because he believed in himself

5) What row does the ghost of the Apollo Victoria sit in (or used to, before they destroyed it)?
Don't be daft, there's no ghost
Q
P
A

6) How many (official) productions of Starlight Express have there been?
One
Two
Five
Eight
Ten

7) Which of these is not the first line of 'Starlight Express'?
When your goodnights have been said and you are lying in bed
Wenn der Sonne versinkt und der Nacht schon beginnt
When the night is darkest, let the dream begin
When the night is darkest, open up your mind
Wird es um mich dunkel, wird es in mir still

8) Who can do it like a steam train?
Nobody
I can
Any other sort of train
That's a silly question

9) Who wrote the lyrics to 'Next Time You Fall In Love'?
Richard Stilgoe
Don Black
Tim Rice
Sabine Grohmann

And your result is: