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1. Which word is missing from these lines from Tom Paxton's 'The Last Thing On My Mind'?:
"It's a lesson too late for the learning,
Made of _____, made of _____"
2. Singer/songwriter Tom Paxton, who wrote 'The Last Thing On My Mind', lived a substantial part of his life in Oklahoma, but was not a native of the State. Where was he born?
3. The American singer/songwriter Tom Paxton composed a song for each of his two daughters. What were their names?
4. Which word is missing from these lines from Tom Paxton's 'The Last Thing On My Mind'?
" Are you going away with no word of ______
Will there be not a trace left behind
I could have loved you better, did not mean to be unkind
You not that was the last thing on my mind."
5. The American singer/songwriter Tom Paxton wrote many songs about Vietnam. Which one of them was also the title of a movie?
6. The American folksinger Tom Paxton once wrote a song with just 11 words in it. That, however, was not his shortest. How many words were there in 'Lament For A Lost Election'?
7. Which word is missing from these lines from Tom Paxton's 'The Last Thing On My Mind'?
"You've got reasons aplenty for going
This I know, this I know
For the ______ have been steadily growing
Please don't go, please don't go"
8. Which band had a hit with a a Tom Paxton song entitled 'Wasn't that A Party'?
9. Which song did Tom Paxton sing on 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone?', the album of Pete Seeger songs covered by a variety of artistes?
10. 'The Last Thing On My Mind', Tom Paxton's most famous song, has been recorded numerous times. Which country music greats recorded a duo of it?
11. Which Nobel peace prize winner was the subject of a scathing musical attack by the singer/songwriter Tom Paxton?
12. Which line from a 1990s song by the singer/songwriter Tom Paxton predicted that America faced a future disaster of previously unimagined magnitude?
13. For several years, Tom Paxton toured as part of a trio and released an album entitled 'Best Of Friends'. Who were the other members of the trio?
14. Who was Tom Paxton singing about in these lines?:
"We live on the water
My family and I
We go where the current takes us
And one by one we die"
15. About whom did the folksinger Tom Paxton write a song called 'The Bravest'?
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