"Peter, Paul, and Mommy Too!" Quiz | Paul & Mary Peter

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1. Fill in the blank for this classic "Peter, Paul, and Mary" song: "Puff the Magic Dragon." "Puff, the Magic Dragon, lived by the ______."

Answer: sea

"Puff The Magic Dragon" is one of Peter, Paul, and Mary's original hits that they recorded in 1962 and it was witten by Peter. It is still a hit after many generations.

2. Finish the verse: "Oh the ___ went out on a chilly night, prayed for the moon to give him light".

Answer: fox

"The Fox" is a traditional song and was re-adapted by Peter, Paul, and Mary for this concert.

3. Finish the verse: "My father wants to give the bride away, I think he's waiting for a _____."

Answer: dowry

"Somagwaza/Hey Motswala" (the English version) was written by Pete Seeger, a smart man who left Harvard to write music. The song was released in 1960. (It was not released by Peter, Paul, and Mary first, though.)

4. Finish the chorus: "Inside, Inside that's the most important ___."

Answer: part

"Inside" is a cute song because it is fun, but it teaches kids that what is inside is more important than what is outside. This song was written by Paul and Paul G. Hill. It was released by Peter, Paul, and Mary in 1988.

5. Finish the chorus to this other classic "Peter, Paul, and Mary" song: "And if you take my hand my ___, all will be well when the day is done."

Answer: son

"Day is Done" was originally written by Peter and released by Peter, Paul, and Mary in 1969.

6. Finish the verse: "Pulling weeds, and picking stones, we are made of ______ and bones."

Answer: dreams

"The Garden Song" is another great song and it is really fun to sing along with. It was written by David Mallet, a man who has written many songs, including songs for Pete Seeger! "The Garden Song" was released on "Peter, Paul, and Mommy Too!"

7. Finish the verse: "From this union there came three: a ________, and a porgy, and the other was me."

Answer: porpoise

"The Eddystone Light" is a goofy song about a man who kept something called an Eddystone light and married a mermaid. It is another one of my favorite songs. The adapted words and music were written by Peter, Paul, and Mary and used for this concert.

8. Finish the verse to this comedic song: "How _______ to swallow a Peter, Paul, and Mary."

Answer: contrary

This song was "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly" as done by Peter and Paul. They asked for people in the audience to give them things for her to swallow. One person said a washing machine and Peter replied "To keep herself clean she swallowed a washing machine!" Then a kid in the audience said "Peter, Paul, and Mary" and Mary said this line. (Mary had sneaked on stage from the back.) It was originally written by Rose Bonne and Alan Mills (the adapted version.) It was just used by Peter, Paul, and Mary for this one concert.

9. Finish the chorus: "Somos el _____."

Answer: barco

"Somos El Barco" was released by Peter, Paul, and Mary in 1982 and writtten by Lorre Wyatt.

10. Finish the verse: "Out of your dustbowl and westward we go, your desert was hot and your ________ was cold."

Answer: mountain

"Pastures of Plenty" was originally written by Woody Guthrie who was a young man who used to live in Texas and was scorned when he tried to make a living from singing. This song is about the migrant workers who travel to find work for food and a place to live. It was first released on "Peter, Paul, and Mommy Too!"

11. Finish the chorus: "Don't ever take away our _______. Don't ever take it away."

Answer: freedom

The song "Don't Ever Take Away Our Freedom" is mixed with "Home on the Range." Peter re-did this song (since it was traditional) and it was released on "Peter, Paul, and Mommy Too!" (The adapted version, of course.)

12. Finish the verse: "You know this language that we speak is part _____, Latin, and part Greek."

Answer: German

"All Mixed Up" is another one of my favorite songs, and it is all about different cultures bonding even though they have other customs. It was written by Pete Seeger and first released by Peter, Paul, and Mary in "Peter, Paul, and Mommy Too!"

13. Finish the verse sung by Paul: "You can be awkward, you can be slow. That's why I'm here in right field just watching the __________ grow."

Answer: dandelions

"Right Field" was originally written by Paul and was released by Peter, Paul, and Mary in 1986.

14. Finish the verse sung by Mary: "All the leaves will bow down, when you walk by. And morning _____ will chime."

Answer: bells

This song was originally written by John Denver and revised by Mary and later sung by Mary in one of Peter, Paul, and Mary's albums released in 1966. It was originally called "Poem For Bobbie" but was called "Poem for Erika" in "Peter, Paul, and Mommy Too!"

15. Finish the chorus sung by Peter: "We shall overcome ______."

Answer: some day

Peter sang "We Shall Overcome," and it is about Martin Luther King's people trying to overcome racial hatred back in the sixties. It was written by Pete Seeger, Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, and Zilphia Horton. Peter sang it for the first time on "Peter, Paul, and Mommy Too!"

16. Finish the verse: "Won't be my father's Jack, no I won't be my mother's Jill. I'll be a fiddler's wife and ______ when I will."

Answer: fiddle

This song is sort of like a remix of "It's Raining." Peter, Paul, and Mary sung it and it was re-written by Paul and Len Chandler. It even has Mary playing a hide-and-go-seek game and her counting at the end of verses. It is really creative and fun to sing with, and was released in Peter, Paul, and Mary's first album.

17. Finish the chorus to my favorite "Peter, Paul, and Mary" song: "I'd hammer out danger, I'd hammer out _______."

Answer: warning

"The Hammer Song" has always been my favorite, ever since I was a little girl. It was released in 1962 and was written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays (who was a big time folk singer and was in The Weavers and the Almanac Singers).

18. Finish the chorus: "The ______ my friends, is blowing in the wind."

Answer: answer

"Blowin in the Wind" was also an original hit by Peter, Paul, and Mary and was released in late 1962. It was written by Bob Dylan, a very famous man who wrote many songs for a living.

19. Finish the chorus: "This land is your land, this land is my land. From __________ to the New York Islands."

Answer: California

"This Land is Your Land" is the last song in the concert and was also written by Woodie Guthrie. It was released by Peter, Paul, and Mary in 1963.

20. That was the last song in the concert so I have a free question. In 1969 Peter, Paul, and Mary did "Peter, Paul, and Mommy" before doing "Peter, Paul, and Mommy Too!" Why are the concerts called "Peter, Paul, and Mommy" in the first place?

Answer: that is what Mary's daughter called it

Mary's eldest daughter, Erika, used to call them Peter, Paul, and Mommy when she was a little girl. In 1969, Mary thought it would be cute to call the concert "Peter, Paul, and Mommy" sort of as a tribute to her daughter. In 1993, when Peter, Paul, and Mary did this concert they re-used the name and called it "Peter, Paul, and Mommy Too!"

Source: Author Galaxyfan

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"Peter, Paul, and Mommy Too!" Trivia Quiz

This has been one of my favorite Peter, Paul and Mary concerts (live recording) for a long time. I will give you a segment of the song and you fill in the blanks. (Not all of these songs are theirs because the concert was mainly for children.)

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