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The Last Thing On My Mind Trivia Quiz

To say that something was "the last thing on my mind" hints at regret for an act done, or not done; a word spoken or not spoken. Let's trace some references in song.

A multiple-choice quiz by darksplash. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
darksplash

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
349,278

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. "It's a lesson too late for the learning,
Made of sand, made of sand
In the wink of an eye my soul is turning
In your hand, in your hand..."
These are the opening words of an iconic song entitled "The Last Thing on my Mind". Which cloth-capped folkie wrote it? Hint

Tom Paxton

David Blue

Eric Andersen

Pat Sky

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Are you going away with no word of farewell
Will there be not a trace left behind
I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind"..."
This is the chorus of a well known song entitled "The Last Thing On My Mind". Which duo had a Top 10 US country hit with the song? Hint

Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash

Jerry Jeff Walker and Iris De Ment

Kris Kristofferson and Crystal Gale

Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton

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Question 3 of 10

3. "I don't love him anymore just ask all my friends
I've told them and I tell them time and time again
I don't have no regrets no I'm not that kind
Honestly he's the last thing on my mind
When the day turns into dusk the shadows start to fall
And this empty bed's as big as Arkansas
And when I'm drifting off to sleep something in my broken heart rewinds
He's the last thing he's the last thing on my mind..."
Which American songstress had a hit in 2000 with a song called "The Last Thing On My Mind"? Hint

Patty Loveless

Sheryl Crow

Madonna

Nanci Griffith

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Question 4 of 10

4. "There was something in your voice
That was telling me don't be too sure
Arousing my suspicions
I have never felt before
I thought we had it made
I thought you'd never go away

But now you're suddenly like a stranger
And you're leaving our love behind
Of all the things I was ever planning for
This was the last thing on my mind..."
Which fruity-sounding British girl group had a Top 10 hit with this song called "Last Thing On My Mind"? Hint

St Etienne

Spice Girls

Girls Aloud

Bananarama

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Question 5 of 10

5. "No I won't let go, know what we can be
I won't watch my life crashin' down on me
Guess I had it all right there before my eyes
Yeah
Girl I'm sorry now, you were the last thing on my mind..."
This is the chorus of a song called "The Last Thing On My Mind by a duo comprising an Irish and an American singer. Who were they? Hint

Gerry Rafferty and Nanci Griffith

Bob Seger and Sharon Corr

Daniel O'Donnell and Kirsty MacColl

Ronan Keating and LeAnn Rimes

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Question 6 of 10

6. "It's late in the evening and there's no-one at home
I'm making the most of being on my own
Avowed intention is to be alone
But I'm one step closer to the danger zone

Between uncertainty and what is real
Lies never exactly knowing how I feel
I shake my head, inhale the cold night air

And I say to myself, yeah

You were
The last thing on my mind
But never far behind
The first thing that I'd find.."

Yet another song called "The Last Thing On My Mind". This version was written by the English guitarist John Wetton. He was in a series of bands, but which of these liked one-word album titles, one of them eponymous? Hint

Asia

Africa

Europe

Antarctica

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Driving home to be with you
The highway's dividing, the city's in view
As usual, I'm almost on time
You're the last thing that's on my mind
I wish I could tell you the way that I feel
But tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel..."
Which Canadian band may well have thought it's all been done before? Hint

Barenaked Ladies

Crowded House

Avalanche City

Dawn of Azazel

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Question 8 of 10

8. You make me wanna call you in the middle of the night.
You make me wanna hold you till the morning light.
You make me wanna love, you make me wanna fall.
You make me wanna surrender my soul.
I know this is a feeling that I just can't fight.
You're the first and last thing on my mind.
You make me wanna love, you make me wanna fall.
You make me wanna surrender my soul.
Which colourful British band had a Top 10 hit with this song in 2002? Hint

Black

Pink

Blue

Scarlet

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Question 9 of 10

9. "I remember cold nights,
Tears I thought would never dry,
How you shattered my world
With your goodbye (your goodbye baby),
I would have sold my soul then,
Just to have you back again,
Now you are the last thing on my mind..."
These are words from a song called "I Learned From The Best" by a soul diva who was one of the top-selling female artists of the 1980s and who died tragically young. Who was she? Hint

Whitney Houston

Grace Slick

Janis Joplin

Patsy Cline

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Question 10 of 10

10. "You've got reasons a-plenty for going
This I know, this I know
For the weeds have been steadily growing
Please don't go, please don't go.."
These are words of a song called "The Last Thing On My Mind" written and made famous by a Chicago-born folkie in the 1960s and covered by many artists. Among them was a talented guitarist called Clarence White, who played in his own bands and also contributed to recordings by one of the era's most significant combos, including their "Notorious" album. Which of these was it? Hint

Velvet Underground

DEVO

The Byrds

Chad Mitchell Trio

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "It's a lesson too late for the learning, Made of sand, made of sand In the wink of an eye my soul is turning In your hand, in your hand..." These are the opening words of an iconic song entitled "The Last Thing on my Mind". Which cloth-capped folkie wrote it?

Answer: Tom Paxton

The song was included on his 1964 album "Ramblin' Boy" and became a mainstay of his concerts, frequently used as an encore. Paxton once noted: "When I wrote the song people kept asking me if things were all right between Midge (his wife) and me. They were, and are".
Paxton has sung the song hundreds of times, perhaps one of the most rarified was in the Palace of Westminster when he was honoured by members of the British House of Commons and House of Lords folk club.
A Breton cap was a trademark of Tom Paxton's for much of his career.

2. "Are you going away with no word of farewell Will there be not a trace left behind I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind You know that was the last thing on my mind"..." This is the chorus of a well known song entitled "The Last Thing On My Mind". Which duo had a Top 10 US country hit with the song?

Answer: Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton

The Wagoner/Parton cover reached Number Six in the charts in December 1967.
Like many people, theirs was a more uptempo version than Tom Paxton's own.
Peter, Paul and Mary, The Seekers, Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond and Gram Parson were among dozens to cover the song.

3. "I don't love him anymore just ask all my friends I've told them and I tell them time and time again I don't have no regrets no I'm not that kind Honestly he's the last thing on my mind When the day turns into dusk the shadows start to fall And this empty bed's as big as Arkansas And when I'm drifting off to sleep something in my broken heart rewinds He's the last thing he's the last thing on my mind..." Which American songstress had a hit in 2000 with a song called "The Last Thing On My Mind"?

Answer: Patty Loveless

Born and raised in Kentucky, Patty Loveless hit the country charts some 40 times, with five Number One singles among them. "The Last Thing On My Mind" reached Number 20 in 2000.

4. "There was something in your voice That was telling me don't be too sure Arousing my suspicions I have never felt before I thought we had it made I thought you'd never go away But now you're suddenly like a stranger And you're leaving our love behind Of all the things I was ever planning for This was the last thing on my mind..." Which fruity-sounding British girl group had a Top 10 hit with this song called "Last Thing On My Mind"?

Answer: Bananarama

Bananarama formed in 1979 and although the line-up changed, they remained active for much of the rest of 20th Century. They had six UK top 10 singles. "Last Thing On My Mind" was a UK Number 71 in 1992.
In 1997, a cover by Steps reached Number Six in the UK, and was a chart topper in Belgium.

5. "No I won't let go, know what we can be I won't watch my life crashin' down on me Guess I had it all right there before my eyes Yeah Girl I'm sorry now, you were the last thing on my mind..." This is the chorus of a song called "The Last Thing On My Mind by a duo comprising an Irish and an American singer. Who were they?

Answer: Ronan Keating and LeAnn Rimes

This was the third single of Keating's third solo album "Turn It On" and reached Number Five in The UK in 2004. LeAnn Rimes included it on two albums, "Greatest Hits" in 2003 and 'Best Of" the following year.

6. "It's late in the evening and there's no-one at home I'm making the most of being on my own Avowed intention is to be alone But I'm one step closer to the danger zone Between uncertainty and what is real Lies never exactly knowing how I feel I shake my head, inhale the cold night air And I say to myself, yeah You were The last thing on my mind But never far behind The first thing that I'd find.." Yet another song called "The Last Thing On My Mind". This version was written by the English guitarist John Wetton. He was in a series of bands, but which of these liked one-word album titles, one of them eponymous?

Answer: Asia

John Wetton was lead singer of Asia between 1981 and 1986. Their eponymous first album topped the US charts in 1982 (Number 11 in the UK) while "Don't Cry" gave them a US Number 10 single the following year. Ten of their 11 studio albums between 1982 and 2010 had one-word titles.

7. "Driving home to be with you The highway's dividing, the city's in view As usual, I'm almost on time You're the last thing that's on my mind I wish I could tell you the way that I feel But tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel..." Which Canadian band may well have thought it's all been done before?

Answer: Barenaked Ladies

Formed in Ontario in 1988, Barenaked Ladies had a string of Canadian chart successes, including the 1998 Number One "It's All Been Done". In the same year, "One Week" was US Number One.
"Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel" was a track on the 2000 album, "Maroon".

8. You make me wanna call you in the middle of the night. You make me wanna hold you till the morning light. You make me wanna love, you make me wanna fall. You make me wanna surrender my soul. I know this is a feeling that I just can't fight. You're the first and last thing on my mind. You make me wanna love, you make me wanna fall. You make me wanna surrender my soul. Which colourful British band had a Top 10 hit with this song in 2002?

Answer: Blue

Blue formed in 2000 only to split five years later. They reformed in 2009. They had three Number One singles in the UK, including "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word", a collaboration with Elton John in 2002. "U Make Me Wanna", the song quoted above, was a Number Four in the same year.

9. "I remember cold nights, Tears I thought would never dry, How you shattered my world With your goodbye (your goodbye baby), I would have sold my soul then, Just to have you back again, Now you are the last thing on my mind..." These are words from a song called "I Learned From The Best" by a soul diva who was one of the top-selling female artists of the 1980s and who died tragically young. Who was she?

Answer: Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston was born on August 9th 1963 in Newark, New Jersey and died tragically on February 11th 2012 in Beverly Hills, California.
Among awards she won were two Emmys and six grammys. Between 1985 and 1995, she scored 11 Number One US singles.
Movie roles included "The Bodyguard" (1992) and "The Preacher's Wife" (1996).
Houston was found dead in a California hotel room. The cause of death was given as accidental drowning, but traces of illegal drugs were found in her bloodstream.

10. "You've got reasons a-plenty for going This I know, this I know For the weeds have been steadily growing Please don't go, please don't go.." These are words of a song called "The Last Thing On My Mind" written and made famous by a Chicago-born folkie in the 1960s and covered by many artists. Among them was a talented guitarist called Clarence White, who played in his own bands and also contributed to recordings by one of the era's most significant combos, including their "Notorious" album. Which of these was it?

Answer: The Byrds

Tom Paxton's "The Last Thing On My Mind" appeared on The White Brothers/New Kentucky Colonels 1973 album "Live In Sweden".
Clarence White was born on June 7th, 1944 in Lewiston, Maine and died on July 15th in Palmdale, California.
As well as playing with The Byrds, he was a member of Nashville West, Muleskinner, and the Kentucky Colonels.
White became linked to The Byrds in 1966 when he played along with former member Gene Clarke and became friends with the Byrds bassist Chris Hillman. White played on The Byrds' fourth album "Younger Than Yesterday" in 1967 and "The Notorious Byrd Brothers" in 1968.
At about 2am on July 15th 1973, White and his brother, Roland, were loading equipment into a truck after a reunion concert by the Kentucky Colonels when he was struck and killed by a drunken driver.

Source: Author darksplash

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