Ultimate Mormon (LDS) History and Trivia - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Who ordained Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery to the Aaronic Priesthood?	John the Baptist	75%
Where was the first temple built outside of the United States?	Cardston, Alberta	73%
What did Utah women do before any other group of women in the United States, including Wyoming?	Vote	71%
What was the first language outside of English that the Book of Mormon was translated into?	Spanish	69%
Who is the President of the Aaronic Priesthood in each ward?	The Bishop	67%
Who is referred to as an elect lady in Doctrine and Covenants 25:3?	{Emma} Smith	63%
What is the longest book within the Book of Mormon?	Alma	61%
Where was the Church’s first temple built?	Kirtland, Ohio	61%
Who has been the oldest serving Church President?	Russell M. Nelson	61%
What name did Mormons give to the place where Joseph Smith received the Golden Plates?	The Hill Cumorah	55%
What Church President testified to Congress that he had not received any revelations while in office?	{Joseph F.} Smith	53%
What animal nearly destroyed the crops in Salt Lake City in 1848, forever entering Mormon folklore?	Mormon cricket	53%
What city founded by Joseph Smith did he claim meant “beautiful” in Hebrew?	Nauvoo, Illinois	53%
What chemical substance is not forbidden by the Word of Wisdom but is often still avoided by Mormons?	Caffeine	49%
Who, with his wife, lost 116 pages of the original Book of Mormon manuscript?	Martin Harris	49%
What were the home and visiting teaching programs replaced by in 2018?	Ministering	49%
What cheesy casserole dish is often made for Church functions in Utah?	Funeral potatoes	47%
What was the Mormons’ original desired name for Utah Territory?	Deseret	45%
What Church President worked to overhaul the Church’s media presence in the 1990s and 2000s?	Gordon B. Hinckley	45%
What is Utah’s official state snack and a cornerstone of Mormon cuisine?	JELL-O	45%
What is the fourth and smallest book of standard works of Mormon scripture?	The Pearl of Great Price	43%
In what Illinois town were Joseph and Hyrum Smith killed?	Carthage	41%
What organization inspired much of the temple endowment ceremony and the markings on the temple garments?	Freemasons	41%
What major event in California history happened after being first publicized to the rest of the United States by a Mormon newspaper?	The Gold Rush	41%
What are Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris often collectively known as?	The Three Witnesses	41%
What Republican presidential candidate’s campaign was tanked when he said he had been “brainwashed” about the Vietnam War?	George Romney	39%
Who was the only British-born President of the Church?	John Taylor	39%
What is the oldest continually operational temple (except for temporary renovations)?	St. George, Utah	39%
What book within that scripture contains controversial portions of drawings on papyrus?	The Book of Abraham	39%
In what century does the narrative of the Book of Mormon conclude?	400s	37%
Where did a group of Mormons kill at least 120 members of a California-bound wagon train?	Mountain Meadows	37%
What was the original name of the book that became the Doctrine and Covenants?	The Book of Commandments	37%
What event was held there nearly every year from 1937 to 2019?	The Hill Cumorah Pageant	37%
What Salt Lake City building did Frank Lloyd Wright call one of the architectural masterpieces of the world?	The Salt Lake Tabernacle	37%
Who reorganized the Relief Society in Utah and served as its first president there?	Eliza R. Snow	35%
What Biblical character, along with the city he led, does Mormon scripture claim was translated directly to heaven without dying?	Enoch	35%
What major ad and Internet public relations campaigns did he launch? (name either)	I'm a Mormon / Mormon Messages	35%
What military unit marched 2,100 miles as part of the Mexican-American War but never engaged in a major battle?	The Mormon Battalion	35%
What literary franchise was written by Stephenie Meyer?	Twilight	35%
What was the name of the company of men Joseph Smith led to Missouri in 1834 to alleviate persecution of Mormon towns?	Zion's Camp	35%
What did he later see in a vision shortly before his death?	The Spirit World	31%
What is the basic unit of Church organization and Mormon society, begun among pioneers in Nebraska and brought into full use in Utah?	The ward	31%
What did many pioneer companies use to cross the plains in the 1850s and 60s, despite the Willie and Martin companies' tragic events in 1856?	Handcarts	29%
What item saved his life on June 27, 1844?	His pocket watch	29%
What was publically disclosed for the first time by Orson Pratt in 1852?	Polygamy	29%
Many Mormons have believed that the people of what area are descended from the people of Hagoth in the Book of Mormon?	Polynesia	29%
What does the Word of Wisdom claim tobacco is good for?	All sick {cattle}	27%
What creature have many Mormons believed is the Biblical figure Cain, from an 1835 description by apostle David Patton?	Bigfoot	27%
What was she commanded to compile in that same revelation?	Hymns	27%
What Missouri governor issued an 1838 executive order that the Mormons be killed or driven from the state?	Lilburn W. Boggs	27%
What organization did the Church first affiliate with in 1910, its first year of existence, and adopt Church-wide by 1913?	The Boy Scouts of America	27%
What Church President encouraged Mormons to “lengthen their stride” and "do it”?	Spencer W. Kimball	25%
What attempt at egalitarian communal living was practiced in Mormon towns like Orderville?	The United Order	25%
What was the Church’s organization for teenagers from 1869 until the 1970s?	The Mutual Improvement Association	24%
What young woman may have secretly been Joseph Smith’s first plural wife?	Fanny Alger	22%
What did Joseph Smith buy four of from traveling exhibitor Michael Chandler in July 1835?	Mummies	22%
In what Vermont town was Joseph Smith born?	Sharon	22%
What was the name of the 1857 conflict between the federal government and Utah Territory that presaged the coming Civil War?	The Utah War	22%
What science-fiction franchise was created by Glen A. Larson and features elements of Mormon cosmology and Church organization?	Battlestar Galactica	20%
What Church President was the first since Joseph Smith to be clean shaven?	David O. McKay	20%
Who was the only person executed for that event?	John D. Lee	20%
What book by apostle Bruce R. McConkie was intended as a comprehensive compendium of Mormon doctrine, but has largely fallen out of favor?	Mormon Doctrine	20%
What Mormon invented television in 1927?	Philo T. Farnsworth	20%
What cultural event involved teenagers traveling to different meetinghouses to present short plays?	Road shows	20%
What objects did Joseph Smith claim were ancient and translated a small portion of, only to have them later revealed as a hoax?	The {Kinderhook} Plates	20%
Who did Joseph Smith speculate had been taken from the earth or wandered towards the North Pole?	The Lost Ten Tribes	20%
How many wives is Brigham Young believed to have had throughout his life?	56	18%
What country’s capital do critics say possibly gave Joseph Smith the name of an angel?	Comoros	18%
What program, introduced by apostle Harold B. Lee, seeks to regiment Church doctrine and programs?	Correlation	18%
What was the name of a “white Lamanite” found buried by that group of men?	Zelph	18%
In what city did missionaries arrive on July 20, 1837, the first to preach outside of North America?	Liverpool	16%
Who has been called “the apostle Paul of Mormonism” thanks to his prodigious writing and missionary travels?	Parley P. Pratt	16%
What general authority office, in existence since the early Church, was discontinued in 1979?	The Presiding Patriarch	16%
What single-word name was eventually adopted for the Church's efforts to relieve economic suffering during the Great Depression?	The {Welfare} Program	16%
What fictional bouncy substance was invented by author and screenwriter Samuel W. Taylor?	Flubber	14%
What Democrat held the highest level of office out of all Mormons in the U.S. government?	Harry Reid	14%
What drink became a popular Mormon substitute for coffee in the twentieth century?	Postum	14%
What architectural element, preserved by the Smithsonian, gave its name to a twentieth-century magazine and annual symposium?	Sunstone	14%
What Secretary of the Home Department investigated Mormon missionaries for sedition in 1910, ultimately allowing them to remain in the UK?	Winston Churchill	14%
Up to 120 tons of what has been stored under Brigham Young University’s football stadium?	Dinosaur bones	12%
What free Black woman lived with Joseph Smith's family, walked as a pioneer to Utah, and advocated for racial and gender equality within Mormonism?	Jane Manning James	12%
What popular food item did Oregon farmer F. Nephi Grigg invent in 1953?	Tater tots	12%
What group of people were excommunicated in rapid succession in September 1993?	The September Six	12%
What gunsmith revolutionized firearms with his single-shot rifle and gas-operated machine gun?	John M. Browning	10%
Who is the most famous character created in the late nineteenth-century anti-Mormon literature craze?	Sherlock Holmes	10%
What are the two most famous companies founded by Nolan Bushnell? (name either)	Atari / Chuck E. Cheese	8%
What repentant Book of Mormon character became the subject of two novellas (1889, 1896), a play (1902), and a feature film (1931)?	Corianton	8%
What invention by scientist Harvey Fletcher revolutionized the film, television, and music industries?	Stereo	8%
What is the name of the largest polygamous colony in Mexico, founded in 1886 in response to anti-polygamy legislation in the U.S.?	Colonia Juarez	6%
What animated film franchise was created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio and included aspects of their faith?	Despicable Me	6%
What young German man was excommunicated from the Church then beheaded by the Nazis in 1942 for his opposition to Hitler?	Helmuth Hübener	6%
Who is the only person raised as a Mormon to serve as a head of state?	Jacinda Ardern	6%
What historian led a decade of intense academic study at the Church History Department that became known as “Camelot”?	Leonard J. Arrington	6%
What 1879 Supreme Court decision distinguished between religious belief, e.g. polygamy, and religious practice?	{Reynolds} v. United States	6%
What animals were brought to southern Utah in the 1870s to unsuccessfully create a new industry?	Silk worms	6%
What portion of the Doctrine and Covenants was removed and de-canonized in 1921?	The Lectures on Faith	6%
What was the common phrase “Mind your own business” known as in the 1800s?	The Mormon Creed	6%
What author and leader led Utah’s suffragists and worked nationally with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony?	Emmeline B. Wells	4%
What former Mormon directed the films Harold and Maude, In the Heat of the Night, and Being There?	Hal Ashby	4%
What type of instrument was created by bandleader Alvino Rey?	{Pedal steel} guitar	4%

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