General Conference History
This is how often General Conference is held.
What is twice a year - April & October
This was the profession of President Russell M. Nelson. He was probably popular on Valentine's Day.
What is a cardiovascular (heart) surgeon
DAILY DOUBLE. The team that can quietly write down the names of the most apostles wins 500 points.
Oaks, Holland, Eyring, Uchdorf, Bednar, Cook, Christofferson, Andersen, Rasband, Stevenson, Renlund, Gong, Soares, Kearon
What is the Willamette Valley Oregon Temple
Current location of General Conference meeting is called this.
What is the Conference Center
Daily Double! Team with the closest guess wins. This is the total number of Latter-Day Saints worldwide.
17.5 million.
The number of General Conference sessions there are each time.
He was the second prophet of this dispensation
Brigham Young
Number of apostles, counting the first presidency members
14
DAILY DOUBLE: Whichever team guesses the closest to how many total CURRENT temples exists in the world wins 500 points.
208
Daily double! Each team guess how many languages General Conference is interpreted into?
What is 93 different languages
What is "YESHUA". In vocative, Yeshu!
The number of volunteers there are in the Tabernacle Choir out (250, 360, 430)
What is 360?
If the ancient prophet Moses had a first counselor, it would be his brother, Aaron, the namesake of the Aaronic priesthood. That priesthood is sometimes called this, after the Moses' and Aaron's tribe.
What is the Levitical (Levite) priesthood
Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Jeffrey R. Holland
Name of the first LDS temple
What is the Kirtland Temple?
Except for Sammy, name the three countries that Brothers Washburn and Stein served their missions in the late 90s, and identify at least two languages they spoke.
What are: Brazil, Lithuania, and Latvia.
Portuguese, Russian, Lithuanian.
True or False. This is the only church whose canon features the Doctrine and Covenants?
False. The Community of Christ (formerly the RLDS church) has a similar version too.
This cheerful prophet of the 1990s has given the most General Conference talks.
Who is Gordon B Hinkley?
The year President Nelson was born.
What is 1924?
The newest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he an honourable and colourful bloke.
Who is Patrick Kearon?
This is the name of the SECOND temple dedicated in this dispensation. Sadly, it burned down. Happily, it was rebuilt in 2002 as an exact replica. Well, almost, the angel Moroni is the modern, not flying version.
Nauvoo temple.
This natural disaster damaged the Conference Center while it was under construction in 1999.
What is a tornado?
The term "apostolic interregnum," referenced by President Eyring during conference, means this.
What is the transition period where the power held by the prophet before his decease reverts to the quorum of the twelve apostles? (It's the period we're in right now.)
DAILY DOUBLE. Each team will guess how long the longest general conference talk was. The closest answer wins 500 points.
50 minutes
Being bald (and thus, beautiful), Dallin H. Oaks will be our next prophet who, prior to being called to his apostleship, worked in this super awesome profession.
What is lawyer and/or judge.
This apostle speaks French, Portuguese, Spanish, & English.
Who is Elder Neil A. Anderson?
This is the third temple ever built by the church and the first one built in Utah, which was dedicated April 6, 1877.
St. George.
This is the name of the group of men that Joseph Smith Jr. took 800 miles to defend the saints in Missouri. They weren't happy when they were sent home without a fight.
What is Zion's camp?
The books of the Book of Mormon, in the order they appear.
1 Ne, 2 Ne, Jacob, Enos, Jarom, Omni, WoM, Mosiah, Alma, Helaman, 3 Ne, 4 Ne, Mormon, Ether Moroni