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Utah Linguistics
100

A gin, a drag queen, an organizer of young men's programs, a son of Brigham Young.

Madame Pattirini.

Bonus Points: B. Morris Young

100

On July 24th of what year, Brigham Young famously said, "This is the place."

1847.

100

This ancient lake's shoreline is still visible on the mountains today.

Lake Bonneville.

100

The glottalization of the consonant in the middle of the word. (Give an example or describe.)

"Moun'ain".

200

The original proposed name for the state of Utah.

Deseret.

200

In this decade, polygamy was officially outlawed in the state of Utah.

1890's.

200

The Oquirrh Mountains have largely no recreation and have been desecrated because of this entity that owns a majority of them.

Kennecott/Rio Tinto.

200

The affrication of this consonant drawing confusion between revolutions and making butter. (Give an example or describe.)

Turn-churn merger.

300

This prophet, having served in Eisenhower's cabinet, did perhaps more than anyone else for the shift to evangelical conservatism in Utah.

Ezra Taft Benson.

300

This Salt Lake Valley-based family is infamous for its practice of polygamy, incest, and child abuse.

The Kingston Group.

300

Utah ranks first in the nation for Google searches related to this procedure.

Breast augmentation/"Mommy makeovers".

300

The merger that makes the vending of products sometimes confusing. (Give an example or describe.)

Sell-sale merger.

400

Before settling on the territory in then northern Mexico that would become Utah, where did the early Mormons originally purpose to migrate to?

The Republic of Texas.

400

Utah is the only state where the government controls the sales of this product.

Liquor/spirits.

400

The original name of this town before it was whitewashed to "Pleasant Grove".

Battle Creek.

400

Common among older Utahns, the change in the final unstressed vowel makes the week sound funny. (Give an example or describe.)

Sunday -> "Sundee". 

500
Despite the Word of Wisdom always banning the use of alcohol, around what national event did the Mormon Church actually begin enforcing that?

Prohibition.

500

This was the original proposed native name for Zion National Park.

Mukuntuweap.

500

These are the traditional five native tribes indigenous to what is now the state of Utah.

Ute, Paiute, Goshute, Shoshone, Navajo (Diné).

500

It's not quite a big "pickle" they're describing when a Utahn tries to call something a big affair. (Give an example or describe.)

Deal-dill merger.

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