A gin, a drag queen, an organizer of young men's programs, a son of Brigham Young.
Madame Pattirini.
Bonus Points: B. Morris Young
On July 24th of what year, Brigham Young famously said, "This is the place."
1847.
This ancient lake's shoreline is still visible on the mountains today.
Lake Bonneville.
The glottalization of the consonant in the middle of the word. (Give an example or describe.)
"Moun'ain".
The original proposed name for the state of Utah.
Deseret.
In this decade, polygamy was officially outlawed in the state of Utah.
1890's.
The Oquirrh Mountains have largely no recreation and have been desecrated because of this entity that owns a majority of them.
Kennecott/Rio Tinto.
The affrication of this consonant drawing confusion between revolutions and making butter. (Give an example or describe.)
Turn-churn merger.
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.
This Salt Lake Valley-based family is infamous for its practice of polygamy, incest, and child abuse.
The Kingston Group.
Utah ranks first in the nation for Google searches related to this procedure.
Breast augmentation/"Mommy makeovers".
The merger that makes the vending of products sometimes confusing. (Give an example or describe.)
Sell-sale merger.
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.
Utah is the only state where the government controls the sales of this product.
Liquor/spirits.
The original name of this town before it was whitewashed to "Pleasant Grove".
Battle Creek.
Common among older Utahns, the change in the final unstressed vowel makes the week sound funny. (Give an example or describe.)
Sunday -> "Sundee".
Prohibition.
This was the original proposed native name for Zion National Park.
Mukuntuweap.
These are the traditional five native tribes indigenous to what is now the state of Utah.
Ute, Paiute, Goshute, Shoshone, Navajo (Diné).
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.