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100

When you are confronted with a dilemma, think ___!

What is "celestial?"

100

Name of his recent wife.

Who is Wendy Watson Nelson?

100

Became president of the church in this year.

What is 2018?

100

In Junior High he was the student body ___________.

What is "vice president"? 

100
His profession before becoming an apostle.
What is heart surgeon?


He literally touches hearts ;)

200

Faith in Jesus Christ is the greatest power available to us in this life.  All things are possible to them that  ____.

What is believe?

200

Number of children he had.

What is ten?

200

Was call as an apostle in this year.

What is 1984? 

200

His age when he was baptized.

What is 16?

Russell’s parents weren’t active members, but they still sent him to Sunday School. He often ditched his class to go play football. But his home teacher patiently taught him the gospel and the importance of church and the Sabbath. When he was 16, President Nelson and his siblings were baptized. His parents eventually became active in the Church again

200

Played this instrument in elementary school.

What is the bugle?

300

___ is a gift for the faithful. It is the gift that comes from intentionally trying to live a righteous life, as taught by Jesus Christ.

What is joy?

300
President Nelson's middle name.
What is Marion?
300

As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, President Nelson traveled to ___ countries. (options: 200, 133, 76, 52)

What is 133?

300
War he served in as a medic.
What is the Korean War?


He served a two-year term of medical duty in the US army during the Korean War, visiting every MASH unit in Korea and field hospitals

300

The number of operations during his career.

What is approximately 7,000?

400

Contention drives away the Spirit, every time. Contention is a _____.  Peacemaking is a ______.

What is a "choice"?

400
In addition to scripture study and prayer, President Nelson would spend his personal hour each morning ____. (Options: making breakfast, skiing, playing the organ, or exercising)
What is playing the organ?
400

True ______ is not an event.  It is a never-ending privilege.

What is repentance?

400
Number of college degrees President Nelson holds.
What is six? 


He has a BA and MD from the U, a PhD from the University of Minnesota, and honorary doctorates from BYU, USU, and Snow College

400
Once, when he and Dantzel were poor medical students and behind on bills, they ____ to make money. (sold homemade bread, sold their couch, sold their blood for $25 a pint, or taught music lessons to neighborhood kids)
What is sold their blood?
500

The joy we feel has little to do with the ________ of our lives and everything to do with the ____ of our lives.

What is "circumstances" and "focus"?

500
Location where he proposed to Dantzel. (Options: backstage at Kingsbury Hall, on her parents' porch, in a pea patch)
Where is a pea patch?
500
The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take ____ out of life.

What is "love"?

500
Invention he helped create that has saved countless lives.

What is the heart-lung machine?


This development of the artificial heart-lung machine made open-heart surgery possible; President Nelson performed the first surgery of that kind in Utah in 1955.

500

Name 4 out of the 11 languages he speaks

What is English, Russian, Mandarin, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and French

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