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Insanely Obscure Questions (Each worth 1000)
100

This prophet led his family out of Jerusalem before the great city was destroyed. His company included Nephi, Laman, and Lemuel.

Who is Lehi?

100

This group of 4 books share the name of one of the main prophets in the Book of Mormon.

What are the Books of Nephi?

100

1 Nephi 2:15 is the shortest verse in the Book of Mormon. This verse has this number of words.

What is 7?

100

Lehi had this to guide him in the wilderness.

What is the Liahona?

100

These are the names of the 4 sons of Mosiah.

Who are Ammon, Omner, Aaron, and Himni?

200

This prophet famously cut the arms off of the men attacking King Lamoni's sheep.

Who is Ammon?

200

The first verse in the Book of Mormon is as follows: "I, Nephi, having been born of                                       

 _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _, therefore I was taught somewhat in the learning of my father;". Fill in the blanks.

What is "goodly parents"?

200

These 2 animals are mentioned in 3 Nephi 4:4.

What are horses and cattle?

200

This is what the Book of Mormon was originally written on.

What are the Brass Plates?

or

What are the Golden Plates?

200

We know from ancient prophets that the Book of Mormon was written in Egyptian. Knowing this, translate the following words from Egyptian Arabic.

كتاب المورمون

What is the Book of Mormon?

300

This prophet stood on a tower to address his people. The crowd was so large that listeners at a distance had to read notes afterwards.

Who is King Benjamin?

300

This book is the last book in the Book of Mormon. The statue at the top of all temples is in the likeness of the author.

What is the Book of Moroni?

300

Flip to Alma 56:45 and look for in the footnotes of the verse in the Topical Guide. Then, turn to the first scripture reference you see. The answer is the 14th word in the verse.

What are chariots?

300

Nephi broke this and prayed that the Lord would help him fix it. Because of this incident, Laman and Lemuel "murmured" against the Lord and the Liahona stopped working.

What is a bow?

300

This author only wrote one verse; his words are featured in the Book of Omni.

Who is Chemish? 

400

This Book of Mormon prophet spent all day and night praying in the woods. (Hint: His name is in the fourth book in the Book of Mormon.)

Who is Enos?

400

This is the longest book in the Book of Mormon. It contains an astounding 63 chapters.

What is the Book of Alma?

400

Nephi foresaw this person traveling across the sea.

(Hint: Try and interpret 1 Nephi 13:12). 

Who is Christopher Columbus?

President Ezra Taft Benson taught, “God inspired ‘a man among the Gentiles’... That man, of course, was Christopher Columbus" (Book of Mormon Student Manual, Chapter 4: 1 Nephi 12-15). Aligning with the Book of Mormon teaching, Christopher Columbus said, "Our Lord unlocked my mind, sent me upon the sea, and gave me fire for the deed. Those who heard of my enterprise called it foolish, mocked me, and laughed. But who can doubt but that the Holy Ghost inspired me?" (Jacob Wasserman, Columbus, Don Quixote of the Seas, pp. 19–20.)

400

These interpreters were used to divinely translate the Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith.

What are the Urim and Thummim?

or 

What are the Seer Stones?

400

This is the number of verses in the Book of Mormon. Round to the nearest thousand.

What is 7,000?

500

This prophet was a part of King Noah's court until he heard the words of Abinadi and went into hiding. 

Who is Alma the Elder?

500

This was the language of the Book of Mormon before it was translated by Joseph Smith.

What is reformed Egyptian?

500

Using the footnotes in the Book of Mormon, you will piece together a word using the scriptures provided. The scriptures are in the order that will form the word. Look in the FOOTNOTES and NOT in the actual verse.

Mosiah 27:28; The last letter of b

Helaman 7:18; The 6th letter of a

2 Nephi 2:8; The 1st letter of the 3rd word of a

Ether 2:16; The 3rd letter of a

Moroni 10:4; The 8th letter of f

Who is Nephi?

500

Moroni made this to arouse the courage in his army.

What is the Title of Liberty?

500

This is the number of words in the original 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon rounded to the nearest 100,000.

What is 300,000? (The actual word count is 269,320.)