Duluth Youth Jeopardy

Liberty Jail

100

The bottom level of the jail in Liberty, Missouri was known as...

What is "The Dungeon"

200

In this year, the Liberty Jail was built.

What is the year 1833

300

This type of stone is what the exteriors walls were constructed of.

What is limestone

400

On June 19, 1939, Wilford C. Wood purchased the Liberty Jail site and transferred the title to the church. Brother Wood purchased it for this amount of money.

What is $4,000.

500

On this date, President Joseph Fielding Smith the Liberty Jail site.

What is September 15th, 1963

Suffering in Liberty Jail

100

Joseph Smith and a few others spent __ months in the Liberty Jail. (how many)

What is 4 months

200

The winter years of ______ were when Joseph Smith and others were jailed at Liberty.

What is 1838-1839.

300

Name three other leaders of the early saints which were imprisoned with Joseph Smith.

Hyrum Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Lyman Wight, Caleb Baldwin, Alexander McRrae

400

These two items were often brought by visitors and handed through the windows of the jail bringing joy and refreshment to the prisoners of the jail.

What are cakes and pies.

500

Recount what Joseph Smith wrote about the conditions of the jail in one of his letters.

"under strong guard, night and day...food is scant, uniform, and coarse...we have not the privilege of cooking for ourselves...compelled to sleep on the floor with straw, and not blankets sufficient to keep us warm...when we have a fire, we are obliged to have almost a constant smoke."