Temples Outside Utah
In the Temple
Ancient Temples
Latter Day Temple History
Temples in Utah
100
What was the first temple outside the United States?
A. Cardston Alberta
B. London England
C. Mexico City, Mexico
D. Bern, Switzerland
Cardston Alberta dedicated in 1923
100
What must you possess in order to go into the temple and perform ordinances?
A temple recommend
100
What is the name of the traveling Temple that the Ancient Israelites used?
The Tabernacle
100
What is the first temple dedicated in this dispensation?
Kirtland Temple
100
What temple is the first one dedicated with two baptismal fonts?
Syracuse Utah Temple
200
Other than the United States which country has the most temples?
Mexico
Mexico has 27 temples.
200
What is in this picture, and what do the oxen represent?
A Baptismal font, 12 tribes of Israel
200
After the Israelites came to the promised land which king built a permanent temple?
Solomon
200
What is written above the door to each modern temple?
Holiness to the Lord. The House of the Lord.
200
What temple was the first dedicated after the saints came west?
St. George Temple in 1877
300
How many US states do not have a temple?
a. 17
b. 0
c. 7
d. 12
C. 7
- Delaware
- Maine
- Mississippi
- New Hampshire
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- West Virginia
300
Other than Baptism/Confirmation, what are two of the three other key ordinances that take place in the Temple?
Initiatory
Endowment
Sealings
300
What tribe was responsible for moving and caring for the Tabernacle?
Levi
300
Which President of the church oversaw the most Announcements/Groundbreakings/Dedications ?
Russell M Nelson
200 Temples Announced, 100 Groundbreakings, 49 dedicated. 349 total.
Bonus Question what President oversaw the most dedications? 100 Points
300
How many temples are currently dedicated, under construction/renovation or announced in the State of Utah?
A. 24 B. 32 C. 51 D. 67
Answer is B. 32
Bonus Contest
Each team has 1 minute to write the most in Utah temples. 1st = 300 2nd = 200 3rd = 100
400
What is the smallest temple? (in terms of square feet)
A. Cape Town South Africa Temple
B. Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple
C. Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple
D. Cody Wyoming Temple
B . Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple
This temple is 6800 square feet. The next smallest is the Yigo Guam Temple which is 6861 square feet.
Bonus question. Name the 5 largest temples in the church. you have 30 seconds. if you get all 5 = 300 points 3 = 200 2 = 100 Hint: 3 of them are in Utah
400
What place in the temple represents being in Heavenly Fathers Presence?
Celestial room
400
What was the name of the temple that Jesus went to in Jerusalem?
Herod's Temple or the Second Temple
400
Who is the statue of on top of many of the temples of?
What temple had the the first statue of this person?
Angel Moroni
First Nauvoo temple
Can split points, 200 for each answer.
400
Who appeared to Wilford Woodruff in the St George temple in August 1877?
The signers of the Declaration of Independence of the United States, they appeared to him requesting that their endowment ordinances be completed.
500
What temple is farthest away from any other temple?
a. Apia Samoa
b. Cape Town South Africa
c. Ulaanbaatar Mongolia
d. Banglore India
d. Banglore India Temple
It is 1536 miles from the Bangkok Thailand temple. For reference that is about the same distance as Ogden to Houston, Texas
500
The Temple Endowment is a temple ordinance what does the word endowment mean
a gift
500
What sacred object containing the 10 commandments did the Israelites keep in their traveling temple?
The Ark of the Covenant
Bonus Question for 100 points
What do they call the area where the two angels come together on the lid?
500
How long did it take to build the Salt Lake Temple?
40 years
500
What temple was the first dedicated in the State of Utah?
Ogden Temple in 1972
Previous temples (St. George, Logan, Manti, Salt Lake) were dedicated when Utah was a territory