Church Leadership
Temple & Family History Work
April 2024 Conference
Know Your Apostles
The First General Conferences
100

This leader has been in church leadership the longest

Russel M. Nelson

100

The study of our ancestors

Genealogy
100

This person gave his first talk in the April 2024 General Conference as an Apostle.

Who is Elder Patrick Kearon?

100

What a pilot before becoming a general authority

Elder Uchtdorf

100

The year the first general conference of the church was held

1830 (April 6)

200

The acting president of the Quorum of 12 Apostles

M. Russell Ballard

200

The name of the church's annual family history conference

RootsTech

200

Elder Oaks reminded endowed members of the church of the importance of this daily reminder of the covenants made in the temple.

What is wearing the temple garment?

200

This is the only Apostle not to use a middle initial

Who is Patrick Kearon? (Elder Soares doesn't have a middle name. Elder Kearon actually has two middle names!)

200

The location of the only conference held outside of the United States

Preston, England (1840)

300

The current number of apostles

15

300

The oldest temple in operation today

St. George Temple

300

Elder Holland said this is what got him through the death of his wife in July 2023 and a recent six-week hospital stay.

What is prayer?

300

Was the quarterback of his high school football team

Elder David A. Bednar

300

The first woman to speak in general confereance

Lucy Mack Smith, mother of Joseph Smith (1845)

400

The three members of the 1st Presidency

President Nelson

President Eyring

President Oaks

400

The process of entering information from a written historical record into a searchable database

Indexing

400

President Nelson said that without this, the Church could serve only as a significant teaching and humanitarian organization but not much more.

What are priesthood keys?

400

He asked the high school cheerleaders to do silent cheers for the chess team

Who is Gerrit W. Gong?

400

In 1849 President Brigham Young asked John Parry to formally organize this to be included in every general conference going forward.

A choir (First time the officially named "Tabernacle Choir" sang at conference was 1865)

500

What did President Oaks do before he was called as an apostle?

Attorney and/or judge

500

The 195th dedicated temple in operation and the most recently dedicated temple

What is the Layton Utah temple? (Dedicated on June 16th)

500

The number of temples announced during the April 2024 General Conference.

What is 15?

500

This Apostle was really into cars in high school, owning 4 before his mission

Who is Ronald A. Rasband?

500

The April 1919 general conference was postponed until June because of this

The 1918-1919 influenza outbreak