Book of Mormon quiz!

[Vort]

The fun "Book of Mormon trivia" thread in the General forum inspired me to make up this quiz. How far can you get? (Open disclosure: Even though I wrote the quiz, I can only answer through 1Q70.)

Sunbeam level: Nephi was the first prophet who wrote in the Book of Mormon. Who was Nephi's daddy?

CTR level: Who was Nephi's mama?

Valiant level: Name Nephi's three older brothers.

Beehives/Deacons level: Name the most famous captain in Nephite military history.

MIA Maids/Teachers level: How long did the darkness last that covered the Nephites after the destructions that took place at Jesus' crucifixion?

Laurels/Priests level: Name the mountain moved by the brother of Jared.

RS/Elders level: Who was the last person to write on the Small Plates of Nephi?

Special High Priest question: Name at least five instances when Lehi's descendants fell unconscious in response to divine interactions or miracles. Extra 10 minutes of nap time given during high priest group meeting for naming eight or more instances.

Patriarchs level: Name the three sons of Alma the younger.

Third Quorum of Seventy level: Tell within ten years how long the Nephites' reign of judges lasted.

Second Quorum of Seventy level: How many times, and in what contexts, is the word "snow" mentioned in the Book of Mormon?

First Quorum of Seventy level: Tell how many chapters are in each book of the Book of Mormon (from memory).

Quorum of Twelve level: The twelve Nephite disciples functioned as virtual apostles to the Nephite people. Name them (from memory).

First Presidency level: In how many verses is Jesus Christ mentioned, by name or by reference, in the Book of Mormon?

EXTRA BONUS QUESTION (inspired by Moksha): Where in the Book of Mormon is Zelph mentioned?

[pam]

Oh great..I look at these questions and I have to say..it's like Who's smarter than a 5th grade. Looks like I might not be smarter than...okay I just can't say it.

[skippy740]

Is this an "open-book" quiz?

[Wingnut]

1) Lehi
2) Sariah
3) Lemuel, Laman, Sam
4) subjective question, either Helaman or Moroni
5) three days
6) Zerin (I only know that off the top of my head from having read Pam's correct answer to it earlier)
7) Amaleki (Omni 1:30 -- I had to look it up, but I get credit for knowing right where to look, right?)
8) King Lamoni & King Lamoni's kingdom; Alma the Younger;
9) Corianton, Shiblon,
10) 92
11) According to the Index, only once -- 1 Nephi 11:8, which says that the whiteness of the tree exceed the whiteness of the driven snow.
12) 1 Nephi (22); 2 Nephi (33); Jacob (7); Enos, Jarom, Omni, Words of Mormon (1); Mosiah (29); Alma (64); Helaman (15); 3 Nephi (27); 4 Nephi (1); Mormon (9); Ether (12); Moroni (10)
13) Timothy, Nephi, Mathias (Matthias?)
14)
15) Zelph is first mentioned in the History of the Church, I believe.

[Vort]

Originally Posted by skippy740

Is this an "open-book" quiz?

Yes, but only after you've taken the quiz "for credit".

[Vort]

Originally Posted by Wingnut

4) subjective question, either Helaman or Moroni

Subjective? Yes, but since Mormon gives Moroni all the press, I think he's the clear winner. Actually, if there is any competition to Moroni for "greatest Nephite general", I'd say that honor would probably go to Mormon himself.

Originally Posted by Wingnut

7) Amaleki (Omni 1:30 -- I had to look it up, but I get credit for knowing right where to look, right?)

Hmmm...I'd say it starts with a "ch" and ends with an "er" and rhymes with "CHEATER!!" But of course, I would never say such a thing...

Originally Posted by Wingnut

8) King Lamoni & King Lamoni's kingdom; Alma the Younger;

That's three (if by "Lamoni's kingdom" you mean his household, including Amulek). But this one is specially formulated for the sleepy high priests among us; the rest of us need not answer if we don't want to.

Originally Posted by Wingnut

9) Corianton, Shiblon,

Ooh, so close, just missing one...

Originally Posted by Wingnut

10) 92

Good guess, but sorry. The judges began to reign about 91 or 92 BC, and that reign continued until the Nephite government was destroyed in about AD 30. So the answer is around 121 years.

Originally Posted by Wingnut

11) According to the Index, only once -- 1 Nephi 11:8, which says that the whiteness of the tree exceed the whiteness of the driven snow.

The index? The INDEX?!

Pshaw.

Originally Posted by Wingnut

12) 1 Nephi (22); 2 Nephi (33); Jacob (7); Enos, Jarom, Omni, Words of Mormon (1); Mosiah (29); Alma (64); Helaman (15); 3 Nephi (27); 4 Nephi (1); Mormon (9); Ether (12); Moroni (10)

Very good guesses. Alma has only 63 chapters, Helaman has 16, 3 Nephi has 30, and Ether has 15. Other than that, you're spot on.

Originally Posted by Wingnut

13) Timothy, Nephi, Mathias (Matthias?)

I can't answer this without looking it up.

Originally Posted by Wingnut

14)

Yes, that's my answer, too.

Originally Posted by Wingnut

15) Zelph is first mentioned in the History of the Church, I believe.

So the correct answer is: Nowhere.

[Justice]

Originally Posted by Wingnut

7) Amaleki (Omni 1:30 -- I had to look it up, but I get credit for knowing right where to look, right?)

Unfortunately you don't get credit even for looking it up.

Technically, Mormon wrote the Words of Mormon on the Small Plates of Nephi before he gave his abridgement to Moroni.

So, the answer to the question as asked should be Mormon.

Kind of a trick question, I'd say.

Not sure how far I'll get, but I made it this far!

[Vort]

Originally Posted by Justice

Unfortunately you don't get credit even for looking it up.

Technically, Mormon wrote the Words of Mormon on the Small Plates of Nephi before he gave his abridgement to Moroni.

So, the answer to the question as asked should be Mormon.

Kind of a trick question, I'd say.

Not sure how far I'll get, but I made it this far!

Not sure how you arrived at this conclusion, but it appears to be counterfactual. On the contrary, one of two things appears to be the case:

1. Mormon transcribed the small plates verbatim into his abridgment.
2. Mormon physically inserted the small plates into his abridgment, then continued with the effort.

Personally, I vote for #2. But in either case, Mormon didn't write on the Small Plates, which Amaleki makes clear "were full" (Omni 30).

[Wingnut]

Originally Posted by Vort

Not sure how you arrived at this conclusion, but it appears to be counterfactual. On the contrary, one of two things appears to be the case:

1. Mormon transcribed the small plates verbatim into his abridgment.
2. Mormon physically inserted the small plates into his abridgment, then continued with the effort.

Personally, I vote for #2. But in either case, Mormon didn't write on the Small Plates, which Amaleki makes clear "were full" (Omni 30).

Justice's case could be made by reading Words of Mormon 1:3:

And now, I speak somewhat concerning that which I have written; for after I had made an abridgment from the plates of Nephi, down to the reign of this king Benjamin, of whom Amaleki spake, I searched among the records which had been delivered into my hands, and I found these plates, which contained this small account of the prophets, from Jacob down to the reign of this king Benjamin, and also many of the words of Nephi.

The "these" and the "this" imply that it could be the Small Plates on which Mormon is writing at the time, however, I was going with what you mentioned, that is, that Amaleki stated that the plates were full.

[Vort]

Originally Posted by Wingnut

Justice's case could be made by reading Words of Mormon 1:3:

The "these" and the "this" imply that it could be the Small Plates on which Mormon is writing at the time

Only if you understand the antecedent to "these" and "this" to be "the set of plates upon which I am presently writing" -- and even then, if he were transcribing the Small Plates into his abridgment, that still would not indicate him writing on the Small Plates themselves. I think a far more natural understanding of the antecedent is "the account that you have just finished reading, starting with where my abridgment left off after the Book of Lehi."