Sabom: Trivia Questions
- Nephi broke his bow in the wilderness. What was it made of?
- Who made the compass that Nephi used to steer his ship to the promised land?
- According to 1 Nephi 22:13, who will get drunk on their own blood?
- Why did Nephi and his brothers return to Jerusalem from the Red Sea (the first time)?
- How did Nephi kill Laban?
- In what language did Nephi write the book of Nephi?
- Nephi, Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Zoram all got married on the same day. Who were the lucky brides?
- Why did Nephi murder Laban?
- Why did Lehi murmur against God?
- When Lehi's family arrived in the promised land, what did they call it?
- Why did Nephi make his plates?
- Why did Nephi and his brothers return to Jerusalem from the Red Sea the second time?
- According to Zenock, Neum, and Zenos, when Jesus is crucified there will be a sign to the people who live on islands.
What will that sign be?
- In Lehi's dream, who in his family ate from the happy fruit tree?
- How did Lehi's and his family find their way through the wilderness?
- What three women are named in the Book of Mormon (not counting bilical characters)?
- Who were the first Christians?
- According 2 Nephi 29, why will fools reject the Book of Mormon?
- How did the descendants of Nephi's brothers become an idle people, full of mischief?
- How did God make Nephi's brothers loathsome to the Nephites?
- What did God say would happen to those who mixed their seed with Nephi's cursed brothers?
- How many sisters did Nephi have?
- Why did God blacken the skin of Nephi's brothers?
- What is the only French word in the Book of Mormon
- Why did the Nephites hate the Lamanites?
- What did Jacob say would happen to the Nephites if they didn't repent?
- Sherem asked for a sign from the Holy Ghost that Jesus would come 500 or so years later. God gave him a sign. What was it?
- According to Enos, what was the only thing that many of the Lamanites would eat?
- According to Jarom, who loved to murder and drink the blood of beasts?
- Why didn't Jarom include his prophecies and revelations in his book?
- For whom did Jarom write his book?
- Why did Jarom write the Book of Jarom?
- What Book of Mormon author wrote only one verse?
- What character in the Book of Omni called himself a wicked man?
- Why did Jarom command his son Omni to write on plates?
- How much of the story of his people did Mormon include in the Words of Mormon?
- What sword did King Benjamin use to fight against the Lamanites?
- What did Alma Sr. do when he found out that an angel struck Alma Jr. so he couldn't speak or move his hands?
- Who said four times in four consecutive verses, "How beautiful upon the mountains were their feet"?
- What is the greatest gift a man can have?
- What Book of Mormon character read Isaiah 53 from the King James Version of the Bible more than 1750 years before the KJV existed?
- What language did King Benjamin teach his sons?
- In 124 BCE, how many of King Benjamin's people took on the name of Christ?
- How did God save the people of Alma from the Lamanites?
- What Book of Mormon character had a shining face like Moses's on Mount Sinai?
- What character in the Book of Mosiah was struck by an angel so he couldn't speak or move his hands?
- What wicked king became a wine-bibber?
- What percent of the people's ziff did King Noah tax?
- How many Lamanite POWs were killed by the Nephites?
- What preacher in the Book of Alma said that everyone would be saved?
- Who killed Amlici with a sword (and God's help)?
- What man is called Anti-Christ in the Book of Mormon?
- What Book of Mormon hero killed six Lamanites with a sling, cut off the arms of many more, and then carried the arms back
to show the king?
- Who became the Lamanite king after Amilickiah died?
- Why didn't Alma save his followers from being burned to death?
- Why did the Anti-Nephi-Lehies bury their swords in the ground?
- What were the Lamanites who were converted by Aaron and his brothers called after their conversion?
- What did the Nephites call the ball, director, or (being interpreted) compass that God made for them?
- How many draft-dodging king-men did Moroni's army kill for refusing to fight for their country?
- Who did Ammon say had a faith that was greater than that of any Nephite?
- Who was the greatest person to ever exist?
- What was the name of the harlot that Coraintor went after?
- Who killed Amalickiah by thrusting a javelin through his heart while he was sleeping?
- How many of Helaman's band of stripling soldiers died in battle?
- Who are the Lamanites still hunting for??
- How were the king-men who refused to fight for the cause of freedom punished by Maroni and Pahoran?
- What was the name of the Lamanites king who succeeded Amalickiah?
- What Book of Mormon politician lost the election, but his followers made him king anyway?
- What did the king of the Anti-Nehi-Lehies name his son?
- Who killed Ammmoron by thrusting a javelin near his heart while he was sleeping?
- How did Captain Moroni punish those who refused to fight for their country?
- What man built large ships that Nephites sailed away on the west sea?
- What was the name of the man who built ships that Nephites sailed on the west sea?
- Korihor asked for a sign. What sign did Alma (and God) give him?
- Whose soul separated from his body (as it were) because he was so joyful?
- God made a stone that shines in the dark for his servant. What was the servant's name?
- How many stripling soldiers were in Helaman's little band?
- According to the Book of Mornon, who was the first person to speak in tongues?
- What man killed two kings by thrusting a javelin through (or near) their hearts while they was sleeping?
- What Book of Mormon character interpreted the writing on the wall of the temple that was written with God's finger?
- Who in the Book of Mormon was taken by the Spirit and conveyed away?
- According to the Book of Mormon, how long was it dark after Jesus died?
- Who killed Pahoran Jr. but couldn't be found because he was in disguise?
- Who said the Nephites would be dog food if they don't repent?
- Who asked God to send a famine that killed thousands of people?
- What two guys in the Book of Helaman stood in the midst of a fire but were not harmed?
- What Book of Mormon prophet referred to God as our great and Eternal Head?
- When the people threw stones and shot arrows at Samuel, they couldn't hit him. Why?
- According to Alma 3, what material did the Nephites use to build their houses?
- According to Helaman 3:16, what happened when the Nephites mixed with the Lamanites?
- According to Helaman, what must God do to get people to remember him?
- What Book of Mormon prophet predicted in 6 BCE that Jesus would be born in five years and that the night before he
was born would be as bright as day?
- Who learned through disguise about the secret plan to kill Helaman?
- According to the Book of Helaman, who did God give the power to smite the earth with famine,
pestilence, and destruction?
- What Book of Mormon character delivered a sermon while standing on a wall?
- Who did God say these words to in the Book of Mormon?
- At what age did Jesus say the nine mortal disciples would die?
- Who announced his own birth on the night he was born?
- What happened to Jesus's Nephite disciples after he blessed them?
- What book of the Bible did the Father tell Jesus to give to the Nephites?
- According to the Book of Mormon, how long was it dark after Jesus died?
- How many of the Nephite disciples did Jesus say would never die?
- How do robbers gird themselves in the Book of Mormon?
- What did God do to the Lamanites who joined the Nephites in 3 Nephi 2?
- How many people did Jesus kill in the Book of Mormon?
- How much of the things Jesus said to the Nephites did Mormon write down?
- Why didn't Mormon write the names of the three immortal disciples?
- What was the new commandment that Jesus gave the Nephites in 3 Nephi 23?
- Who raised his brother from the dead?
- Who gave the Nephites wine to drink?
- Why did Ammaron hide the sacred records?
- What happens to people who don't believe?
- What did Mormon say the Lamanites would believe in if they believed in the Bible?
- Why, according to Mormon, did the Holy Ghost stop coming on the Nephites?
- Why did the Lamanites become a dark, filthy, and loathsome people?
- Mormon was the author of the Book of Mormon. What was his father's name?
- What language would the Book of Mormon had been written in if the plates had of been larger?
- Why doesn't God do miracles anymore?
- Moroni said the plates wouldn't have had any mistakes if they had of been written in what language?
- How old was Mormon when Ammaron asked him to (14 years later) find the sacred recrods?
- What did Mormon call the record of the things that he'd seen and heard?
- Why did God shut Mormon's mouth?
- What are the signs of a true believer?
- In Mormon 3, who said he'd make sure all of the Nephites would be killed?
- Why was the Book of Mormon written?
- How many people were aboard the eight Jaredite barges?
- When the Jaredites discovered America, how many barges did they use?
- Why did the Lord chasten the brother of Jared for three hours?
- How many children did Jared's brother have?
- What were built exceedingly tight like unto a dish?
- Who was Ether's grandfather?
- What human saw every other human that has lived or ever will live?
- Who saw the Lord's finger?
- What caused the greatest destruction ever seen on earth?
- What woman danced to get her grandfather's head on a platter?
- Who couldn't hide his finger from the sight of Jared's brother?
- Why could no water hurt the Jaredite barges?
- How long did Emer's son, Coriantum, live?
- Who killed more than two million Jaredites?
- What is the most wicked and abominable thing to God?
- How many children did the righteous king Orihah have?
- Whose seed did God promise would become the greatest nation on earth?
- Who even saw the Son of Righteousness
- Who moved the mountain of Zerin?
- What did Mormon say would happen to people who believe in infant baptism?
- When did Abraham become a high priest, according to the Book of Abraham?
- Who was the king of Egypt descended from?
- Who discovered Egypt?
- What land was under water when it was first discovered?
- In the Book of Moses, when God introduced himself to Moses, what did he say his name was?
- Who did God say Moses looked like?
- The Lord told the saints to buy as much land as they could in what county?
- What man in the Doctrine and Covenants is said to be a perfect man who looked just like his father - so much so, in fact, that they could only be distinguished by their age?
- Who did the Lord call the Archangel Michael?
- Three years before his death, Adam gave his last blessing. Where did that occur?
- What city did Jesus say he'd give to the Mormons?
- Whose name is "Endless"?
- Who did Jesus command to pay for the printing of the Book of Mormon?
- Who ordained Joseph Smith as an elder?
- Who wrote the Book of Mormon??
- What was Jesus's first commandment in the Doctrine and Covenants?
- Who does the Lord call "a wicked man" in Section 3 of the Doctrine and Covenants?
- Who did God say should be the first LDS bishop?
- In Section 41, God commanded the church to build a house for someone. Who was that person?
- What wicked man was the Lord's servant?
- Who will reimburse Joseph Smith if he has to pay back the money that Ezra Thayre gave to the church?
- Who, besides Joseph Smith, was given the gift of translation?
- What river was especially cursed by God in Section 61 of the Doctrine and Covenants?
- What causes pestilence?
- Who will judge the nations in the last days?
- What is the time period between now and the coming of Jesus called in the Doctrine and Covenants?
- Who are the only ones who will not be redeemed?
- How long will the earth be in existence?
- Who is the Son Ahman?
- Who was filled with ther Holy Ghost in his mother's womb, was ordained by an angel when he was eight years old, and
baptized when he was a child?
- In Section 124, who did the Lord say would heal the sick, cast out devils, and be immune to deadly poisons, and raise the dead?
- According to the three grand keys that are provided in Section 129, how can you tell if a messenger from God is an angel, the spirit of a just man made perfect, or the devil?
- In section 137, Joseph Smith has a vision of the celestial kingdom. Who was he surprised to see there?
- According to section 133, 144,000 will stand on mount Zion with the Lamb. What will be written on their foreheads?
- What state did God give to the Mormons?
- What is the only verse in Joseph Smith - Matthew that doesn't occur in the gospel of Matthew?
- What was the prophecy of Moses that Joseph Smith referred to in verse 55 of his "translation" of Matthew?
- In Joseph Smith's first vision, the beliefs of which churches were said to be abominations by the two men standing in the air?
- What Christian denomination did Joseph Smith tell his mother was untrue?
- What was the only piece of clothing that Moroni had on when he first visited Joseph Smith?
- Where will Zion be built, according to The Articles of Faith of the LDS church?
