Q 01/05

With Dallin H. Oaks's ordination in October 2025, how many men have been LDS Church president?

A) 17

B) 18

C) 15

D) 16

Answer · why

B) 18

Oaks was set apart on October 14, 2025, following the death of Russell M. Nelson, and was introduced by Gary E. Stevenson in a broadcast from the Conf...

Q 02/05

In which state was church founder Joseph Smith born?

A) Ohio

B) New York

C) Pennsylvania

D) Vermont

Answer · why

D) Vermont

He was born in Sharon, Vermont, in 1805; the family moved to western New York after a run of crop failures in 1816.

Q 03/05

In what year was Joseph Smith killed by a mob while jailed in Carthage, Illinois?

A) 1846

B) 1844

C) 1852

D) 1850

Answer · why

B) 1844

His brother Hyrum, his presumed successor, was killed in the same attack, which set off a succession crisis with several claimants.

Q 04/05

Which political office was Joseph Smith campaigning for at the time of his death?

A) President of the United States

B) Governor of Illinois

C) Mayor of Chicago

D) United States Senator

Answer · why

A) President of the United States

His 1844 platform proposed gradually ending slavery, shrinking Congress, reforming prisons and annexing Texas, California and Oregon.

Q 05/05

After Joseph Smith's death, who argued there could be no successor and that he should be 'Protector'?

A) Lyman Wight

B) William Marks

C) Sidney Rigdon

D) James Strang

Answer · why

C) Sidney Rigdon

Rigdon was the senior surviving member of the First Presidency; the crowd instead backed Brigham Young and the Quorum of the Twelve.