Q 01/05

Which church leader had open-heart surgery by Dr. Russell M. Nelson right after April 1972's general conference?

A) Spencer W. Kimball

B) Joseph Fielding Smith

C) Harold B. Lee

D) Ezra Taft Benson

Answer · why

A) Spencer W. Kimball

Spencer W. Kimball was 77 and struggling to breathe when his surgeon replaced a damaged aortic valve. He recovered, became church president the next y...

Q 02/05

Which pope met Russell M. Nelson at the Vatican, the first meeting of a pope and a Latter-day Saint president?

A) Benedict XVI

B) John Paul II

C) Francis

D) Leo XIV

Answer · why

C) Francis

Francis welcomed him in March 2019, when the 94-year-old church president had been in office for just over a year.

Q 03/05

During which conflict did Russell M. Nelson serve as an Army doctor on a research team that drew enemy artillery fire?

A) World War II

B) Korean War

C) Vietnam War

D) Gulf War

Answer · why

B) Korean War

The Korean War took his team to all five MASH units in Korea, and at one point they came close enough to the front that enemy artillery fired on them ...

Q 04/05

Which language did Russell M. Nelson take up after a church president urged a congregation to learn it?

A) Japanese

B) Arabic

C) Hindi

D) Mandarin

Answer · why

D) Mandarin

Mandarin let him lecture and operate in China, where three universities later made him an honorary professor.

Q 05/05

Which mix describes the ten children Russell M. Nelson raised with his first wife, whom he married in 1945?

A) Nine daughters, one son

B) Five daughters, five sons

C) Six daughters, four sons

D) One daughter, nine sons

Answer · why

A) Nine daughters, one son

Nine daughters, one son: Russell Jr., the youngest of the family, arrived in 1972 after nine girls in a row.