2015 Nauvoo Youth Trip Mutual Night Activity Nauvoo Quiz Game Game Objective Learn about Nauvoo by participating in a fun, exciting quiz game about Nauvoo. Game Rules 1. Divide your youth into multiple groups - no larger than 8 in a group. 2. Each group will compete in multiple head-to-head rounds with other groups. (i.e., group A is paired against group B, and Group C is paired against Group D. 3. For each round: Each pair of groups is moderated by an advisor. The advisor asks the questions and has final authority on whether an answer is correct. 4. Each round has an even number of questions. Use Rock, Paper, Scissors to determine which team goes first. 5. Let s say Team A is determined to go first. The advisor asks Team A a question. Team A has thirty seconds to provide a correct answer, which gets Team A two points. If Team A cannot answer correctly in thirty seconds, Team B gets one chance to answer correctly and must answer immediately. If they answer correctly, Team B gets one point. If neither team answers correctly, neither team gets points for that question. Regardless of the outcome, the advisor asks Team B the next question. 6. The advisor continues this alternating pattern of asking questions until all the questions for that round have been asked. 7. Supplemental statements with the answers are not part of the answer - they are there for explanation. 8. The youth are permitted to use technology to get the answers, but they must answer within the required times. 9. At the end of each round the advisor places each team s score on its scorecard (which is just a piece of paper that the team takes with them throughout the game) and notes whether the group won that round. The groups are re-arranged so that the groups are facing different teams. 10. When all rounds have been completed, you can determine a winner in various ways: highest cumulative score; highest number of head-to-head rounds won; etc. 11. The winning team serves the refreshments for the activity. Round 1 The City Q1. When the saints first arrived in Nauvoo, it was actually called. A1. Commerce. Q2. What does Nauvoo mean? A2. Beautiful. Q3. What was the first task to be done when the saints came to Nauvoo? A3. They had to drain it. (The entire lower portion was a swamp) Q4. Nauvoo was a planned city. What was the maximum planned population: 5,000, 9,000, 15,000, or 25,000? A4. 15,000. Q5. After Joseph Smith was martyred, the saints changed the name of the city of Nauvoo to what? A5. The City of Joseph.
Q6. What was the name of the street the saints used when they left Nauvoo for the final time in 1846? A6. Parley Street. Q7: What was the name of the group that moved to Nauvoo immediately after the LDS left? A6: The Icarians. Q8. Before it was called Commerce, Nauvoo had two previous names. Name one of them. A41. Quashquema (That was the name of a Sauk and Fox chief that lived nearby), and Venus. Round 2 The Temple and Worship Q9. The Nauvoo temple had three characteristic carved stones. What were they? A9. Sunstones, Moonstones, Starstones. Q10. From highest to lowest on the temple exterior, how were the three types of carved stones arranged? A10. Starstones, Sunstones, Moonstones. Q11. On each sunstone, what was sculpted above each sun? A11. Two trumpets (not cornucopias) Q12. What two things was the angel atop the original Nauvoo temple holding? A12. A trumpet, and the Book of Mormon. Q13. Where did the saints get the wood to build the original Nauvoo temple? A13. From Wisconsin. Q14. How did the saints get that wood to Nauvoo? A14. They floated it down the Mississippi river. Q15. What two events destroyed the original Nauvoo temple? A15. An arson fire, and a whirlwind/tornado. Q16. In the baptistry of the new Nauvoo Temple there is a stained-glass window having over 3,000 individual pieces of glass. What does the stained-glass window depict? A16. Jesus being baptized by John the Baptist. Q17. In Nauvoo meetings, where did most people try to sit? A17. In the front. (There were no microphones then, so to hear the speaker you had to sit up front.) Q18. How large were the biggest church conferences in Nauvoo? less than 5 thousand; five thousand to fifteen thousand; fifteen thousand to twenty-five thousand; or greater than twenty-five thousand. (hint: the tabernacle in Salt Lake City houses 5,000; the conference center holds twenty thousand.) A18. Fifteen to twenty-five thousand (May 1844). Q19. Which was not a normal part of Sunday worship in Nauvoo? Church buildings for wards to meet in; half-hour opening prayers; women sitting apart from men; speakers losing their voices. A19. Church buildings for wards to meet in. (the half-hour prayers were an improvement on the Puritans 2 ½ hour prayers!) Q20. Nauvoo was the first place the church used what name to describe different congregations? A20. Wards.
Round 3 - Entertainment Q21. Which of the following was not a common Nauvoo pastime: playing billiards, shooting guns, pitching horseshoes, or wrestling? A21. Playing billiards. Q22. Which of the following was not a common Nauvoo pastime: informal horse-racing, boxing, pitching quoits (similar to lawn bowling), or swimming? A22. Boxing. Q23. What was not a common part of a Nauvoo party: kissing, lots of food, dancing, singing, playing games, or spiritual discussions? A23. Spiritual discussions. Q24. Nauvoo summers get very hot and humid. Where did Nauvoo saints hold their summer evening parties to beat the heat? A24. On Mississippi steamboats. (The boat Maid of Iowa was purchased by the church and modified to accommodate dancing parties.) Q25. Which holiday was most enthusiastically celebrated in Nauvoo: Christmas, Thanksgiving, Independence Day, or New Years Day? A25. Independence day (but the celebrations were more subdued from 1844 on because of Joseph Smith s death.) second place: Thanksgiving. Q26. Which two of the following were part of a Nauvoo Christmas: gift-giving, Christmas cards, Christmas dinner, Christmas tree, school vacation, or caroling? A26. Christmas dinner, caroling. Q27. Circuses occasionally visited Nauvoo. Which animal was not recorded as having come to Nauvoo: elephant, lion, zebra, or orangutan? A27. Zebra. Q28. Many travelling shows visited Nauvoo. Which of the following was not recorded as being among them: A hypnotist, a Scottish man that was 7 feet 4 inches tall, a strongman, a yodeller, or a man who used the bumps on someone s head to determine his or her personality? A28. a yodeller. Q29. Which well-known figure starred in Nauvoo s first production of its first dramatic company: Joseph Smith, Emma Smith, Brigham Young, or Eliza R. Snow? A29. Brigham Young (he was a Peruvian high priest in Pizarro, or, the Death of Rollo ). Q30. Which was not a music group in Nauvoo: Nauvoo Choir, Nauvoo Brass Band, The Nauvoo Temple Choir, Nauvoo Quadrille Band, or the Nauvoo Legion Band? A30. The Nauvoo Temple Choir. Round 4 The Relief Society Q31. The Relief Society was organized in response to Nauvoo women wishing to organize what kind of society? A31. A sewing society to aid in the building of the temple. Q32. What is the name of the building where the Relief Society was organized? A32. The Red Brick Store.
Q33. Who was the first president of the Relief Society? A33. Emma Smith. Q34. Which hymn was sung at the organization of the Relief Society? A34. Now Let us Rejoice. Q35. How did a woman join the Relief Society? A35. She had to petition to join. (and was accepted based on her goodness and virtue) Q36. Which church group was the first to work on the interior of the Nauvoo temple? A36. The Relief Society. Round 5 Living in Nauvoo Q37. Nauvoo had a lecture club called a lyceum. Which of two following questions are recorded as being debate topics at the Nauvoo Lyceum? - Should capital punishment be abolished? - Is dancing sinful before the Lord? - Should females be educated to the same extent as males? - Is the Word of Wisdom truly a commandment? - Should the State of Missouri compensate the Saints for their losses? A37. Capital punishment, female education. Q38. In Nauvoo, which word was socially acceptable to say in the presence of a woman: leg, belly, the first name of her husband, pregnant, star, or bull? A38. Star. Q39. Which two subjects were not taught in Nauvoo schools: arithmetic, writing, religion, history, or music? A39. religion and history (Illinois law prohibited teaching of religion in public schools). Q40. Which was not a newspaper published in Nauvoo: Expositor, Times and Seasons, Wasp, Neighbor, or Signal? A40. Signal. (The Warsaw Signal was violently anti-mormon.) Q41. Church leaders made these statements about what occupation?
Hyrum Smith: they were made in gizzard making time, when it was cheaper to get gizzards than souls. Brigham Young: I would rather have a good six-shooter than all the in Illinois. A41. Lawyers. Q42. Which of the following diseases were not part of Nauvoo Life: Malaria, Leprosy, Typhus, or Influenza? A42. Leprosy. (The others, especially malaria, were common.) Tiebreaker question: Q41. Nauvoo citizens used various money denominations we don t use today. Which is the most valuable: a half-dollar, five bits, a half-eagle, or three York Shillings? A41. A half-eagle (worth $2.50 in gold). Five bits = 62.5 cents, half dollar = 50 cents, three York Shillings = 37.5 cents.