STAKE TEMPLE Trip Questions

Layton Temple Open House Activity

Hello Youth and Leaders!   We are so excited that you decided to attend the Open House of the Layton, Utah Temple.   We thought we might build your enthusiasm for entering the Lord’s house by giving you some FUN temple trivia to play on the car ride there!   There are multiple choice and open-ended questions, as well as quotes from our beloved prophets and apostles to inspire you.  HAVE FUN and enjoy this time together with your ward family.   WE LOVE YOU !!

OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS

1.  What constellation is on the exterior of the Salt Lake Temple?            The Big Dipper
2.  What symbol was on the door knobs of the Salt Lake Temple?            A beehive
3. What celestial objects are on the exterior of the salt lake temple?        Sun, moon and stars
4. What was the first temple dedicated in the STATE of Utah?                  Ogden
5. What 2 decades are the only ones NOT to have a temple dedicated in them?

            1900-1909 and 1930-1939

6. Which temple has the Largest Temple Ground?  Washington, D.C. Temple with 52 acres
7. How many years did The Salt Lake Temple take to build? The Salt Lake Temple took 40 years.
8. Which temple has the most sealing rooms?     Jordan River with 17 rooms. 
9. What number will the Layton Utah Temple be in Utah? The Layton Utah Temple will be the 19th temple built in Utah and the second built in Davis County, following the Bountiful Utah Temple (1995)
10. How many temples are dedicated and operating? 189
11. How many temples are under construction? 52
12. How many temples have been announced? 109
13. What temple was dedicated first in Utah? St. George (then Logan, Manti and finally Salt Lake)
14. The Jordan River Temple was the ____ temple dedicated in the Church. (20th)
15. How many temples did President Nelson announce in Gen. Conference last month?  15
16. Which two Utah temples were announced?  West Jordan and Lehi
17. Once all of the temples that have been announced have been built, how many will be in Utah?  30
18. When all temples currently under construction and announced are completed, how many temples worldwide will there be?  350
19. What percentage of temples has President Nelson announced during his 6 years as prophet?  48%
20. Which two temples in Utah are holding an open house right now?  Layton and Taylorsville
21. What two phrases are found near the entrance of every temple?  “Holiness to the Lord” and “The House of the Lord”
22. Baptismal fonts in the temple rest on the backs of how many oxen?  12
23. What is the one temple where Moroni is horizontal (flying) rather than vertical (standing)?

Nauvoo

24. With the first version of the standing angel Moroni, he holds a trumpet in his right hand and his left arm is outstretched with his fist clenched. Current designs, when used, have an empty left hand. However, in some later early versions of the statue (Hill Cumorah, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Seattle, Jordan River, Mexico City), Moroni holds something in his left hand. What is it?

The Gold Plates

25. Which 5 temples have the Angel Moroni Statue holding the gold plates? Only 5 temples feature an angel Moroni statue holding the gold plates. They are the Los Angeles California Temple, Washington D.C. Temple, Seattle Washington Temple, Jordan River Utah Temple, and Mexico City Mexico Temple
26. How many temples have had an angel of Moroni added after their dedications?

 8 [Idaho Falls Idaho Temple, which had an angel Moroni statue added almost 40 years after its dedication. As a part of renovation projects in the 2000s, the Church added angel Moroni statues to several of the originally statueless temples, including the Freiberg Germany (2001), Ogden Utah (2002), Provo Utah (2003), São Paulo Brazil (2003), Tokyo Japan (2004), Bern Switzerland (2005) and London England (2008) Temples]

27. One temple has a version of Moroni wearing a Mayan style headband. Which is it?

             Los Angeles California

28. Which temple has the tallest angel Moroni statue?

Jordan River Temple (20 ft)

29. Which temple is the assigned temple for the Riverton Central Stake?

The Jordan River Temple

30. Which section of the Doctrine and Covenants (Kirtland Temple Dedicatory Prayer) did President Nelson invite us to study in his most recent conference talk?

Section 109

31. In your group, who has been to the most temples?
32. In your group, who has been to the farthest temple from Riverton?
33. What does the mirrors in front of each other in the celestial room mean?

Eternity

34. Why do people who receive their Endowment in the temple need to wear the garment?

The garment is the reminder of the covenants they make inside the temple.

35. Why do we use white in the temple?

It represents purity.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Although ground was broken to build this temple in February 1853, it was not completed until April 1893—40 years later.   (A)

1. Salt Lake Temple
2. Nauvoo Illinois Temple
3. London England Temple
4. São Paulo Brazil Temple

2.  This temple was destroyed in 1848 after early members of the Church were forced to leave, but it was rebuilt and rededicated in 2002.    (B)

1. St. George Utah Temple
2. Nauvoo Illinois Temple
3. Ciudad Juárez México Temple
4. Bern Switzerland Temple

3. Most of the temples have a tower or spire, but there are a few that don’t. Name one of these temples.

     (B)

1. Tokyo Japan Temple
2. Laie Hawaii Temple
3. Boise Idaho Temple
4. Orlando Florida Temple

4. Which was the first temple constructed outside of the United States?     (D)

1. Bern Switzerland Temple
2. Apia Samoa Temple
3. Stockholm Sweden Temple
4. Cardston Alberta Temple

5. This temple is located on the top three floors of a building that includes a mission office and a meetinghouse on its lower levels.      (A)

1. Hong Kong China Temple
2. Seattle Washington Temple
3. Dallas Texas Temple
4. Helsinki Finland Temple

6. This temple, which was formerly the Uintah Stake Tabernacle, is one of

the few temples that was converted from an existing building.    (B)

1. Madrid Spain Temple
2. Vernal Utah Temple
3. Manti Utah Temple
4. Anchorage Alaska Temple

7. These two temples were dedicated on the same day—November 14, 1999.    (A)

1. Halifax Nova Scotia Temple and Regina Saskatchewan Temple
2. Guatemala City Guatemala Temple and Columbus Ohio Temple
3. Louisville Kentucky Temple and Seoul Korea Temple
4. Papeete Tahiti Temple and Fukuoka Japan Temple

8. The upper exterior of this temple includes a sculpted depiction of Christ with His disciples.   (C)

1. México City México Temple
2. Ogden Utah Temple
3. Oakland California Temple
4.  Washington D.C. Temple

9.  How many operating or announced temples are there, as of the April 2024 General Conference?  

(D - 335, as of Apr 24’ GC)

1. 160-180
2. 200-225
3. 275-300
4. 325-350

10. What was the first temple completed and dedicated?     (A)

1. Kirtland Ohio Temple
2. Nauvoo Illinois Temple
3. Independence Temple
4. Salt Lake City Utah Temple

Kirtland Temple was dedicated in 1836. It ceased operation as a

temple in the late 1830s.

11. What is the oldest operating temple in the Church?  (D - originally dedicated in 1877)

1. Salt Lake City Utah Temple

1. Nauvoo Illinois Temple
2. Manti Utah Temple
3. St. George Utah Temple

12. Can you name the first four temples dedicated in the Church? (This Includes ones no longer in operation)

- Kirtland Ohio Temple, dedicated 1836, destroyed by fire in 1848

- Nauvoo Illinois temple, dedicated 1846, no longer operating as a temple since the late 1830s

(Endowment House – dedicated 1855 as a temporary structure used during the construction of the - Salt Lake Temple, raised in 1889. Bonus points if you guess this one)

- St. George Utah Temple – dedicated 1877

13. Can you name the oldest four temples dedicated and currently operating in the Church?

- St. George Utah Temple – dedicated 1877

- Logan Utah Temple – dedicated 1884

- Manti Utah Temple – dedicated 1888

- Salt Lake Temple – dedicated 1893

14. Which is the largest temple (by floor area)?     (B - Salt Lake Temple is 253,015 square feet)

1. Los Angeles California Temple
2. Salt Lake Temple
3. Washington D.C. Temple
4. Mexico City Mexico Temple

15.  Which temple does the most ordinances in a year (the busiest temple)?   (A)

1. Jordan River Temple
2. Salt Lake Temple
3. Bern Switzerland Temple
4. Washington D.C. Temple

16.  Which is the smallest temple (by floor area)?    (A - Colonia Juarez Chihuahua Mexico Temple – 6,800 sq. ft.)

1. Colonia Juarez Chihuahua Mexico Temple
2. Star Valley Wyoming Temple
3. Helena Montana Temple
4. Taipei Taiwan Temple

17. Which is the first modular temple built? And what is a modular temple?   (C)

1. Red Cliffs Utah Temple
2. Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple
3. Helena Montana Temple
4. Okinawa Japan Temple

Helena Montana Temple – dedicated 2023. This was the first temple built using modular construction methods. This means that the temple was constructed in pieces in separate locations, and then

transported and assembled onsite. This allows for faster construction and fewer delays. This temple also has two rooms that can quickly convert to be used either as Endowment/Instruction Rooms, or as Sealing Rooms – so they can adapt based on current needs.

18. Which state outside of Utah was the first to have more than one dedicated temple?  (D)

1. Illinois
2. Arizona
3. New York
4. California

19. Which was the first temple built where English is not the main language?    (D)

1. Hamilton New Zealand Temple
2. Sao Paulo Brazil Temple
3. Tokyo Japan Temple
4. Bern Switzerland Temple

20. Can you name the ordinances that take place inside the temples?

Baptisms, Confirmations, Ordination to the Melchizedek Priesthood for men (Initiatory)

Washing (Initiatory), Anointing (Initiatory), Clothing (Initiatory), Endowment, Sealings

FACTS ABOUT THE LAYTON UTAH TEMPLE

Patterns used in the design of the temple reflect Layton’s rich agricultural history.  There are seedlings, leafy branches, and cherry blossoms found in the stained glass windows and on wood inside the temple.

On the second floor, you’ll see a beautiful, antique Tiffany art glass piece.  It was originally made in 1915 and installed in a Presbyterian church in New York state.  That church was demolished in 2015 but the stained glass was saved.  The piece is called “The Resurrection.”

QUOTES

“Time in the temple will help you to think celestial and to catch a vision of who you really are, who you can become, and the kind of life you can have forever.”

—-President Russell M. Nelson

“As part of the planned destiny of the earth and its inhabitants, here our kindred dead are also to be redeemed. Families are to be sealed together for all eternity. A welding link is to be forged between the fathers and the children. In our time, a whole, complete, and perfect union of all dispensations, keys, and powers is to be welded together. For these sacred purposes, holy temples now dot the earth.”

—-Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “The Creation,” Ensign, May 2000

“Regular temple worship will enhance the way you see yourself and how you fit into God’s magnificent plan. I promise you that.”

—-President Nelson, April 2024 general conference

“My dear brothers and sisters, here is my promise.  Nothing will help you more to hold fast to the iron rod than worshipping in the temple as regularly as your circumstances permit.  Nothing will protect you more as you encounter the world’s mists of darkness.  Nothing will bolster your testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Atonement or help you understand God’s magnificent plan more.  Nothing will soothe your spirit more during times of pain.  Nothing will open the heavens more.  Nothing!  The temple is the gateway to the greatest blessings God has in store for each of us . . .”

—-President Russell M. Nelson, “Rejoice in the Gift of Priesthood Keys,”  April 2024 general conference

“The way you feel on the temple is pattern for how you want to feel in your life”

—Elder Neil L. Andersen

"At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can 'see' things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known."

—Elder Boyd K. Packer

The Mysterious Newspaper That Led to a Temple Miracle

Shortly after the Logan Utah Temple was dedicated on May 17, 1884, Bishop Henry Ballard of the Logan Second Ward was busy interviewing members and writing recommends when his young daughter, Ellen, delivered a newspaper to him. The paper was the Newbury Weekly News, which was published in his birthplace of Newbury, Berkshire, England. The paper’s date—May 15, 1884—indicated that it had been printed only three days earlier. At the time, a typical trip across the ocean, and then the plains, took weeks!

Bishop Ballard’s young daughter explained that she had been playing on the sidewalk when two strangers handed her the paper and gave strict instructions that she deliver it to no one except her father. Upon inspection, Bishop Ballard found the newspaper to contain a story with the names of 60 people and their accompanying dates of birth and death. The next day, Bishop Ballard sought an explanation from Temple President Marriner W. Merrill. After listening to the bishop’s story, President Merrill said, “Brother Ballard, someone on the other side is anxious for their work to be done and they knew that you would do it if this paper got into your hands.” Bishop Ballard made certain the temple work was complete, and later it was learned that most of the people named in the newspaper were related to the Ballard family.  

More than a half-century later, a young M. Russell Ballard, the great-grandson of Henry Ballard, was serving a mission in England and made a visit to the offices of the Newbury Weekly News. “I visited the Newbury Weekly News,”

he records, “and verified that the newspaper had never been postdated or mailed out early. I held the issue of 15 May 1884 in my hands and photographed it. There is no mortal way that, in 1884, it could have reached Logan from Newbury within three days.”