Sunday Tidbits—BYU

1.      Close to the turn of the century, Sunday School Union President, George Goddard, said what sport was damaging to the reputation of BYU?

a.      Cheerleading

b.      Basketball

c.       Football

d.      Swimming

2.      Which Church Apostle actively opposed the conferring of degrees at the Brigham Young Academy?

a.      Reed Smoot

b.      J. Golden Kimball

c.       Anthon Lund

d.      James Talmage

3.      When the Brigham Young Academy was about to take on University status, what was the proposed name change for the institution?

a.      Lot Smith University

b.      Joseph Smith University

c.       Joseph F. Smith University

d.      Hyrum Smith University

Yesterday’s answer:

C) Gaze at the temple

Sharon Osbourne states what gave her peace at one time in her life:

“One of the first things I bought for the house was a big old-fashioned telescope, which I kept in the living-room area. And the first thing I did every night when I came home was go to the spyglass and look out across the city to the Mormon Temple on Santa Monica Boulevard. On top is a golden angel blowing a horn that glints at sunset. It was my ritual, a way of anchoring myself. And at night, with the city lit up, it was breathtaking, And I built a hot tub on the top terrace where you could sit and look out at it all glittering beneath you.”

Osbourne, Sharon. Sharon Osbourne Extreme: My Autobiography, New York: Springboard Press, 2005, 86.