I absolutely loved General Conference this past weekend! If you want to skip my recounting of it, and get to the Fun Facts game, go down a few paragraphs to get the directions and questions for Fun Facts April 2025 General Conference. If you want to read my memories of this past weekend, read on, the next few paragraphs.

We celebrated Conference time by spending both Saturday and Sunday at my parents’ home. I have a son who is doing home MTC at my brother’s home just around the corner from my parents. So we were able to have my son join us to watch General Conference. It is so great to see him in his white shirt, wearing his nametag bearing the name of Jesus Christ with his name underneath it, along with his tie and clean-shaven haircut. For a long time, I had huge reason to doubt that this day would ever come. Miracles happen! Hearts change! Soon he will enter the Provo MTC for two more weeks of training and then be off on his mission. I’m so happy about this! It is a mama’s dream come true! He is my fourth son to leave on a mission. Nothing beats the moment when I welcome a missionary child home after two years, knowing the hero journey we’ve both been on. I’m so looking forward to that, two years from now! Cue the music, “We’ll Bring the World His Truth”!

I’m basking in the glow of all of that, and also in the glow of knowing that two of my inlaws’ relatives spoke in Conference, back-to-back. They both spoke in the Sunday AM session: Elder Shumway and Sister Runia. Elder Steven Shumway’s grandfather is my father-in-law’s first cousin. Right after Elder Shumway spoke, Sister Tamara Runia spoke. She is on the other side of my husband’s family tree. Her mother is my mother-in-law’s first cousin. My inlaws have both passed on, but they were probably watching from heaven and smiling, rejoicing in their kinfolk who are testifying of Christ and valiantly serving to help teach and gather Israel. Both of them gave such fabulous talks!

After all 5 sessions were over (whew! it always feels like a bit of a marathon, definitely more so in the days when I had little children at home), we played General Conference Wits and Wagers, with two of my sons, a nephew, and my mom and dad on a team. It elicited some laughter, connection and smiles, so I was glad we played it. Grandpa was winning so the boys decided they shouldn’t vote for his answer anymore. I’m not sure their strategy was successful, as it’s hard to win if you’re not voting for the right answer. You also have to get people to vote for your answer, and they never colluded about that. Anyway, we all had fun and learned a little Church history along the way. In the course of it I had a memory of my nephew’s grandma on his other side (his dad’s side) speaking in Conference over 20 years ago. I felt the Holy Spirit as I shared about that memory. So, I just loved this activity we shared. Now I can say that the last game I played with my missionary son before he went on his mission was about General Conference. You can get the directions and questions for that game over here.

I also have another General Conference themed game, called Fun Facts General Conference. I tell all about it over here, where I first introduced it. Every six months, with a new General Conference, I will make new questions to use with this game. It’s based on a commercially produced game, Fun Facts, but if you read about it here, you can get the directions and come up with a homemade version using the questions below.

OK, drumroll please…here are the NEW questions for the Fun Facts April 2025 General Conference game. I have questions that involve numbers given in the Conference talks plus numbers based on people’s opinions/values.

1. Elder Ronald A. Rasband spoke about the growth of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in fulfillment of Joseph Smith’s prophecy, given in 1834. At the time Joseph said that the church met in a little schoolhouse with only a handful of priesthood holders. Now the Church is filling the globe, with the fulfillment of Joseph’s prophecy “right before our eyes.” As evidence of this, Elder Rasband gave some statistics about the Church’s growth. How many temples did Elder Rasband say the Church has in total, in various stages of development? (367)

2. How many missionaries of the Church did Elder Rasband say were serving in 2024? (80,000)

3. How many missionaries can you name by name with what mission each one is serving in right now?

3. How many missions did Elder Rasband say were in the church in 2024? (450)

4. How many new missions were created in 2024, according to Elder Rasband? (36)

5. How many missions of the Church are just in Lima, Peru, according to Elder Rasband’s talk? (7)

6. How many students are in the BYU-Pathway program, according to Elder Rasband? (75,000)

7. Over what fraction of the BYU-Pathway students live in Africa, according to Elder Rasband’s talk? (1/3)

8. Elder Sardinio Roman told a story of teaching his friend how to swim. During the swim lesson, the friend started drowning. In his effort to get help, the friend gave Elder Roman a chokehold and started bringing Elder Roman down too. Fortunately, they were both rescued. On a scale of 1-100, how much do you like to swim?

9. Elder Gary Stevenson told the story of taking an overseas red-eye flight with his wife. The customs agent who checked their passports showed no emotion until she saw something that Sister Stevenson had left in her passport. This object caused the customs agent to smile and connect with Sister Stevenson. It was a small picture of an artist’s rendition of the Savior.

9a. How many different renditions of the Savior’s portrait do you have in your home (paintings on the wall and pictures used as bookmarks, etc.)

9b. On a scale of 1-100 how much do you like to take airplane trips?

9c. On a scale of 1-100, how much do you like to take overnight red-eye flights?

10. Elder Stevenson spoke about the increased emphasis in the Church on having Christ-centered Easter traditions. He shared about his family Easter play. How many Christ-centered Easter traditions does your family have? Alternate question (use this alternate question if you think the previous question won’t generate much of a range of answers): How many Christ-centered Easter traditions would you like to implement this year? (Go here for some ideas.)

11. Sister Tamara Runia spoke about reading a book while on a trip in Florida, about getting to heaven. A woman saw her reading it and asked her a question about it. Here are several questions regarding that situation. Use any or all of them.

11a. How many books have you read so far this year?

11b. On a scale of 1-100, how much do you want to take a trip to Florida?

11c. On a scale of 1-100, how much do you like to read books?

11d. How many different things do you want to see or visit in Florida?

11e. How many books that you’ve read have been the subject of a discussion you’ve had with at least one other person this year?

11f. How many books (or movies) have you read (or watched) in your lifetime about heaven (including the scriptures)?

11f. How many books have you started but not finished yet this year?

12. Sister Runia also spoke of participating in diving competitions when young, and what divers are judged on. On a scale of 1-100, how much do you want to watch a diving competition?

13. Sister Runia also spoke of serving as a mission leader in Australia with her husband.

13a. How many people do you know personally who have visited or lived in Australia?

13b. On a scale of 1-100, how much do you desire to live in Australia?

13c. How many missions are in Australia? (answer is here)

13d. How many people do you know who have served a mission in Australia?

13e. How many temples are in Australia? (answer is here)

14. Sister Runia was wearing a pink dress for her talk. How many articles of pink clothing do you own?

12. Elder Steven Shumway spoke of getting to know the woman who is now his wife by serving ice cream at a church activity.

12a. On a scale of 1-100 how much do you like ice cream?

12b. How many flavors of ice cream do you enjoy eating?

13. Elder Gerrit W. Gong spoke of taking an early morning Bible class where he memorized Bible verses. How many Bible verses have you memorized?

14. Elder Gong mentioned the shortest verse in the Bible, which he memorized.

14a. What chapter in John contains this scripture? (11)

14b. What is the number for this verse in that chapter? (35)

15. Elder Gong spoke of a beautiful bride and handsome groom whom we witnessed getting sealed in the temple for marriage.

15a. How old did he say the bride was? (70)

15b. How old did he say the groom was? (70)

16. Elder Gong spoke of an Egyptian man who told him that in the Qu’ran, it says that Mary, Joseph, and Jesus sought refuge in Egypt. On a scale of 1-100, how much do you desire to read the Qu’ran?

17. Elder John A. McCune spoke of a woman in Mongolia who noticed the mission leader of Mongolia after he entered her workplace. He radiated a light. She asked this man if she could attend church with him so she could learn more about the source of this man’s light. This woman took the missionary lessons and got baptized. Elder McCune mentioned this woman is part of the great gathering of Israel happening over the whole world.

17a. On a scale of 1-100, how much do you desire to visit Mongolia?

17b. How many members of the Church are in Mongolia? (answer is here.)

18. Elder McCune spoke of the Japanese character for “disciple.” He said that it is made of two parts that mean “younger brother” and “child.”

18a. How many people do you know who have studied the Japanese language? Alternate question, On a scale of 1-100, how much do you desire to speak Japanese?

19. Elder McCune spoke of his mother who is still alive.

19a. How old did he say she is? (94)

19b. Over how many descendants did he say that she has? (200)

20. Elder Christopher H. Kim spoke about the joy of repentance. He spoke of Laman and Lemuel in the Book of Mormon being hardhearted. He said that in the Korean translation of the Book of Mormon, the word for “hardhearted” combines the words for “stubborn” and “wickedness.”

20a. On a scale of 1-100 how many people do you know how have studied the Korean language?

20b. Elder Kim was wearing a purple, gold, and brown striped tie. How many gold-colored items of clothing do you own? (or purple, or brown?)

20c. How many items of striped clothing do you own?

21. How many helps did President Dallin H. Oaks say that God has provided to help us in our plan of salvation journey? (4)

21. Elder Michael B. Strong shared a story of a rice farmer and his wife in the Philippines who waited for a long time to save money to take a trip to the temple to be sealed as a family. A typhoon delayed the time they normally would have planted rice seedlings for planting time. By the time the family could plant the seedlings, it was the appointed time to leave for their temple trip. A missionary couple spearheaded a team effort with service missionaries to plant the seedlings for the family so they family could leave at the appointed time.

19a. How many temples are in the Philippines? (answer is here)

19b.How many missions are in the Philippines? (answer is here)

19c. How many service projects have you been involved in?

19d. On a scale of 1-100 how much do you enjoy eating rice?

20a. How many temples did President Nelson announce in the very last talk in the very last session of the April 2025 conference? (15. The list is here.)

20b. How many temples on that list are not in the U.S.? (9)

21. Based on the answer in Question #1, how many total temples will now be in various phases of planning, construction, and use for the Church? (382)

22. How many total temples has President Nelson announced as president of the Church? (200, source is here.)