didyou13 (GENERAL AUTHORITIES — Names Quizzes ** )

QUESTION: Of all the brethren who have served as apostles in this dispensation, who had the shortest last name?  Who had the longest last name?
ANSWER:  The shortest last name of all our apostles belonged to President Harold B. Lee, and the longest last name belongs to Elder D. Todd Christoffersen.  Click here for information about the number of letters in the last names of our apostles.

QUESTION:  One of the apostles in this dispensation had the same middle and last names.  Can you name him?
ANSWER:  Elder Hugh B. Brown’s middle name was Brown.  Thus his name was Hugh Brown Brown.  Elder Brown’s mother’s maiden name was Brown, and to honor both sides of the family, the name Brown was included twice in the name.

QUESTION:  As of August 2024, the last names of the apostles in this dispensation have begun with every letter of the alphabet except 4 letters.  Can you name those four letters?
ANSWER:  The last names of our apostles in this dispensation have begun with all the letters of the alphabet except Q, V, X, and Z.  Click here to see an alphabetical listing of the apostles of this dispensation.