Traditions Around the World
Rings and Things
Dress to Impress
Literature and Marriage
This Day in History
(May 23rd)
100
In English tradition this is considered the best day of the week to marry.
What is Wednesday?
100
Ancient cultures believed the 'Vena Amoris' ran from which finger.
What is the ring finger?
100
This culture recognized a bride in white long before Western civilization.
What is Japanese culture?
100
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of [this]."
What is a wife?
100
This happy couple promises to be together for the rest of their lives.
Who are Sara and Charles?
200
In Holland this is planted outside the newlyweds home as a symbol of fertility and luck.
What is a pine tree?
200
Because of its teardrop shape this type of engagement ring is said to be bad luck.
What is a pearl engagement ring?
200
Though veils are now simply part of a tradition they had a deeper purpose for ancient Romans and Greeks. They were worn to ward off this.
What is evil spirits?
200
In their will this person famously left their second best bed to their wife.
Who is William Shakespeare?
200
In 1939, this dictator proclaims he wants to invade Poland.
Who is Hitler?
300
Instead of rice Czech newlyweds have this food item thrown at them.
What is peas?
300
In the United States this many tons of gold are made into wedding rings per year.
What is 17 tons?
300
According to this poem every good bride walks down the aisle with something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and this.
What is a sixpence in your shoe?
300
This famous children's writer was quoted saying: "You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."
Who is Dr. Seus?
300
In 1926, this baseball player is the first to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard.
Who is Hack Wilson?
400
In Greek culture they believe that sticking this in a bride's wedding glove will sweeten the union.
What is a sugar cube?
400
GIA and IGI are two of the most respected of these.
What is diamond grading scales?
400
The marriage of Sheik Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum's son to Princess Salama in Dubai in May 1981 was the most expensive wedding ever. Its outrageous price tag was this.
What is forty-four million dollars?
400
This philosopher was quoted saying: "By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."
Who is Socrates?
400
In 1915, this country declared war on Austria-Hungary during WWI.
What is Italy?
500
This ancient culture believed pig entrails could determine the luckiest time to marry.
What is ancient Rome.
500
This Tudor Monarch was only two years old when she was given one of history's earliest engagement rings.
Who is Princess Mary Tudor?
500
In 1840 this British Monarch started the tradition in the Western world of wearing a white wedding dress. Before this brides simply wore their best dress.
Who is Queen Victoria?
500
When Odysseus returns from the Odyssey his wife challenges his identity and demands he prove himself. She tells him to move the bed. This is a trick question and an impossible task as the bed is carved into this.
What is the trunk of an olive tree?
500
In 1867 this famous outlaw robbed a bank in Richmond, Missouri. Two people died and $4,000 was taken.
Who is Jesse James?
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