Wedding & Marriage
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History
The word "groom" is a shortened version of what word, defined as a man who is about to be married or who is newlywed.
What is a bridegroom?
The Wedding Cookie Table has strong ethnic and religious ties. This tradition is linked mainly to European immigrants of what religious descent?
What is Catholic?
Queen Victoria started this wedding fashion trend in 1840.
What is wearing a white wedding dress?
Before that, brides simply wore their "best dress."
Meghan and Harry were granted what royal titles, mere hours before their wedding?
What is the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
In 16th century Europe, the best man was chosen for what skill, as he stood to the right of the groom?
What are fighting skills?
The best man's role was to protect the bride from kidnapping or........running away..........
This Italian waffle cookie originates from Ortona, in the Abruzzo region, and can often be found at celebrations like weddings and holiday parties.
What is a Pizzelle?
This man remains the only sitting President of the United States to have been married in a White House room.
Who is President Grover Cleveland?
This famous piano man performed at Harry and Meghan's wedding.
Who is Sir Elton John?
Wedding rings are worn on the fourth finger of the left hand due to the belief that this finger connects to what?
What is the heart?
Roughly translated as a schaumrolle, this delicate pastry-cookie (which goes by many names) was brought to Pennsylvania by German immigrants.
What is a Lady Lock or Cream Horn?
Serena Williams wore the most expensive wedding dress at her wedding. How much did it cost?
What is $3.5 Million?
There were plenty of big names on the invite list for the royal wedding including this actor and musician who also performed at the reception.
Who is Idris Elba?
In Roman times, brides wore what color veil to scare away evil spirits?
What is red?
It is said that the recipe for this cookie was kept secret, only to be shared with newly married couples, who would then make cookies for the local bishop. It is known as the most common cookie to be displayed on a traditional Pennsylvania cookie table.
What is an Italian Wedding Cookie or Amaretti Cookie?
This presidential couple viewed each other as intellectual equals and shared over 1,000 correspondences over the course of their marriage; the majority of which was spent apart.
Who are John and Abigail Adams?
Harry and Meghan's nuptials became one of the biggest televised events in history, with how many people watching across televised and streaming coverage?
What is 1.9 billion viewers?
In 1563, at the Council of Trent, this institution wrote marriage into canon law.
What is the Roman Catholic Church
The world record for the largest cookie table was set in 2019 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania by displaying how many cookies?
What is 88,425 cookies?
This queen spared no expense, flying 70,000 white dendrobium orchids in from Thailand for her bid day.
Who is Beyoncé?
Meghan made history as the first royal bride to do what at the beginning of her wedding to Prince Harry?
What is to walk down the aisle alone?