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					  What is a blue sapphire?					 
					
					 Princess Diana's engagement ring was this gem surrounded by 14 diamonds in a cluster setting 
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					  What is a veil?					 
					
					 In a big fat ancient Greek wedding the bride wore this item in red or yellow 
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					  Who are the Incas?					 
					
					 Commoners could be lined up by gender & paired off for mass marriages among these South American Indians. 
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					  Who is the best man?					 
					
					 Among this person's traditional duties are to pay the officiant & sign the marriage license as a witness 
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					  Who is Elvis Presley?						 
					
					 For your renewal ceremony in Vegas, Pete Wilcox will officiate dressed as this man 
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					  What are Banns?					 
					
					 These notices of intent to marry in the Catholic church are published to make sure each party is free 
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					  What is the wedding ring?					 
					
					 A German bride's right hand is not just for shaking hands in the receiving line but unlike in the US for receiving this 
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					  What is the Bellagio					 
					
					 Jon Jerde honeymooned at Lake Como inspiring his design for this Vegas Hotel 
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					  What is the bouquet?					 
					
					 Stephanotis isn't an old boyfriend you invited, it's something you found in a formal one of these 
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					  Who is Felix Mendelssohn (the wedding march)?					 
					
					 This composer was 17, a legal age for men in Mississippi to marry when he began work on the following: 
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					  Who is Elizabeth Taylor?					 
					
					 In 1968 Richard Burton gave her a 33.19 - carat diamond engagement ring worth $8.8 million 
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					  What is break the wine glass?					 
					
					 When a Jewish groom does this it's traditional for Uncle Mort to joke that's the last time he puts his foot down 
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					  Who is Eva Braun?					 
					
					 She was married in Berlin April 29, 1945 but never got a honeymoon 
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					  What is the Celebrant?					 
					
					 It's the festive sounding name for one who officiates a wedding 
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					  What is Lara?					 
					
					 Boris Pasternak loved a girl names Olga but fictionalized her as this name, the title of a book on their romance 
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					  What is De Beers?					 
					
					 the 2 month salary benchmark for a ring-buying budget was set by this diamond ring company in the 1980's 
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					  What is sake?					 
					
					 At Japanese weddings the bride & groom seal their union with sips of this beverage 
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					  What is the Bridesmaid's dress?					 
					
					 In 2002 a hot pink frock worn by Robin Durr won the DeKuyper contest for the worst one of these 
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					  What are sabres?					 
					
					 An army wedding features an arch made of this weapon 
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					  Harlequin					 
					
					 A big name in romance or a comic character in Commedia Dell'arte 
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					  What is Barney's					 
					
					 In 1923 a certain Mr. Pressman hocked his wife's engagement ring to start this New York department store 
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					  What is a chuppah?					 
					
					 It's the canopy used at Jewish wedding ceremonies 
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					  Who is Alice Roosevelt?					 
					
					 She & Rep. Nicholas Longworth had a White House wedding in 1906 
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					  What is the 3rd row?					 
					
					 Emily post says after walking the bride down the aisle the father of the bride sits where if he is divorced 
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					  Who is Agatha Christie?					 
					She wrote 6 romance novels under the pen name Mary Westmancott but is better known for her many mysteries  |