Engagement | Cultural Traditions | Historical Weddings | Customary | Famous Romance |
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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 |