120 free Bride & Groom trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This bride and groom trivia quiz is built for the wedding crowd: showers, rehearsal dinners, hen and stag nights, the long table at the reception, or the couple themselves. Every question is about the customs a bride and groom actually go through, and where each one came from: the engagement ring, the white dress, the veil, the vows, the best man, the bridesmaids, the bouquet and garter toss, the cake, the honeymoon and the anniversary gifts. If you want a broader quiz on marriage and famous weddings, our weddings trivia page covers that. The easy questions are the ones everybody at the table can shout: which finger the ring goes on, what a groom's attendants are called, what a British bride wears that an American calls a pacifier of a different kind. Then it gets into the good stuff: why the best man stands on the groom's right, which queen made white dresses fashionable, when 'a diamond is forever' was coined, why Gretna Green had blacksmith priests, and which royal cake was the first one you could actually eat all of. Every answer was checked against the encyclopaedia entry for the tradition before publishing, and the sentence that supports it is stored with each question.
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Q 01Where is a wedding band traditionally worn in Western culture?
Fourth digit, left side
The instruction goes back to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.
Q 02What is the Latin name of the mythical vein said to run from the ring finger to the heart?
Vena amoris
William Harvey's work in the 17th century showed all veins lead to the heart anyway.
Q 03Whose 17th-century work disproved the idea of a special vein of love?
William Harvey
The phrase itself was first recorded by an English church lawyer, Henry Swinburne, in 1686.
Q 04In which century did the first well-documented diamond engagement ring appear?
15th
Archduke Maximilian of Austria gave one to Mary of Burgundy in 1477.
Q 05Which company's marketing campaign made diamonds synonymous with engagement rings?
De Beers
Before World War II only about 10% of American engagement rings had a diamond.
Q 06In what year was the slogan 'a diamond is forever' introduced?
1947
The campaign had started in 1938.
Q 07Before World War II, roughly what share of American engagement rings contained a diamond?
10%
De Beers set out to make the diamond the only acceptable stone.
Q 08How many months' income did 1980s De Beers ads say a man should spend on a ring?
Two
In Japan the same campaign said three months.
Q 09A Roman bride-to-be in the second century BC was given two rings: one gold and one of what?
Iron
Gold for wearing in public, iron for housework at home.
Q 10Britain's 1942 wartime 'utility' wedding rings were limited to which gold standard?
9 carat
They also had to weigh no more than about three grams.
Q 11Grooms in the United States did not commonly wear a wedding band until when?
The early 20th century
In Europe the male ring goes back to the Romans, according to the jurist Gaius.
Q 12In which two Nordic countries do brides wear engagement and wedding rings together on the left hand?
Sweden and Finland
There both partners exchange plain engagement rings first.
Q 13An Eastern Orthodox bride moves her ring to which hand after the ceremony?
Right
Before the wedding it sits on the left.
Q 21Prince Albert was Queen Victoria's what?
First cousin
He was German-born, from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Q 22The first documented royal bride to wear white was Philippa of England, in which year?
1406
She wore white silk bordered with squirrel and ermine to marry Eric of Pomerania.
Q 23Before the Victorian era, which colour of wedding dress was popular in Finland?
Black
Brides simply married in any colour they liked.
Q 24Chinese and Indian brides traditionally wear which colour for luck?
Q 14In Western tradition, a man traditionally asks whom for permission before proposing?
Her father
Today it is usually understood as a formality.
Q 15Folk tradition in Scotland, Ireland and Finland lets women propose on which day?
A leap day
A man who refused was sometimes expected to pay a forfeit, usually a gift of clothing.
Q 16What is the traditional posture of a Western man proposing marriage?
Genuflecting on one knee
The ring usually comes out of a small velvet box.
Q 17Who did the proposing when Britain's young monarch got engaged in October 1839?
The bride, the reigning queen
As reigning monarch she had to; she did it five days after Albert arrived at Windsor.
Q 18Queen Victoria's white-dress wedding, credited with starting the trend, took place in which year?
1840
Other royals and women of the time were already wearing white; the press coverage did the rest.
Q 19Queen Victoria's wedding dress was trimmed with lace from which English town?
Honiton
The order was a big boost to Devon lace-making.
Q 20What did Queen Victoria wear on her head instead of a tiara at her wedding?
A wreath of orange blossoms
Orange blossom was a symbol of fertility.
Red
Indian wedding saris are usually red with golden brocade.
Q 25What was the colour of the flammeum, the veil worn by Roman brides?
Deep yellow
It was meant to recall a candle flame.
Q 26The Romans connected the verb 'to be married' with which word?
Cloud
Nubere and nubes: the bride was 'clouded over' with her veil.
Q 27According to old custom, a bride's veil was believed to protect her from what?
Evil spirits
Queen Victoria helped popularise the wedding veil too.
Q 28Why did ancient bridesmaids dress exactly like the bride?
To confuse evil spirits and jealous suitors
They veiled their faces heavily as well.
Q 29What is the chief bridesmaid called if she is married?
Matron of honour
Unmarried, she is the maid of honour.
Q 30In the US, which two wedding-party members usually sign as official witnesses?
Maid or matron of honour and best man
Everyone else is decoration, legally speaking.