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173 free Weddings trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
63 free weddings trivia questions with answers. From the origins of the white dress to the reason brides stand on the left, weddings are packed with fascinating traditions most people never question. This quiz spans everything from royal weddings and Hollywood classics to Hindu fire rituals and Nigerian palm wine ceremonies. Whether you are planning a wedding or just love a good party, see how much you really know about the big day.
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Q 01In Friends, whose name does Ross say at the altar instead of his bride Emily's?
Rachel
Rachel: Ross's slip at his London wedding to Emily ended season four on a cliffhanger, and Emily later fled their reception through a bathroom window.
Q 02Complete the rhyme for what a bride should wear: 'something old, something new, something borrowed, something…'?
Blue
Blue completes the rhyme, known to folklorists as the Lancashire version; the full rhyme ends with a sixpence for the bride's shoe, a coin said to bring the couple prosperity.
Q 03What does a groom traditionally carry his bride over after the wedding?
The threshold
The threshold: carrying the bride over it into the new home is held to bring luck, and the word names the sill at the foot of a doorway.
Q 04What does the bride traditionally throw over her shoulder to the unmarried women at a Western wedding reception?
Her bouquet
Her bouquet: whoever catches it is said to be the next to marry, which is why the toss is aimed at the unmarried guests.
Q 05The 'Red Wedding' massacre is a notorious episode of which TV series?
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones: author George R. R. Martin modelled the massacre on two real Scottish betrayals of hospitality, the Black Dinner of 1440 and the Glencoe massacre of 1692.
Q 06In which 2002 comedy does Toula's family struggle to accept her fiancé, Ian Miller?
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
My Big Fat Greek Wedding began as Nia Vardalos's one-woman stage show about her own family; Rita Wilson saw it and persuaded her husband, Tom Hanks, to see it, and the pair produced the film.
Q 07What is the general term for the person, religious or civil, who leads a wedding ceremony?
Officiant
Officiant covers priests, rabbis and judges alike, but a Quaker wedding has none: out of the meeting's silence the couple speak their promises to each other, and everyone present signs the certificate.
Q 08'Sunrise, Sunset' is sung at Tzeitel's wedding in which stage musical?
Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof: Tevye and Golde sing it as Tzeitel marries the poor tailor Motel, the childhood friend she begged for instead of the rich butcher her father had promised her to.
Q 09What is the traditional top tier of a wedding cake sometimes saved for?
The couple's first anniversary
The couple's first anniversary: many couples freeze the top tier and thaw it a year later, a custom descended from saving cake for the first child's christening.
Q 10What does the best man traditionally keep safe until it is needed during the ceremony?
The rings
The rings: the best man holds the real ones until the exchange, which is why the bands tied to a young ring bearer's cushion are often only symbolic.
Q 11What is the gift-giving party held for a woman shortly before her wedding called?
Bridal shower
Bridal shower, a name possibly from a Victorian custom of hiding presents inside a parasol that 'showered' the bride with gifts when it was opened.
Q 12Which Hollywood star gave up acting to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956?
Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly: MGM released her from her contract in exchange for the right to film the cathedral ceremony in colour, which the studio then sent out to cinemas.
Q 13In which 1998 comedy does Adam Sandler's jilted Robbie Hart fall for a waitress played by Drew Barrymore?
The Wedding Singer
Q 21In a traditional Hindu wedding, what do the bride and groom walk around as they make their vows?
A sacred fire
A sacred fire: the couple circle it as they make their vows, seven times in many traditions and four in others, with Agni, the fire god, held to witness the marriage.
Q 22In which city did Elvis Presley marry Priscilla Beaulieu in 1967?
Las Vegas
Las Vegas: Colonel Tom Parker staged the ceremony at the Aladdin Hotel for publicity; it lasted eight minutes and was followed by a press conference.
Q 23What is the traditional wedding anniversary gift for the 50th year of marriage?
Gold
Gold, the 'golden wedding'; couples reaching fifty years can also request a congratulatory card from the US president or a message from the governor-general in Canada and Australia.
The Wedding Singer, set in 1985, spawned a Broadway musical in 2006; Sandler and Barrymore reunited for 50 First Dates and Blended.
Q 14What is the traditional material for a 25th wedding anniversary gift?
Silver
Silver: the 'silver wedding' is traced to the German lands, where a wife was presented with a silver wreath to mark 25 years of marriage.
Q 15In a traditional Jewish wedding, what does the groom break underfoot at the end of the ceremony?
A glass
A glass: the custom is most often explained as recalling the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem even at the height of joy, and guests answer the crunch with shouts of 'Mazel tov!'
Q 16Which 2011 comedy stars Kristen Wiig as Annie, whose life falls apart as her oldest friend gets engaged?
Bridesmaids
Bridesmaids: producer Judd Apatow asked Wiig for a script idea after casting her in Knocked Up, and she wrote it with Annie Mumolo, earning the pair an Oscar nomination.
Q 17Which grain do guests traditionally throw over newlyweds as they leave the ceremony, a symbol of abundance?
Rice
Rice: the warning that it swells inside birds and kills them is a myth, yet it spread so widely that a Connecticut legislator proposed banning the custom in 1985.
Q 18Which North American landmark has long been promoted as the 'Honeymoon Capital of the World'?
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls: Aaron Burr's daughter Theodosia honeymooned there in 1801, and after the Civil War the New York Central Railroad advertised it to newlyweds, building the tradition.
Q 19At a German Polterabend on the eve of a wedding, what do guests smash for luck?
Porcelain
Porcelain: at a Polterabend guests break crockery (never glass, which is unlucky) and the couple sweep up the shards together, following the saying 'Scherben bringen Glück', shards bring luck.
Q 20What is the meal shared by the wedding party on the evening before the ceremony called?
Rehearsal dinner
Rehearsal dinner: it follows the run-through of the ceremony, and by tradition the groom's parents pay, though today either family may host.
Q 24In which country is it traditional for a bride to wear a red wedding dress?
China
China: red is the colour of luck and joy, and the traditional qungua is embroidered with dragons and phoenixes; many brides now change between a Western white gown and the red outfit during the day.
Q 25What De Beers advertising slogan, launched in 1947, permanently linked diamonds to engagement rings?
A Diamond Is Forever
'A Diamond Is Forever' was written for De Beers in 1947 by a copywriter at the N. W. Ayer agency; Advertising Age named it the slogan of the 20th century, and diamond engagement rings were far less common before it.
Q 26What is the name for the canopy under which a Jewish wedding ceremony takes place?
Chuppah
Chuppah: it stands for the home the couple will build together, and it is open on all four sides, as Abraham's tent was open to welcome guests.
Q 27Who plays Franck, the flamboyant wedding planner, in Father of the Bride (1991)?
Martin Short
Martin Short plays Franck Eggelhoffer, who sneers at George's worries about cost; he returned for the 1995 sequel and for a 2020 reunion short in which Franck marries a couple by video call.
Q 28What traditional role does the "maid of honor" play at a wedding?
Chief bridesmaid
Chief bridesmaid: 'maid of honour' first meant an unmarried noblewoman attending a queen, and a married woman filling the wedding role is a matron of honour.
Q 29What does "RSVP" on a wedding invitation stand for?
Répondez s'il vous plaît
Répondez s'il vous plaît, French for 'respond if it pleases you'; the variant 'RSVP, regrets only' flips the default so that silence is taken as acceptance.
Q 30Where did Prince William and Catherine Middleton marry in 2011?
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey: the couple's florist lined the aisle with six field maples and two hornbeams, turning it into an avenue of living trees.