Q 01/05

Which queen's satin gown, trimmed with Honiton lace, set the fashion for brides to marry in white?

A) Caroline

B) Victoria

C) Charlotte

D) Mary II

Answer · why

B) Victoria

Queen Victoria married in white in 1840, and the Honiton lace she showed off gave Devon's lacemakers a welcome boost. Before her era a bride wore any ...

Q 02/05

In the rhyme that begins 'Something old, something new', which coin goes in the bride's shoe?

A) A penny

B) A shilling

C) A farthing

D) A sixpence

Answer · why

D) A sixpence

A sixpence, a British silver coin, stands for prosperity and belongs in the left shoe. The line was a late addition to a rhyme whose opening words wer...

Q 03/05

An Irish tradition tied to Saint Bridget and Saint Patrick lets women propose to men on which date?

A) February 29

B) February 14

C) March 17

D) December 31

Answer · why

A) February 29

February 29 is known in Ireland as Bachelor's Day or Ladies' Privilege. In parts of Europe, a man who turned down a leap-day proposal was expected to ...

Q 04/05

Which Roman goddess of marriage and childbirth gives her name to the month of June?

A) Venus

B) Vesta

C) Juno

D) Diana

Answer · why

C) Juno

Juno is the Roman counterpart of the Greek Hera, and her sacred bird is the peafowl. The writer Plutarch implied that her whole month was a luckier ti...

Q 05/05

In 1801, Aaron Burr's daughter Theodosia became the first recorded honeymooner at which landmark?

A) Niagara Falls

B) Mammoth Cave

C) Natural Bridge

D) Saratoga Springs

Answer · why

A) Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls drew Theodosia Burr Alston and her husband Joseph in 1801. After the Civil War a railroad sold the trip to honeymooners, and visits jump...