Q 01/05

Where is a wedding band traditionally worn in Western culture?

A) Middle digit, left side

B) Fourth digit, left side

C) Fourth digit, right side

D) Index digit, right side

Answer · why

B) Fourth digit, left side

The instruction goes back to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.

Q 02/05

What is the Latin name of the mythical vein said to run from the ring finger to the heart?

A) Vena cordis

B) Vena fidelis

C) Vena nuptialis

D) Vena amoris

Answer · why

D) Vena amoris

William Harvey's work in the 17th century showed all veins lead to the heart anyway.

Q 03/05

Whose 17th-century work disproved the idea of a special vein of love?

A) Edward Jenner

B) Thomas Sydenham

C) Andreas Vesalius

D) William Harvey

Answer · why

D) William Harvey

The phrase itself was first recorded by an English church lawyer, Henry Swinburne, in 1686.

Q 04/05

In which century did the first well-documented diamond engagement ring appear?

A) 15th

B) 16th

C) 17th

D) 18th

Answer · why

A) 15th

Archduke Maximilian of Austria gave one to Mary of Burgundy in 1477.

Q 05/05

Which company's marketing campaign made diamonds synonymous with engagement rings?

A) Cartier

B) De Beers

C) Harry Winston

D) Tiffany & Co.

Answer · why

B) De Beers

Before World War II only about 10% of American engagement rings had a diamond.