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

Vena amoris, Latin for 'vein of love', was the name given to the vein supposedly running from the fourth finger straight to the heart, the reason give...

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

William Harvey: his 1628 De Motu Cordis described the circulation of the blood, showing every vein returns to the heart, so no finger has a special ve...

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

The 15th century: Archduke Maximilian of Austria gave Mary of Burgundy a diamond ring in 1477, the first well-documented diamond engagement ring.

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.