Q 01/05

In Friends, whose name does Ross say at the altar instead of his bride Emily's?

A) Carol

B) Rachel

C) Julie

D) Phoebe

Answer · why

B) 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 02/05

Complete the rhyme for what a bride should wear: 'something old, something new, something borrowed, something…'?

A) Blue

B) White

C) Gold

D) Pink

Answer · why

A) 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 bri...

Q 03/05

What does a groom traditionally carry his bride over after the wedding?

A) The church steps

B) The garden gate

C) The front lawn

D) The threshold

Answer · why

D) 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 04/05

What does the bride traditionally throw over her shoulder to the unmarried women at a Western wedding reception?

A) Her shoes

B) Her veil

C) A garter

D) Her bouquet

Answer · why

D) 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 05/05

The 'Red Wedding' massacre is a notorious episode of which TV series?

A) The Last Kingdom

B) Game of Thrones

C) Peaky Blinders

D) The Tudors

Answer · why

B) 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 Glen...