Wedding Quiz and Trivia

Quiz

1. Which word, from an old English word meaning 'proclamation', means the public announcement in a Christian parish church of an impending marriage between two people?
2. "Here Comes The Bride” is part of an 1850 opera called Lohengrin; who composed this opera?
3. Who directed the film Four Weddings and a Funeral?
4. "Get Me to the Church on Time" is a song composed and written for which musical?






5. Who wrote the "Wedding March", a piece that is played at the end of many wedding services?
6. Which comdedian once said, “Marriage is a wonderful invention; but then again so is a bicycle repair kit.”?
7. Which actor was best man when Ronald Reagan married Nancy Davis in Los Angeles in 1952?
8. What is the traditional colour of a bride's dress in China?
9. How many times did actress Elizabeth Taylor get married?
10. In which year did Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles marry? And where was the venue?
11. Which American fashion designer designed Victoria Beckham's dress? And who was best man at the wedding?
12. In which city did George Clooney wed Amal Alamuddin in 2014?
13. What is it tradition to celebrate your 15th wedding anniversary with?
14. Which actress played Gloria Cleary, an emotionally unstable nymphomaniac, in the film Wedding Crashers?
15. What are ceremonies traditionally performed over in weddings at Gretna Green?
16. In a tradition called mehendi, what dye is used in Indian wedding ceremonies for adorning the bride's hands and feets?
17. Which Archbishop of Canterbury officiated the wedding ceremony of the Queen and Prince Phillip?
18. What was the name given to the massacre in Game of Thrones as revenge for the Stark's breaking the marriage pact between House Stark and House Frey?
19. In the final ever episode of Dad's Army, entitled "Never Too Old", who does Mr. Jones marry?
20. A type of wide, formal tie, which is often a feature of wedding morning dress for men, is named after which sporting venue?
21. Who said, “Marriage is a great institution, but I’m not ready for an institution”?
22. How many times did Michael Jackson 'tie the knot'?

Answers:

1. Banns
2. Richard Wagner
3. Mike Newell
4. My Fair Lady
5. Felix Mendelssohn
6. Billy Connolly
7. William Holden
8. Red
9. Eight times (however, to to seven men!)
10. 1981. St. Paul's Cathedral
11. Vera Wang. Gary Neville was best man.
12. Venice
13. Crystal
14. Isla Fisher
15. Blacksmith's anvil
16. Henna
17. Geoffrey Fisher
18. The Red Wedding
19. Mrs Fox
20. Ascot
21. Mae West
22. Twice (Lisa Marie Presley, and Debbie Rowe)