This week's Haridimos Apartments quiz took place last night and there are a great couple there who are getting married on Saturday. I decided the quiz would be themed for their wedding so here are the three rounds all about love, marriage and weddings from the quiz.
Round 1 uses the phrase I THINK I WANT TO MARRY YOU to supply the first letter for each answer. e.g. Q1= I, Q2=T, Q3=H etc, etc.
Round 2 is a TRUE or FALSE round, so you have a 50/50 chance of being right...or wrong.
Round 3 is a Family Fortunes style round. You give one answer to the question and if you get the first answer you score TWO POINTS. If you get one of the other two answers you score only ONE POINT.
Have fun and good luck, and all the best to the happy couple this week as they soak up the sun by the pool before exchanging vows on Saturday!
QUESTIONS
ROUND ONE - I THINK I WANT TO MARRY YOU
I- In which country is the ketubah signed as a marriage contract?
T- In Sweden how many wedding bands will a bride wear on her wedding day?
H- Who was the Greek goddess of marriage, family and childbirth?
I- The fondant on a wedding cake is a type of what?
N- What country was the first to hold a bridal shower?
K- In which country is it traditional for a groom to give his mother a wild goose?
I- What is traditionally given as a gift on a sixth wedding anniversary?
W- A Scottish tradition for a bride on the eve of a wedding is for her friends to do what to her feet?
A- Prince Hans proposes to which princess in Frozen on their first meeting?
N- How many husbands did Greta Garbo have in her lifetime?
T- In what year did Prince William and Kate Middleton marry?
T- How many times was Michael Jackson married?
O- In which Edward Lear poem are the couple married by a turkey who lives on the hill?
M- What was the name of the singer who sang ‘I think I want to Marry You’? (Last name first, first name last)
A- On which continent do they throw figs at a married couple for good luck and fertility?
R- What does RSVP mean on an invitation?
R- The tune Here comes the bride or The Bridal Chorus was written by which German composer?
Y- Who was the wife of John Lennon?
Y- In which country beginning with Y would you hear Mahal Kita instead of I Love You?
O- What is given as a gift on the 34th wedding anniversary?
U- What do married men change twice as often as their single counterpart according to Vogue?
ROUND TWO – TRUE/FALSE
1. In France it is tradition for the bride and groom to eat chocolates and drink champagne from a toilet bowl
2. In Iceland couples are presented with a large log on their wedding day which they must cut in half together to cement their vows and prove they can work together
3. In the small mountain village of Falschung in Bavaria it was once tradition for every male non-relative at the wedding to sleep with the bride to ensure the gene pool was mixed for future generations
4. In Sweden it is a tradition that if the bride leaves the room all the single ladies are free steal a kiss from the groom
5. In Greece it is tradition for the Best man to shave the groom on the morning of the wedding
ROUND 3 – FAMILY FORTUNES (2 points for top answer in capitals – 1 point for any other on the list)
1. Name something given on a wedding day that a bride and groom can never have enough of
2. What can a bride and groom do on their wedding day that guests should not
3. What is something a bridesmaid could take home after her best friend’s wedding
4. Name something a man would keep covered on a first date
5. Who is the most important person at any wedding
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ANSWERS
ROUND ONE - I THINK I WANT TO MARRY YOU
I- In which country is the ketubah signed as a marriage contract?
ISRAEL
T- In Sweden how many wedding bands will a bride wear on her wedding day?
THREE
H- Who was the Greek goddess of marriage, family and childbirth?
HERA
I- The fondant on a wedding cake is a type of what?
ICING SUGAR
N- What country was the first to hold a bridal shower?
NETHERLANDS (The father refused to pay the dowry, so friends gave presents to the would be bride so marriage could go ahead)
K- In which country is it traditional for a groom to give his mother a wild goose?
KOREA
I- What is traditionally given as a gift on a sixth wedding anniversary?
IRON (The metal, not the steam kind!)
W- A Scottish tradition for a bride on the eve of a wedding is for her friends to do what to her feet? WASH THEM
A- Prince Hans proposes to which princess in Frozen on their first meeting?
ANNA
N- How many husbands did Greta Garbo have in her lifetime?
NONE
T- In what year did Prince William and Kate Middleton marry?
2011
T- How many times was Michael Jackson married?
TWICE
O- In which Edward Lear poem are the couple married by a turkey who lives on the hill?
OWL & THE PUSSYCAT
M- What was the name of the singer who sang ‘I think I want to Marry You’? (Last name first, first name last)
BRUNO MARS
A- On which continent do they throw figs at a married couple for good luck and fertility?
AFRICA
R- What does RSVP mean on an invitation? RESPONDEZ S’IL VOUS PLAIT
R- The tune Here comes the bride or The Bridal Chorus was written by which German composer? RICHARD WAGNER
Y- Who was the wife of John Lennon?
YOKO ONO
Y- In which country beginning with Y would you hear Mahal Kita instead of I Love You? YEMEN (It’s Arabic)
O- What is given as a gift on the 34th wedding anniversary?
OPEL
U- What do married men change twice as often as their single counterpart according to Vogue?
UNDERWEAR
ROUND TWO – TRUE/FALSE
1. In France it is tradition for the bride and groom to eat chocolates and drink champagne from a toilet bowl
TRUE
2. In Iceland couples are presented with a large log on their wedding day which they must cut in half together to cement their vows and prove they can work together FALSE (they do this in Germany)
3. In the small mountain village of Falschung in Bavaria it was once tradition for every male non-relative at the wedding to sleep with the bride to ensure the gene pool was mixed for future generations
FALSE
4. In Sweden it is a tradition that if the bride leaves the room all the single ladies are free steal a kiss from the groom
TRUE
5. In Greece it is tradition for the Best man to shave the groom on the morning of the wedding
TRUE
ROUND 3 – FAMILY FORTUNES (2 points for top answer in capitals – 1 point for any other on the list)
1. Name something given on a wedding day that a bride and groom can never have enough of
MONEY – Towels – Crockery
2. What can a bride and groom do on their wedding day that guests should not
CUT THE CAKE – Say Vows – Dance first
3. What is something a bridesmaid could take home after her best friend’s wedding
BOUQUET – Cake – Best Man
4. Name something a man would keep covered on a first date
TATTOO – Bald Spot – Wedding Ring
5. Who is the most important person at any wedding
BRIDE – Groom – Minister/Priest