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Bridal shower Jeopardy
Wedding words, traditional anniversary gifts, weddings around the world, wedding films and old wedding traditions for a bridal shower; add a category about the couple in the maker.
Wedding words
- 100The holiday a couple takes right after the weddingWhat is a honeymoon?
- 200The thin fabric a bride may wear over her face or hairWhat is a veil?
- 300The bride’s chief bridesmaidWho is the maid of honour (matron of honour)?
- 400DDFrom the French for “small bundle”, the clothes and belongings a bride gathers for married lifeWhat is a trousseau?
- 500The announcement of a coming marriage read out in a parish church on three SundaysWhat are the banns?
Anniversary gifts (traditional)
- 100The traditional gift for a 25th wedding anniversaryWhat is silver?
- 200The traditional gift for a 50th wedding anniversaryWhat is gold?
- 300The traditional gift for a first wedding anniversaryWhat is paper (cotton)?
- 400The traditional gift for a 60th wedding anniversaryWhat is diamond?
- 500The traditional gift for a fifth wedding anniversaryWhat is wood?
Weddings around the world
- 100At many Western weddings, the bride throws this over her shoulder to her single friendsWhat is her bouquet?
- 200The lucky colour a bride traditionally wears at a Chinese weddingWhat is red?
- 300At the end of a Jewish wedding ceremony, the groom stamps on and breaks thisWhat is a glass?
- 400The name for the henna designs painted on a bride’s hands before a South Asian weddingWhat is mehndi (henna)?
- 500The shallow two-handled cup a Scottish couple share a drink from at their weddingWhat is a quaich?
Wedding films
- 100At the end of the 2001 animated film, Princess Fiona marries this green ogreWho is Shrek?
- 200In this 2008 musical set on a Greek island, Sophie invites three possible fathers to her weddingWhat is “Mamma Mia!”?
- 300In this 2002 comedy, Toula Portokalos falls for Ian, a man who isn’t GreekWhat is “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”?
- 400The 1994 British comedy in which Hugh Grant plays Charles, a man who goes to a lot of ceremoniesWhat is “Four Weddings and a Funeral”?
- 500In “The Princess Bride” (1987), Buttercup is forced to become engaged to this princeWho is Prince Humperdinck?
Something old, something new
- 100Something old, something new, something borrowed, something …What is blue?
- 200In Britain and the US, the wedding ring is traditionally worn on the fourth finger of this handWhat is the left hand?
- 300Queen Victoria helped make this colour of wedding dress popular when she married Prince Albert in 1840What is white?
- 400The full rhyme ends with this coin in the bride’s shoeWhat is a (silver) sixpence?
- 500Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March”, often played as the couple leave, was written for this Shakespeare playWhat is “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”?
Final round: Engagement rings
In 1477, Archduke Maximilian of Austria gave this duchess one of the first well-recorded diamond engagement rings
Who is Mary of Burgundy?