Bridal Shower Jeopardy

Wedding traditions, famous couples, romance films and a column about the bride herself. A free shower board guests play by buzzing in on their phones.

6 categories · 30 clues · Final Jeopardy · everyone buzzes in from their phone

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Wedding Traditions

$200
The old wedding rhyme lists something old, something new, something borrowed and this.
What is something blue?
$400
In the US, the wedding ring is traditionally worn on the fourth finger of this hand.
What is the left hand?
$600
Near the end of the reception, the bride tosses this over her shoulder to the single guests.
What is the bouquet?
$800
The groom removes and tosses this band from the bride's leg.
What is the garter?
$1,000
This queen made the white wedding dress fashionable when she married in 1840.
Who is Queen Victoria?

Famous Couples

$200
Shakespeare's Romeo falls for this daughter of the Capulets.
Who is Juliet?
$400
Beyonce married this rapper and producer in 2008.
Who is Jay-Z?
$600
This Egyptian queen had a famous romance with Mark Antony.
Who is Cleopatra?
$800
Prince William married this woman at Westminster Abbey in 2011.
Who is Kate Middleton?
$1,000
This singer married Johnny Cash in 1968.
Who is June Carter?

Romance Movies

$200
Jack and Rose fall in love aboard this doomed ship in a 1997 film.
What is Titanic?
$400
Julia Roberts and Richard Gere star in this 1990 romantic comedy.
What is Pretty Woman?
$600
Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams star in this 2004 Nicholas Sparks adaptation.
What is The Notebook?
$800
Patrick Swayze teaches Jennifer Grey to dance at a Catskills resort in this 1987 film.
What is Dirty Dancing?
$1,000
In this 1989 film, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan debate whether men and women can just be friends.
What is When Harry Met Sally?

Anniversary Gifts

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The traditional first-anniversary gift is made of this.
What is paper?
$400
A 25th anniversary is marked with this metal.
What is silver?
$600
This gem, which forms inside an oyster, marks the 30th anniversary.
What is pearl?
$800
The 40th anniversary is marked with this red gemstone.
What is ruby?
$1,000
The 60th anniversary is marked with this hardest gemstone.
What is diamond?

Weddings Around the World

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At the end of a Jewish wedding, the groom stomps on this.
What is a glass?
$400
Many African American couples jump over this household item as part of the ceremony.
What is a broom?
$600
A Jewish couple marries under this canopy.
What is a chuppah?
$800
In Indian weddings, intricate henna designs on the bride's hands and feet are called this.
What is mehndi?
$1,000
Guests at Italian weddings receive confetti, which are these candy-coated nuts.
What are sugared almonds?

The Bride and Groom

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The groom's right-hand man, who often holds the rings, is called this.
Who is the best man?
$400
The bride's chief attendant, if she is unmarried, holds this title.
Who is the maid of honor?
$600
By tradition, the groom carries the bride across this of their new home.
What is the threshold?
$800
Superstition says the groom shouldn't see the bride wearing this before the ceremony.
What is the wedding dress?
$1,000
If the bride's chief attendant is married, she holds this title instead.
Who is the matron of honor?

Final Jeopardy — Anniversary Gifts

In the traditional list of anniversary gifts, a couple's 50th wedding anniversary is marked with this precious metal.

What is gold?

How to run this board

A trivia game gives a bridal shower something everyone can join without anyone being put on the spot. The board covers wedding traditions and where they came from, famous couples, romance films, anniversary gifts, wedding customs around the world, and a column about the bride and groom.

That last column is left for the host to fill in. Before the shower, replace its clues with facts about the couple - how they met, the first date, the proposal - and the game becomes a keepsake as much as a contest.

Seat guests in teams that mix the two families and friend groups. By the end of the game, people who arrived as strangers have argued over answers together.

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