80 Wedding Trivia Questions for a Fun (and Competitive) Reception

If you're the type of couple most likely to be found at a trivia night, then why not bring that energy into your wedding day? Wedding trivia questions give you and your guests a chance to flex your knowledge, especially if you're on the search for fun wedding games to have at your reception. You can set up trivia questions for wedding tables or set aside time during the event itself for a pub-style quiz about weddings, complete with prizes. We know setting up your own wedding trivia game can be a lot, which is why we rounded up trivia questions about weddings for you. And if you want to give your guests a chance to prove their expertise on the happy couple, how about a round of Newlywed Game questions, too? Here are some must-have trivia questions for wedding games to add to your ultimate wedding quiz.

Wedding-Specific Trivia Questions and Answers: Movies | Pop Culture | Traditions and Etiquette | Fun Facts | History

Wedding Movie Trivia

If you live and breathe Wedding Crashers trivia and other classic wedding movies, this is the category for you. These wedding trivia questions and answers are especially fun to set around on tables or as a slideshow for guests to play between the ceremony and reception. Just add these wedding movie trivia questions to your cocktail hour planning.

1. What holds the record for the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time?
Answer: My Big Fat Greek Wedding2. What movie gave us this iconic line: "Mawwiage. Mawwiage is what bwings us togethah today."?
Answer: The Princess Bride

3. Which movie reunited Richard Gere and Julia Roberts eight years after Pretty Woman?
Answer: Runaway Bride

4. Which movie wedding ceremony cost $1 million?
Answer: Crazy Rich Asians

FEATURED VIDEO FROM THE KNOT

5. Mamma Mia! features songs from which iconic band?
Answer: ABBA

6. Which movie featuring Amy Adams is about her character proposing in Ireland?
Answer: Leap Year

7. In The Wedding Planner, what does Matthew McConaughey's character save Jennifer Lopez's character from?
Answer: a dumpster

8. In Wedding Crashers, what is the crashers' number one rule?
Answer: "Never leave a fellow crasher behind." *You can also use other Wedding Crashers quotes to create trivia questions.

9. What iconic 1967 film ends with a bride running away from her own wedding and boarding a bus?
Answer: The Graduate

10. Which Tim Burton movie has the main character accidentally getting married while practicing his vows?
Answer: The Corpse Bride

11. Which rom-com was the first collaboration between Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore?
Answer: The Wedding Singer

12. Who does Princess Mia marry at the end of The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement?
Answer: no one

13. What color is the wedding dress of Rachel McAdams's character in About Time?
Answer: red

14. What is the shape of Princess Fiona and Shrek's carriage after they get married?
Answer: an onion

15. In the movie Bride Wars, who plays the two brides who both want their weddings at the Plaza Hotel?
Answer: Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson

16. What band plays at the wedding at the end of Bridesmaids?
Answer: Wilson Phillips

17. How many bridesmaids does Katherine Heigl's character have at her wedding in 27 Dresses?
Answer: 27

18. In Marry Me, which actress portrays the pop star who marries a stranger during one of her concerts?
Answer: Jennifer Lopez

19. Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock play fake fiancés in which movie?
Answer: The Proposal

20. Grace Kelly played a bride torn between three men in which movie?
Answer: High Society

Wedding Pop Culture Trivia

Looking for arguably one of the most exciting wedding activities? Pop culture wedding trivia gets everyone involved, especially when you throw in a few celebrity wedding trivia questions from now and the days of Hollywood glamour. These wedding trivia game questions will keep your guests occupied and in a competitive spirit.

21. How many viewers watched the 1981 wedding of Luke and Laura on General Hospital?
Answer: 30 million

22. In Friends, whose name did Ross say at his wedding to Emily?
Answer: Rachel

23. In The Office, where did Jim and Pam secretly get married before their wedding ceremony?
Answer: Niagara Falls

24. Who did Prince William marry in 2011?
Answer: Kate Middleton

25. Which reality TV star married basketball player Kris Humphries in a marriage that lasted 72 days?
Answer: Kim Kardashian

26. Which royal had a star-studded wedding in 2018 that included Oprah, Serena Williams and George Clooney as guests?
Answer: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

27. Who officiated Leslie and Ben's wedding in Parks and Recreation?
Answer: Ron Swanson

28. In How I Met Your Mother, who did Barney marry?
Answer: Robin

29. In the movie Steel Magnolias, what shape is the groom's cake?
Answer: an armadillo

30. How many times was Marilyn Monroe married?
Answer: three

31. In Grey's Anatomy, which couple gets married in a post-it note ceremony?
Answer: Meredith and Derek

32. Which British royal had a wedding watched by 750 million viewers?
Answer: Princess Diana and Prince Charles

33. Which James Bond actor did Rachel Weisz marry in 2011?
Answer: Daniel Craig

34. Which True Blood stars are married in real life?
Answer: Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin

35. In This Is Us, who does Kevin marry in the series finale?
Answer: Sophie

36. Which Hollywood legend was famously married to Elizabeth Taylor twice?
Answer: Richard Burton

37. Who did Judy Garland marry in a high-profile 1945 wedding?
Answer: Vincente Minnelli

38. Who was Audrey Hepburn married to when she starred in Breakfast at Tiffany's?
Answer: Mel Ferrer

39. What superhero actor married Elsa Pataky in 2010?
Answer: Chris Hemsworth

40. Which reality TV show begins with a rose and ends each season with a proposal?
Answer: The Bachelor/The Bachelorette

41. Which Disney princess marries her prince at a wedding at sea?
Answer: Ariel/The Little Mermaid

Wedding Traditions and Etiquette Trivia

Now that you've thrown your guests some of the easier trivia questions for weddings, how about some wedding tradition trivia and wedding etiquette trivia questions? Wedding traditions and superstitions up the ante, but still keep the focus on the big event. And some wedding etiquette questions might actually end up being hits for your elderly guests, but you can always throw them for a loop by asking about seating chart etiquette and other harder topics. You know, to keep them on their toes.

42. Who started the white wedding dress tradition?
Answer: Queen Victoria

43. What is the name of the song traditionally danced to at Jewish weddings?
Answer: the hora

44. What is considered a traditional gift for a first wedding anniversary?
Answer: paper

45. Finish this phrase: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue…
Answer: A sixpence in your shoe

46. In China, it is traditional for brides to wear what color?
Answer: red

47. What is the most popular flower used in American weddings?
Answer: roses

48. What is the name of the song that is played during the Jewish wedding tradition, the hora?
Answer: "Hava Nagila"

49. What is the traditional flavor of wedding cakes?
Answer: almond

50. Which island traditionally begins the wedding ceremony with the blowing of the pū, or a conch shell horn?
Answer: Hawaii

51. Which day of the week do most traditional Norse weddings occur?
Answer: Friday

52. In Pakistani wedding traditions, what is the Shab-i-Zifaf?
Answer: the honeymoon

53. What musical instrument is traditionally played at Scottish weddings?
Answer: bagpipes

54. What do couples traditionally tie to the back of their car after their wedding?
Answer: cans

55. What's traditionally thrown at couples as they leave the ceremony?
Answer: rice

56. In Hindu weddings, what is the name of the ritual where the couple walks around a sacred fire?
Answer: Saptapadi

57. At Jewish weddings, what is broken at the end of the ceremony?
Answer: a glass

58. At what point in the wedding do couples "jump the broom?"
Answer: after the ceremony

Fun Facts About Weddings Trivia

Depending on your wedding reception timeline, you can easily squeeze in some wedding trivia questions for guests. The options are limitless, from custom trivia cards on tables to funny wedding trivia questions and answers on your napkins. Consider adding some of these wedding reception trivia questions to display around your venue.

59. Which gem is the second-most popular behind diamonds for wedding rings?
Answer: sapphires

60. What's the largest wedding destination in the United States?
Answer: Las Vegas

61. What's the most popular wedding month?
Answer: October

62. What's the average cost for weddings in the United States?
Answer: $33,000

63. What classic by Elvis Presley is a popular first dance song?
Answer: "Can't Help Falling in Love"

64. Which US city hosts over 100,000 weddings per year?
Answer: Las Vegas

65. Which month was previously the most popular for weddings?
Answer: June

66. What's the record for the world's longest wedding dress train?
Answer: over 26,000 feet

67. What country holds the record for the most expensive royal wedding?
Answer: England—Prince Charles and Princess Diana

68. What percentage of proposals happen during the holiday season?
Answer: 40%

69. What's the average number of bridesmaids in a US wedding?
Answer: four

70. Which two states are the most popular for elopements?
Answer: Nevada and Hawaii

Wedding History Trivia

What do you know about the history of weddings? These wedding-themed trivia questions will be the ultimate final category, asking you to reach into the deepest archives of your mind. You can even tell guests to study up ahead of time for these fun wedding trivia questions. And if you want to dive into your own personal history, having wedding trivia questions about the couple or wedding shoe game questions is a great way to get guests involved.

71. How many wives did Henry VIII have?
Answer: six

72. Which Celtic countries began the ringing of church bells to announce a wedding?
Answer: Ireland and Scotland

73. Which tradition evolved from ancient Romans breaking a loaf of bread over the bride's head?
Answer: wedding cake

74. The phrase "tying the knot" comes from which ancient ceremony?
Answer: handfasting

75. Which royal set the precedent for Wagner's "Bridal Chorus" being played during the processional?
Answer: Princess Victoria

76. Which country did the bouquet toss originate from?
Answer: England

77. Which famous royal couple's wedding was the first to be broadcast on television?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip

78. Which ancient civilization started the tradition of exchanging rings during weddings?
Answer: ancient Egypt

79. In medieval Europe, what was often used instead of a bouquet of flowers?
Answer: herbs and garlic

80. Engagement rings first became popular in the 1940s thanks to which diamond company?
Answer: De Beers