50 Bridal Shower Trivia Questions

1. What sort of structure does tulle have, making it useful for airy veils?

2. Which dress fabric is shiny on its face but dull on its reverse?

3. A dress description says chiffon. What texture should you picture?

4. Which crisp, shiny fabric might give a party skirt a rustle?

5. Brocade gets its decorative pattern through which technique?

6. Which fabric creates delicate patterns from an open network of threads?

7. A fabric flower is attached to another piece of cloth. Which decoration technique is this?

8. A veil has a scalloped edge. What shape repeats along its border?

9. On a formal gown, where does the train extend?

10. Which sheer dress fabric is described as crisp and similar to organdy?

11. A tiny flower arrangement is pinned to a jacket's buttonhole. What is it called?

12. What is the name for a small flower arrangement worn on the wrist or pinned to clothing?

13. Flowers and leaves are woven into a decorative circle worn around the head. What is this?

14. A garden venue has shrubs clipped into spirals and birds. Which art produced them?

15. Which Japanese art could inspire a carefully balanced floral centerpiece?

16. The bouquet filler Gypsophila paniculata is better known by which airy name?

17. For color-changing bigleaf hydrangeas, which soil condition favors blue blooms?

18. White calla lilies belong to which genus, despite having lily in their common name?

19. Fragrant lavender sprigs belong to which plant family?

20. Which craft curls narrow strips of paper into decorative shapes for handmade cards?

21. A classic macaron's two colorful shells contain flour made from which nut?

22. Which part of an egg is beaten with sugar to make a basic meringue?

23. Which nut gives marzipan its characteristic flavor?

24. What is the main ingredient in the sweet cake covering called fondant?

25. Classic chocolate ganache combines chocolate with which dairy ingredient?

26. The name petit four literally means what in French?

27. Which party snack is a small bread, toast or cracker base with a savory topping?

28. The snack table includes crudités. How are these vegetables usually served?

29. A croquembouche stacks small cream puffs into which shape?

30. In confectionery, what coating makes an almond a type of dragée?

31. What is a monogram on a personalized napkin usually built from?

32. What art gives a handwritten invitation its elegant, decorative lettering?

33. At a buffet-style shower lunch, who normally serves food onto each guest's plate?

34. What is the small decorative mat beneath a cake or vase called, often made of lace or paper?

35. Rows of small decorative flags strung across the shower room are called what?

36. The word confetti came into English from which language?

37. In traditional tableware terminology, what is a charger?

38. Which elaborate table ornament has branches or supports for small dishes or flower holders?

39. A place card mainly tells a guest what?

40. A narrow strip of decorative cloth laid along the middle of a table is called what?

41. Which word names a bride's collection of clothing and household linens prepared for marriage?

42. In North American usage, what was traditionally collected for a future home in a hope chest?

43. Which older word means a mutual promise to marry?

44. What does newlywed describe?

45. An epithalamium is a poem written to celebrate what occasion?

46. In traditional wedding terminology, a matron of honor is an attendant who is what?

47. The adjective nuptial relates to which occasion or relationship?

48. What is the celebration following a wedding ceremony commonly called?

49. A silver wedding anniversary marks how many years of marriage?

50. Which queen wore a white wedding dress when she married Prince Albert in 1840?