Of Weddings and Unions (Abdul Khan, 5-March-2021)

1   Why are  wedding rings worn on the  fourth   finger  of the left hand?

2. And how  did the word  honeymoon  start?

3: “Such an act|That blurs the grace and blush of modesty,| Calls virtue hypocrite, takes off the rose| From the fair forehead of an innocent love| And sets a blister there, makes marriage vows| As false as dicers' oaths” 

What was the  issue?  Who  lost it?

4  What  was the  recent   Christmas  Star

5 Women had to agree to be married. But once an agreement was reached, the ceremony was very simple. After a short friendly physical fight between the bride and the groom, the groom would toss his bride over his shoulder and carry her off. That concluded the wedding ceremony.

If you are a  guest...where are you? Which place?

6  What was the  piece of  music and  by whom,  composed for  Shakespeares  A Midsummers  Nights  Dream  which  has become  iconic in weddings?

7  What is the etymology of  Wedding

8  What  happened at the wedding in  Canaa?

9  It is said that Mumtaz Mahal once visited the army barracks and found the Mughal soldiers looking weak and undernourished. She asked the chef to prepare a special dish that  provided balanced nutrition to the soldiers. What  happened?

10 Benedictine monk l Gratian brought  what key aspect  into the fold of formalised marriage in 1140 with his canon law textbook, Decretum Gratiani., which  couples  forever need to  be indebted to him?

11. In 1670, Parliament passed an act involving John Manners, Lord Roos, and  his wife, Lady Anne Pierpon, which set into  practice something which is  widespread today

12   2350  BC  was a  momentous  year, there was  possibly a comet impacting the  earth  setting off a huge  disaster . 100 megaton blast equivalent.  What  else  happened that we  know  even  today?

13  Why was  eloping  popular  in the great  depression and where did that come from  ( the word)

14  C43H66N12O12S2       . found in  you,  rats, giraffes, tigers etc…..What is  it and what does it do?

15  If love and virtue in the household reign,

This is of life the perfect grace and gain

Who  said this?

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1. It was thought then,that a vein in that finger led to the heart.

2. Ancient norse newly weds went into hiding and a family member would bring them a cup of honey wine every day for 30 days ( one moon)

3. Hamlet on his  mom marrying his  uncle.

4. The Saturn - Jupiter Conjunction ( December 2020)

5. Sparta

6. Wedding March Felix Mendelssohn

7. Wed...Old English to pledge oneself

8. Jesus turned water into wine

9. Biryani

10. Consent

11. Kicked off the Modern Divorce

12. First recorded Marriage Mesopotamia

13. Elope means to leap….practical...cost saving

14. Oxytocin Pyar de Pyar de pyar de…..

15. Thiruvalluvar