Q. True or False, Las Vegas is the top wedding city in the world.
A. False. With 166,000 It's Istanbul, (not Constantinople)

Q. Where does Las Vegas rank in the list of cities with the most weddings annually?
A. Vegas is second with 114,000.

Q. What is the longest marriage on record?
A. Sir Temulji Nariman and his wife Lady Nariman were married for a grand total of 86 years. They both were age
     five when they got married.

Q. Who has been married the most number of times on record?
A. Glynn Scotty Wolfe, a former Baptist minister, has taken 28 brides - and divorced 27 of them.

Q. The couple who have been married to each other the most times?
A. Richard and Carole Roble, of New York, have taken their vows 55 times. To add variety they have had ceremonies
     in different locations, including all 50 states.

Q. World’s largest mass wedding?
A. In Seoul Korea in 1992, 21,000 couples from the Moonie cult all got married on the same day. The event was also
     ‘attended’ by another 9,800 couples who took their vows via a satellite link.

Q. Name the world’s oldest bride.
A. The oldest recorded bride was Minnie Munro, married at 102 years of age. Minnie, from Australia, wed a “spring
     chicken” of 82.

Q. Name the world’s oldest groom.
A. Harry Stevens was 103 when he married 84 year old Thelma Lucas at the Caravilla Retirement Home in Wisconsin
     on December 3, 1984.

Q. Name the world’s longest engagement.
A. Octavio Guillen and Adriana Martinez were engaged for 67 years.

Q. Marital quarrels hit their peak in which month?
A. July. It’s also tops for riots, criminal violence and hasty legislation. Oppressive heat and consequent loss of temper
     control are the causes.

Q. What is the percentage of men who ask for parents' approval for their bride's hand in marriage?
A. 4%

Q. What is the percentage of men who propose on one knee?
A. 20%

Q. What is the percentage of men who propose to their girlfriends over the phone?
A. 6%

Q. What is the number of marriages a year directly traceable to romances which began during coffee breaks?
A. 10,000

Q. What was the first time a diamond engagement ring was given?
A. The first diamond engagement ring was presented in 1477 by Archduke Maximillian of Austria to Mary of Burgundy.

Q. True or False. You are more likely to catch the common cold virus by shaking hands than by kissing.
A. True

Q. What is the average cost of a wedding in the U.S?
A. Approximately $18,000

Q. Who started the trend of the brides wearing white?
A. Queen Victoria

Q. How many weddings are performed annually at the wedding chapel in Minnesota's Mall of America?
A. Approximately 300

Q. How many weddings are performed annually at Walt Disney World?
A. Approximately 2,300

Q. Who are the youngest couple ever to marry?
A. An eleven month old boy and a three month old girl who were married in Bangladesh in 1986. The marriage
     was arranged in order to settle a twenty year feud over a disputed piece of farmland.