Celebrating Another Milestone Trivia Quiz

Answer: Gold

Gold is the traditional gift for 50 years of marriage.
Paul Simon's song was "50 Ways to Leave your Lover".
A track on the album "Still Crazy After All These Years" was released as a single in 1975 and became the only number one hit for the artist on the Billboard top 100.

Answer: Sapphire

Sapphire is the traditional gift for 45 years of marriage.
Cornershop were singing "Brimful of Asha on the 45".
"Brimful of Asha" was released in 1997 and was track on the album "When I Was Born for the 7th Time". The single had moderate success reaching number 60 in the British charts. A little bit of magic later, remix by Norman Cook, it became a huge success and topped the British charts.

Answer: Ruby

The traditional gift for 40 years of wedded bliss is ruby.
John Lennon thought that "Life Begins at 40" which is rather ironic because he was shot dead when he was 40!
The 1980 song was dedicated to Ringo and himself turning 40. The song was released as part of the "John Lennon Anthology" in 1998.

Answer: Coral

The traditional gift for a 35 year term is coral.
Brazilian songstress Dillon's song was "Thirteen Thirty Five".
The song was a track on her debut album "This Silence Kills" that was released in 2011.

Answer: Pearl

A gift of coral is the traditional for a 30 year sentence.
Tim McGraw was singing "My Next 30 Years".
This was a track on his album "A Place in the Sun". It topped Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks. It was written by Phill Vassar.

Answer: Silver

Silver is traditionally the gift of a 25 year stretch.
Zager and Evans produced double with "In the Year 2525".
"In the Year 2525" was a huge success for the duo, topping the charts in both sides of the Atlantic. It was the ultimate one-hit wonder! They didn't have any other songs getting into the charts ever again.

Answer: Porcelain

For 20 years the traditional gift is porcelain. Make sure that you choose wisely!
The Beatles were singing:
"It was 20 years ago today
Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play".
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was the opening song of the legendary Beatles album that became a landmark in the music industry.

Answer: Crystal

Depeche Mode song was "Little Fifteen".
"Little 15" was a track on the album "Music for the Masses". It was released as a single, despite the band's reservations, and had moderate success.

Crystal is given as a gift on this occasion.

Answer: Tin

"Force 10" was the song by Rush.
It was released as single to promote the album "Hold Your Fire" in 1977. Apparently, the song refers to the Beaufort scale for wind speed measurements. Force 10 is a storm, whole gale.

Tin is the gift for the first decade of coexistence.

Answer: Wood

Johnny Cash was singing "5 Minutes to Live".
The song was released together with a film of the same name and was written by Cash. This was the first time that Johnny Cash starred in a film.

Wood is the traditional gift for the fifth anniversary. There is nothing specific about what kind of wood but there are some really expensive ones like African black wood, Agar wood and ebony if you would like to splash the cash!