Anniversaries - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) 20. This is also called the vigintennial anniversary.
• A2) 50. This is more recognizably known as the semicentennial anniversary.
• A3) Paper. Clocks are the modern gift.
• A4) Leather. On the modern list leather is saved for the ninth anniversary.
• A5) Wood. On the modern list wood is the sexannial instead of the quinquennial anniversary.
• A6) Tin (or aluminum). I got my wife a camera; at least it looks aluminum.
• A7) Lace. Leather and lace are a decade apart. Lace is the new eighth gift.
• A8) There isn't one. Sorry, trick question. In the U.S., anniversaries sixteen through nineteen don't merit special gifts (the British give tungsten and turquoise for the first two). The modern gift is porcelain.
• A9) China. This is the second year gift in the modern list, which was definitely designed to make you spend more.
• A10) Silver. This is the first anniversary where the modern list agrees with the traditional list. But in modern gift-giving, silverware is also the fifth present.
• A11) Ruby. The modern list agrees. They also agree on sapphire for the forty-fifth anniversary (I hope my dad knew that).
• A12) Gold. The modern list agrees. They also agree on emerald for the fifty-fifth anniversary and diamond for the sixtieth and seventy-fifth, but the modern list likes diamonds so much, they're also for the tenth, thirtieth, eightieth, and ninetieth.