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All 90 questions from our Valentine's guide, in nine themed rounds.
Where it all began.
1In what century did Valentine's Day first become associated with romantic love?Clue: Before Shakespeare, after the Middle Ages got going.
Answer 14th century
2Which Roman emperor banned marriages for young men, leading St. Valentine to secretly perform ceremonies?Clue: Starts with C, ends with II.
Answer Claudius II
3What ancient Roman festival is considered the predecessor to Valentine's Day?Clue: A fertility celebration that sounds like “luper.”
Answer Lupercalia
4In what year did Hallmark first produce Valentine's Day cards?Clue: Early 1900s, before the roaring twenties.
Answer 1913
5How many Valentine's Day cards are exchanged annually in the U.S.?Clue: More than 140 but less than 150 million.
Answer 145 million
6What percentage of American adults celebrate Valentine's Day?Clue: About half the population.
Answer 52%
7Which flower is most commonly given on Valentine's Day?Clue: Red, classic, the symbol of romance.
Answer Red roses
8What does the “X” in “XOXO” symbolize?Clue: What you do to greet someone affectionately.
Answer Kisses
9In medieval times, what did people believe happened on Valentine's Day?Clue: Think Cupid's arrows and spring animal behavior.
Answer Birds chose their mates
10What is the average amount Americans spend on Valentine's Day gifts?Clue: Under $200 but over $150.
Answer $192
Arrows, hearts, and doves.
11In Roman mythology, who is Cupid's mother?Clue: Goddess of beauty and love.
Answer Venus
12What is Cupid's Greek name?Clue: Also a type of love, starts with E.
Answer Eros
13What weapon does Cupid traditionally carry?Clue: Used in archery.
Answer Bow and arrow
14What metal are Cupid's love-causing arrows tipped with?Clue: Precious and shiny, opposite of lead.
Answer Gold
15In what century did the heart shape become associated with love?Clue: Before the Renaissance, after the medieval period.
Answer 13th century
16What does the color red symbolize on Valentine's Day?Clue: Intense emotion and desire.
Answer Passion and love
17What bird is commonly used as a symbol of love?Clue: White, peaceful, released at weddings.
Answer Dove
18What happens if Cupid shoots someone with a lead arrow?Clue: The opposite of falling in love.
Answer They feel indifferent to love
19What does a single red rose traditionally symbolize?Clue: The deepest, most serious romantic feeling.
Answer True love
20What gemstone is most associated with love and Valentine's Day?Clue: A girl's best friend — clear and sparkly.
Answer Diamond
Sweet-tooth round.
21In what year did Richard Cadbury create the first heart-shaped box of chocolates?Clue: 1800s, Victorian times.
Answer 1861
22What percentage of Valentine's candy purchases are made by women?Clue: More than half, less than all.
Answer 75%
23What candy brand is famous for Valentine's conversation hearts?Clue: Recently changed hands.
Answer Necco (now Sweethearts by Spangler)
24How many pounds of chocolate are sold during Valentine's week in the U.S.?Clue: Rhymes with “nifty-eight.”
Answer 58 million pounds
25What chocolate brand produces “Kisses”?Clue: Shares a name with a Pennsylvania town.
Answer Hershey's
26In what year were conversation hearts first produced?Clue: 1800s, near the Civil War era.
Answer 1866
27What is the most popular chocolate type purchased on Valentine's Day?Clue: The sweeter, creamier variety.
Answer Milk chocolate
28Which country is the largest producer of cocoa beans?Clue: West Africa, its name is a color.
Answer Ivory Coast
29What ingredient in chocolate is said to promote feelings of love?Clue: Sounds like “phenyl” something.
Answer Phenylethylamine
30How many calories are in the average heart-shaped box of chocolates?Clue: Between 1,000 and 3,000.
Answer 1,500–2,000
Lights, camera, romance.
31What 1997 blockbuster became the highest-grossing romantic film of all time?Clue: A ship sinks in the Atlantic.
Answer Titanic
32In “The Notebook,” where do Allie and Noah reunite?Clue: A Southern city with historic homes and Spanish moss.
Answer Charleston, South Carolina
33What classic line does Tom Cruise say in “Jerry Maguire”?Clue: About completing someone and asking them to do something.
Answer All of the above (“You had me at hello,” “You complete me,” “Show me the money”)
34In “Sleepless in Seattle,” where do Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan finally meet?Clue: A famous Art Deco building in NYC.
Answer Empire State Building
35What year was “When Harry Met Sally” released?Clue: Before 1990.
Answer 1989
36In “Pretty Woman,” what does Richard Gere's character do?Clue: Suit, business deals.
Answer Corporate raider
37What 2004 romantic drama is based on a Nicholas Sparks novel?Clue: You probably read it in high school.
Answer The Notebook
38In “Pride and Prejudice,” what is Mr. Darcy's first name?Clue: Long, starts with Fitz.
Answer Fitzwilliam
39What 2016 musical stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as aspiring artists?Clue: A California city of movies and dreams.
Answer La La Land
40“10 Things I Hate About You” is based on which Shakespeare play?Clue: A difficult woman who falls in love.
Answer The Taming of the Shrew
Name that ballad.
41Who sang the 1984 hit “I Just Called to Say I Love You”?Clue: A blind musical genius, first name is a number.
Answer Stevie Wonder
42What Beatles song contains “All you need is love”?Clue: It's literally the title.
Answer “All You Need Is Love”
43Taylor Swift's “Love Story” is inspired by which Shakespeare play?Clue: Two lovers from feuding families.
Answer Romeo and Juliet
44What Whitney Houston song from “The Bodyguard” became one of the best-selling singles ever?Clue: She will always… something.
Answer “I Will Always Love You”
45Who originally wrote and recorded “I Will Always Love You”?Clue: A country legend from Tennessee.
Answer Dolly Parton
46What Ed Sheeran wedding song opens with “I found a love for me”?Clue: It's literally about being perfect.
Answer “Perfect”
47In what year did “Unchained Melody” by The Righteous Brothers peak?Clue: 1960s, British Invasion era.
Answer 1965
48What Bruno Mars song topped the Hot 100 with “Just the way you are”?Clue: Literally the title.
Answer “Just the Way You Are”
49Which Celine Dion ballad was the theme for “Titanic”?Clue: Plays over the credits as the ship sinks.
Answer “My Heart Will Go On”
50What Mariah Carey / Boyz II Men song spent 16 weeks at #1?Clue: A day of the week, singular.
Answer “One Sweet Day”
Power pairs.
51Which royal couple's 1981 wedding was watched by 750 million people?Clue: Princess from England, Prince of Wales.
Answer Prince Charles and Princess Diana
52What celebrity couple is known as “Brangelina”?Clue: A Brad and an Angelina.
Answer Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
53Which music power couple released “Crazy in Love” in 2003?Clue: She's Beyoncé; he's a rapper.
Answer Jay-Z and Beyoncé
54What Hollywood couple starred in 11 films including “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner”?Clue: Names sound like a tool and a drink container.
Answer Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn
55Which president and first lady were married 73 years?Clue: Jimmy and Rosalynn.
Answer Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
56Which couple played Jackie and Kelso on “That '70s Show”?
Answer Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis
57Which British royal couple stepped back from royal duties in 2020?Clue: Moved to California.
Answer Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
58Whose love letters include “I am yours, and all I have is yours”?Clue: Could be more than one.
Answer All of the above (Napoleon & Josephine, the Adamses, the Churchills)
59Which couple won “The Bachelorette” Season 1 and are still married?Clue: Trista was the first Bachelorette.
Answer Trista and Ryan Sutter
60What couple appeared on the first-ever Vogue couples cover in 2014?Clue: Kanye and Kim.
Answer Kanye West and Kim Kardashian
Great romances on the page.
61Who wrote “Pride and Prejudice”?Clue: First name Jane, lived in England.
Answer Jane Austen
62In “Romeo and Juliet,” what are the two feuding families?Clue: One sounds like mountain, one like a place.
Answer Montague and Capulet
63What 1996 Nicholas Sparks novel became a blockbuster film?Clue: You probably read it in high school.
Answer The Notebook
64In “Wuthering Heights,” who is Heathcliff's great love?Clue: Also a country singer's first name.
Answer Catherine
65What E.L. James novel became a phenomenon in 2011?Clue: “Fifty” in the title, “Grey” as the surname.
Answer Fifty Shades of Grey
66Who wrote the sonnet beginning “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day”?Clue: Wrote a lot of plays and sonnets — Sonnet 18.
Answer William Shakespeare
67In “The Fault in Our Stars,” where do Hazel and Augustus travel?Clue: A European city of canals.
Answer Amsterdam
68What Jane Austen novel features Mr. Knightley?Clue: A girl's name, also a composer.
Answer Emma
69In “Outlander,” what year does Claire travel back to?Clue: 1700s, Scottish Highlands.
Answer 1743
70What poem begins “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”?Clue: Elizabeth Barrett Browning — Sonnet 43.
Answer Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Uterus to uterus, ladies.
71What TV show popularized “Galentine's Day” on Feb 13th?Clue: A local government office in Indiana.
Answer Parks and Recreation
72Which character created Galentine's Day?Clue: The enthusiastic parks director.
Answer Leslie Knope
73What year did “Galentine's Day” first appear on the show?Clue: 2010s, middle of the decade.
Answer 2010
74What's the traditional Galentine's activity per Leslie Knope?Clue: Breakfast and ladies.
Answer Ladies celebrating ladies over breakfast
75What percentage of Valentine's purchases are for friends, not partners?Clue: Less than half, more than a quarter.
Answer 31%
76Which Greek word means “brotherly love” or friendship love?Clue: Sounds like “fill-ee-ah.”
Answer Philia
77What's the most popular gift given to friends on Galentine's Day?Clue: You write on it or give a certificate.
Answer Cards and gift certificates
78In “Sex and the City,” what do the four main characters celebrate?Clue: Friendship and independence over romance.
Answer Friendship and single life
79What color is often tied to Galentine's Day instead of red?Clue: Between red and white.
Answer Pink
80What do most women prefer for Galentine's celebrations?Clue: Home, snacks, beverages.
Answer Staying in with food and drinks
Romance goes global.
81In which country is Valentine's called “Dia dos Namorados,” celebrated June 12th?Clue: Portuguese-speaking, South America.
Answer Brazil
82What do people in Denmark send on Valentine's Day?Clue: A funny, anonymous poem.
Answer Gaekkebrev (funny anonymous poems)
83In South Korea, what do women give men on Valentine's Day?Clue: Sweet, melts in your mouth.
Answer Chocolate
84What is “White Day” in Japan and South Korea?Clue: A month after Valentine's, the opposite color.
Answer When men reciprocate gifts on March 14th
85In Finland and Estonia, what is Feb 14th called?Clue: About friendship, not romance.
Answer Friend's Day (Ystävänpäivä)
86What tradition do people in Wales follow on Jan 25th?Clue: Carved from wood, given as a gift.
Answer Give wooden love spoons
87In which Asian country is Valentine's one of the most profitable holidays after Christmas?Clue: Island nation, anime and technology.
Answer Japan
88What do people in the Philippines celebrate on Feb 14th besides romance?Clue: Many couples do this together.
Answer Mass wedding ceremonies
89In Chinese culture, what is the “Red String of Fate”?Clue: Connects soulmates invisibly.
Answer A belief that soulmates are connected by an invisible red thread
90What is the Qixi Festival (Chinese Valentine's Day) based on?Clue: Two stars — a weaver girl and a cowherd.
Answer A legend of two star-crossed lovers
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