Valentine’s Day Trivia Questions And Answers

How much do you know about the history of valentine’s day? We have put together some facts about valentine’s day, and frequently asked valentine’s day questions and answers.

Why not make this February 14th a little different by accompanying the roses and chocolates with some valentine’s day trivia questions and answers and set up a valentine’s day quiz?

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Valentine’s Day Trivia Questions And Answers

1. Who created the first box of valentine’s day chocolates in the late 1868?

Answer: Richard Cadbury

2. How many marriage proposals occur on Valentine’s Day annually on average?

Answer: 220,000

3. What do florists refer to as a solitary red rose surrounded by a baby’s breath?

Answer: A signature rose

4. What Italian city receives thousands of cards addressed to Juliet every valentine’s day?

Answer: Verona

5. How many beats per minute do most people’s hearts accelerate during a kiss?

Answer: 110

6. Which of William Shakespeare’s plays mention Valentine’s Day?

Answer: Hamlet

7. Approximately how many heart-shaped chocolate boxes are usually sold on Valentine’s Day?

Answer: 35 million

8. The “cuddle” or “love hormone” is a particular brain chemical known as?

Answer: Oxytocin

9. What wildly popular website made its debut on February 14 of that year?

Answer: YouTube, in 14 February 2005

10. What year is it reported that Saint Valentine was martyred?

Answer: 269

11. Who is regarded as the originator of Valentine’s Day?

Answer: Esther Howland

12. What type of flower is traditionally given on Valentine’s Day?

Answer: Roses are the traditional flower given on Valentine’s Day

13. Valentine’s Day was first proclaimed to be celebrated on February 14.

Answer: 1537

14. Valentine’s Day is celebrated as “Friend’s Day” in which country?

Answer: Finland

15. Which holiday, excluding Valentine’s Day, receives the most flower deliveries?

Answer: The Mother’s Day holiday

16. How many people usually purchase Valentine’s Day cards for their animals?

Answer: About 9 million

17. What celebration takes place a day after valentine’s day?

Answer: Singles Awareness Day (SAD) is celebrated on February 15, one day after Valentine’s Day

18. How many of all Valentines sold are bought by women?

Answer: About 85%

19. Who ordered the killing of Saint Valentine?

Answer: Claudius II

20. How much money do Americans spend on chocolate each year on Valentine’s Day?

Answer: About $1 billion

21. What color is traditionally associated with Valentine’s Day?

Answer: Red

22. Where did the tradition of giving cards on Valentine’s Day originate?

Answer: The tradition of exchanging cards on Valentine’s Day originated in the Middle Ages, when lovers expressed their affection by sending handwritten notes and verses

23. How many letters are in the word “Valentine”?

Answer: 8

24. What symbol has come to represent Valentine’s Day?

Answer: A heart

25. In what year did Hallmark begin producing Valentine’s Day cards?

Answer: The valentine’s card was first ordered in 1913 and they began producing them in 1916

26. What candy is traditionally associated with Valentine’s Day?

Answer: Chocolate

27. What do we call a single person on Valentine’s Day?

Answer: A bachelor or bachelorette

28. Who wrote “Romeo and Juliet,” the famous tale of star-crossed lovers?

Answer: William Shakespeare

29. Who wrote the famous love poem “Roses Are Red”?

Answer: Robert Burns

30. What famous romantic movie was released on Valentine’s Day in 2004?

Answer: The Notebook

31. What does the phrase “Wearing your heart on your sleeve” mean?

Answer: To openly display one’s emotions or feelings for all to see

32. What valentine’s day candy was first created on equipment made for lozenges?

Answer: Sweethearts Candy Hearts

33. What job has the highest number of Valentine’s Day cards received, according to statistics?

Answer: Teachers

34. The roots of valentine’s day started as an ancient fertility festival held in mid February known as what?

Answer: Lupercalia

35. Today how much money does the valentine’s day holiday bring in annually for retailers?

Answer: As at 2022, valentine’s day spending reached about $23.9 billion

36. What do women like most on valentines day?

Answer: Statistics shows that most women like dinner outing

37. What is the 1 selling chocolate on valentine’s day?

Answer: Reese’s Peanut Butter Hearts

38. Name the 2010 film starring Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel and Bradley Cooper?

Answer: Valentine’s Day

39. Where was Charles, Duke of Orleans, imprisoned when he wrote a valentine poem to your wife?

Answer: the Tower of London, in 1415

40. What was first created by Pope Gelasius in 500 AD, then deleted from the Roman calendar of saints by Pope Paul Vl in 1969?

Answer: St. Valentine’s Day

Bible Verses For Valentine’s Day

1. 1 John 3

“For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.” – 1 John 3:11

2. Matthew 22

“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest? He said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” – Matthew 22:36-39

3. Numbers 6

“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.” – Numbers 6:24-26

4. John 15

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” – John 15:12-13

5. Romans 12

“Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers.” – Romans 12:9-13

Bible Verse For Wife On Valentine’s Day

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” – 1 Corinthians 13:4-7