Valentine's Day Quiz
We celebrate the 14th of February with twenty five questions on love and relationships.
In the UK, Valentine’s Day began to be popularly celebrated around the 17th century. By Victorian times it was common for friends and lovers of all social classes to exchange handwritten notes and small tokens; and by the early twentieth century printed cards began to replace written letters. The Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred.
Valentine's Quiz - Questions
- Which sign of the zodiac is someone born on Valentine's Day?
- Which fruit is sometimes called a love apple?
- Which song, a hit for Mary MacGregor in 1976, laments that "loving both of you is breaking all the rules"?
- What is often described as 'the most beautiful monument to love ever made'?
- Which American comedy/drama TV series was set on the cruise ship S.S. Pacific Princess?
- In Rome, which ritual can be attributed to the 2006 book I Want You by Italian author Federico Moccia?
- In classical Roman mythology, name the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection? And also name his Greek counterpart?
- Which British city's museum has a collection of 200 lovespoons including the world's oldest dating back to 1667?
- "My heart is, and always will be, yours" is a line from which novel?
- "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" is a famous song from which classic musical?
- Which year saw The Summer of Love in San Francisco and also the release of the Beatles song "All You Need Is Love"?
- Which book tells the tale of Roman Catholic Priest Ralph’s forbidden love for one of his parishioners, Meggie?
- Which English King officially declared February 14, the holiday of St Valentine's Day, in 1537?
- Who plays Rufus, the jewellery salesman with an obsessive attention to gift-wrapping in the film Love Actually?
- "Love Is in the Air" is a 1977 disco song sung by which Scottish-born Australian pop singer?
- The play Romeo and Juliet is set in which Italian city?
- Name the 1970 romance novel by American writer Erich Segal?
- What is the English translation of the French word 'coeur'?
- In Arthurian legend, Guinevere, the wife and queen of King Arthur, has a love affair with which knight?
- The idea that Valentine's Day is a day for lovers is thought to originate with whose late 14th century poem, Parliament of Fowls?
- What does love do in a Latin phrase from Eclogue X by the ancient Roman poet Virgil, in a 1602 painting by Caravaggio, and a song by Deep Purple from their 1990 album Slaves and Masters?
- In Greek heroic legend, which son of King Priam of Troy, fell in love with Helen?
- Anthony Valentine played the gentleman thief title character in which 1977 TV series?
- What the first three words in the lyrics of Lara's Theme?
- Which 1921 American silent romantic drama film starring Rudolph Valentino was based on the bestselling romance novel of the same name by Edith Maude Hull?
Valentine's Quiz - Questions and Answers
- Which sign of the zodiac is someone born on Valentine's Day?
Answer - Aquarius - Which fruit is sometimes called a love apple?
Answer - Tomato - Which song, a hit for Mary MacGregor in 1976, laments that "loving both of you is breaking all the rules"?
Answer - Torn Between Two Lovers - What is often described as 'the most beautiful monument to love ever made'?
Answer - Taj Mahal - Which American comedy/drama TV series was set on the cruise ship S.S. Pacific Princess?
Answer - The Love Boat - In Rome, which ritual can be attributed to the 2006 book I Want You by Italian author Federico Moccia?
Answer - Love padlocks (placed on bridges) - In classical Roman mythology, name the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection? And also name his Greek counterpart?
Answer - Cupid (Roman) and Eros (Greek) - Which British city's museum has a collection of 200 lovespoons including the world's oldest dating back to 1667?
Answer - Cardiff's - "My heart is, and always will be, yours" is a line from which novel?
Answer - Sense and Sensibility (by Jane Austen) - "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" is a famous song from which classic musical?
Answer - Showboat - Which year saw The Summer of Love in San Francisco and also the release of the Beatles song "All You Need Is Love"?
Answer - 1967 - Which book tells the tale of Roman Catholic Priest Ralph’s forbidden love for one of his parishioners, Meggie?
Answer - The Thorn Birds - Which English King officially declared February 14, the holiday of St Valentine's Day, in 1537?
Answer - King Henry VII - Who plays Rufus, the jewellery salesman with an obsessive attention to gift-wrapping in the film Love Actually?
Answer - Rowan Atkinson - "Love Is in the Air" is a 1977 disco song sung by which Scottish-born Australian pop singer?
Answer - John Paul Young - The play Romeo and Juliet is set in which Italian city?
Answer - Verona - Name the 1970 romance novel by American writer Erich Segal?
Answer - Love Story - What is the English translation of the French word 'coeur'?
Answer - Heart - In Arthurian legend, Guinevere, the wife and queen of King Arthur, has a love affair with which knight?
Answer - Lancelot - The idea that Valentine's Day is a day for lovers is thought to originate with whose late 14th century poem, Parliament of Fowls?
Answer - Geofrey Chaucer's - What does love do in a Latin phrase from Eclogue X by the ancient Roman poet Virgil, in a 1602 painting by Caravaggio, and a song by Deep Purple from their 1990 album Slaves and Masters?
Answer - Love Conquers All - In Greek heroic legend, which son of King Priam of Troy, fell in love with Helen?
Answer - Paris - Anthony Valentine played the gentleman thief title character in which 1977 TV series?
Answer - Raffles - What the first three words in the lyrics of Lara's Theme?
Answer - Somewhere My Love - Which 1921 American silent romantic drama film starring Rudolph Valentino was based on the bestselling romance novel of the same name by Edith Maude Hull?
Answer - The Shiek