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What bean is chocolate made from?

Cacao Bean

100

This famous playwright wrote, “Doubt thou the stars are fire; doubt that the sun doth move; doubt truth to be a liar; but never doubt I love.”

William Shakespeare

100

This tiny flying “angel” is the unofficial matchmaker of Valentine’s Day, often depicted shooting arrows at people

Cupid

100

This movie has a scene with two dogs sharing a plate of spaghetti

Lady and the Tramp

100

In Titanic, who are the two characters who fall in love?

Jack and Rose

200

Which European country is famous for its high-quality chocolate?

Belgium

200

The tradition of giving red roses on Valentine's Day is linked to this Roman goddess of love

Aphrodite (Venus in Roman mythology)

200

Who receives the most Valentine’s Day cards?

Teachers (we appreciate you!!)

200

This classic movie starring Audrey Hepburn features a famous scene of her character singing "Moon River," a song about love and longing

Breakfast at Tiffanys

200

In Romeo and Juliet, which family is Juliet from?

Capulet

300

Americans buy how many pounds of chocolate for Valentine’s Day each year

58 million pounds of chocolate the week of Valentine's Day! However, cocoa production is declining, and chocolate prices are rising.


300

The first mass-produced Valentine’s Day cards in America were made in the 1840s in this U.S. state

Massachusetts

300

Approximately this many Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged each year

145 million

300

This Taylor Swift song, released on her Fearless album, is based on Romeo and Juliet

Lovestory

300

This Egyptian queen had famous love affairs with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony

Cleopatra

400

This famous chocolatier, known for its gold-wrapped truffles, was founded in Switzerland in 1845

Lindt Chocolate

400

In the 19th century, the government of this country tried to ban Valentine’s Day due to its extravagant spending on cards and gifts

Great Britain

400

The U.S. Postal Service receives thousands of Valentine’s Day letters addressed to this famous fictional lover

Juliet from Romeo & Juliet

400

In The Phantom of the Opera, which masked man becomes obsessed with a young soprano named Christine Daaé

The Phantom

400

This Indian emperor built the Taj Mahal as a tribute to his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal

Shah Jahan

500

The world’s largest chocolate producer is this country, which grows over 40% of the world's cocoa beans

Ivory Coast

500

What is Valentine's called in Finland?

Ystävänpäivä

500

What do 27 million Americans gift friends or loved ones on Valentine’s day?

Pets ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

500

This 2004 romance movie, based on a Nicholas Sparks novel, features the line “If you’re a bird, I’m a bird.”?

The Notebook

500

Orpheus traveled to the underworld to get his wife, Eurydice, but he lost her forever when he did this

He looked back because he had doubted she was really behind him

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