Love in History
In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names to see who their Valentine would be for the Roman festival Juno, and they would wear the name pinned to their sleeve to signify the identity of their love interest for the coming year.
What is the expression?
Wearing your heart on your sleeve
This movie was about a British passenger and mail carrying ocean liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg.
Titanic (1997)
This thing called love
I just can't handle it
This thing called love
I must get 'round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
What Valentine's character carries a bow and arrow?
Cupid
Where was the first known celebration of Valentine's Day?
Rome
London
Paris
The first known official celebration of Saint Valentine’s Day took place in Paris in the 1400s, which is when King Charles VI of France established La cour amoureuse, the high court of love. The court, entirely run by women, met to deal with marriage contracts, divorces, infidelity, and domestic violence.
Starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, a retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation.
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Name the artist:
L. is for the way you look at me...
Nat King Cole
Which white bird is often associated with romance?
The Dove
When was Valentine's Day first declared a "holiday"?
500 AD
1100 AD
1700 AD
In 496 A.D., Pope Gelasius I made the feast of St. Valentine an official holiday, apparently hoping to expel the pagan rituals of Lupercalia by combining it with St. Valentine's Day.
A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
No New Year's Day to celebrate
No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away
No first of spring, no song to sing
In fact, here's just another ordinary day
I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
Along with Valentine's Day, this holiday sells the most flowers?
Mother's Day
In what year were sweetheart candy messages "Be Mine" and "Kiss Me" first created?
1902
Set in England and Italy, it is about a young woman named Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) in the final throes of the restrictive and repressed culture of Edwardian England and her developing love for a free-spirited young man, George Emerson (Julian Sands).
A Room with a View (1985)
Someone to love, somebody new
Someone to love, someone like you
Love Me Do - The Beatles
This Valentine's candy was temporarily unavailable in 2018 due to the company being bankruptcy.
Sweethearts
In 2018, Necco declared bankruptcy, forcing the company to close its original plant and sell off its candy brands. Spangler Candy Company ended up acquiring the rights to Sweethearts, and after setting up production in a new plant, Sweethearts returned to shelves in 2020
What year did Hallmark first start selling Valentine's Day cards?
1913
Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and Mia (Emma Stone) are drawn together by their common desire to do what they love. But as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
La La Land (2016)
What tune did Billboard name as the top love song of all time?
Endless Love - Diana Ross & Lionel Ritchie
In this country, white flowers called "sundrops" are exchanged on Valentine's Day
Denmark