History of Valentine's Day
The popular card company Hallmark launched its first Valentine's Day product in this year
1916
This celebrity couple known by one name finally tied the knot in August of last year after breaking off a previous engagement in 2004
“Bennifer”
The length of the longest recorded marriage
86 years, 290 days
The most popular first date offering
Flowers
(Particularly one red rose)
Claire (played by Molly Ringwald) famously gives this to low down no good rebel John Bender (played by Judd Nelson) at the end of the movie in 1985’s “The Breakfast Club”
One of her diamond earrings
This famous structure was built in honour of love and loyalty
Taj Mahal
This TV character claims he wasn’t cheating on his girlfriend when he hooked up with another woman because “We were on a break!”
Ross from Friends
This food was once called a “love apple” in France due to their belief in its love-inducing properties
Tomatoes
The gift for a 75th Wedding Anniversary
Traditional gift is Diamonds and a modern gift is Gold
Noah and Allie, characters from the 2004 film "The Notebook," were played by this real-life couple at the time
Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams
This English king declared Valentine’s Day a holiday in 1537
King Henry VIII
After discovering her husband had cheated on her, this singer turned lemons into “Lemonade”
Beyoncé
This is the most popular non-chocolate candy sold for Valentine’s Day
Conversation Hearts
This was David Furnish’s best gift to his husband Elton John
The 1997 film of one year in Elton’s life, “Tantrums & Tiaras”, that was filmed and produced by David Furnish was “David’s greatest gift” to him
The line "We'll always have Paris" comes from this movie
Casablanca
In this country February 14 called “Friend’s Day”
Finland
This billionaire media mogul has had the same partner for almost 40 years but they have never married
Oprah
Valentine’s Day is the second-busiest holiday for restaurants in the USA, with this holiday being first
Mother’s Day
What is the most expensive gift given by Jay-Z and Beyoncé to each other.
Most expensive: Private jet to Jay-Z for Father’s Day 2012. The Bombardier Challenger 850, worth $40 million
The 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You is based on this play by Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
True or False. The oldest known love poem is dated from 2031 BCE, from the time of the Sumerians.
True
This record-breaking artist has used past relationships to produce award-winning albums, singles, and even a short film that recently won Best Music Video of the 2023 Grammys with sole directing credit
Taylor Swift
This is the most popular flavour in chocolate boxes
Caramel
Harry (Alan Rickman) gives this to his would be girlfriend Mia (Heike Makatsch) and he gives something else to his wife Karen for Christmas (played by Emma Thompson) in the 2003 movie “Love Actually”
An expensive gold necklace with a heart to his would-be girlfriend and a Joni Mitchell CD box set to his wife
The song "I Will Always Love You" was famously covered by Whitney Houston, but was originally written and recorded by this artist
Dolly Parton