COUPLES
Cleopatra was romantically linked to what historical figure?
JULIUS CAESAR
True or false: emotionally stressful events like breakups can cause a medical condition with symptoms similar to a heart attack.
TRUE
Roughly three percent of mammals are monogamous. Which of these mammals mate for life?
silverback gorillas or prairie voles
prairie voles
Changed because it was too similar to competitor Match.com, what dating app was originally called MatchBox?
TINDER
Which of these phrases was coined by William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet?
WEAR MY HEART ON MY SLEEVE
OR
STAR CROSSED LOVERS
STAR CROSSED LOVERS
King Henry VIII established the Church of England in order to marry what woman?
ANNE BOLYN
What is known as the “love hormone” and “cuddle chemical?”
oxytocin
What animal is one of the very few species where the male carries the young before they’re born?
SEAHORSES
When was the very first online dating site published to the World Wide Web?
1994, with the launch of a service called “Web Personals.” According to creator Andrew Conru, the website just barely beat out Match.com, which was founded in 1993 but technically didn’t go live until ‘95.
True or false: Casanova, a term used to describe a womanizer, is based on a real person.
TRUE
After their spouse died in 1861, what monarch wore black every day for 40 years?
QUEEN VICTORIA
Now proven to be a myth, the vena amoris, or “vein of love,” was believed to exist in which body part?
ring finger
Which animals hold paws while sleeping to avoid drifting apart, even holding each other's tails while swimming.
Sea otters
Roughly how many of dating site, Ashley Madison’s female users were revealed to be bots in an infamous 2015 data dump?
10,000 30,000 70,000 50,000
70,000
Which flowers, traditionally associated with Valentine's Day, are the Queen’s guards painting in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland?
Roses
According to legend, Paris declared which goddess the most beautiful, inadvertently causing the Trojan War?
Aphrodite
True or false: pheromones have a proven influence on human attraction
FALSE
Which male animal passes gas in order to impress the female?
Hippos
In which of these states are you most likely to get “catfished” – in other words, tricked by someone online who’s pretending to be someone else?
Utah California Nevada Alaska
Nevada
Emma, from Austen’s novel of the same name, is a serial love-gossip! She tries to match-make her friend Harriet with one other male character. What is his name?
Mr. Darcy
Which famous building was built by a ruler to honor his wife?
TAJ MAHAL
A scientific study of over 8,000 women indicated which of the following on a man makes him more attractive as a long-term partner?
GLASSES BEARD LONG HAIR EARRING
BEARD
Penguins
Which of these is NOT the name of a real specialized dating service?
Tastebuds Loosid Positive Singles Darcy Dates
Darcy Dates
for fans of the Romantic Genre
Scarlett O'Hara is a shrewd woman who uses men.
What number husband is Rhett Butler?
3