History
Valentine's Day always falls on _________.
February 14
A jaw-dropping _________ Valetine's Day cards are given each year.
145 million
February has long been celebrated as a month of _________.
romance
I can be stolen or given away and you’ll live, but you can’t live without me.
What am I?
Your heart.
The Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were _________.
martyred
What religion helped to establish Valentine's Day?
Christian or Catholicism
Valentine's Day chocolate was a stroke of marketing genius created by what company?
Cadbury Chocolate
Cupid is typically associated with Valentine's Day. Cupid was originally a __________?
Greek god
What travels around the world for Valentine’s Day, but just stays in one corner?
A stamp.
One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in (what city?)
Rome
The first mass-produced Valentine's cards in America began being sold in what century?
the 1800s
(1840s)
The Victorian's began the tradition of giving ______ for Valentine's Day.
flowers
What did the chocolate sauce say to the scoop of ice cream?
I’m sweet on you.
Valentine, a priest in Rome defied Emperor Claudius II by marrying young couples in secret due to his disagreement against royal decree that single men made better soldiers. When Emperor Claudius II found out what Valentine was doing he put Valentine to death.
How was Valentine killed?
He was beheaded
Valentine's Day was originally celebrated as a religious ______ day, (According to the Catholic religion), but was eventually removed from the Christian liturgical calendar in 1969.
feast
Valentine's Day is (What profession's?) busiest day of the year.
florists'
When was Valentine's Day first declared a holiday by a pope?
496 A.D.
How did the telephone propose to his girlfriend?
He gave her a ring.
According to one legend, an imprisoned Valentine fell in love with a young girl who visited him during his confinement. It is alleged that he wrote her a letter signed _____ ______ ___________.
(A phrase)
“From your Valentine”
Valentine's Day is a fixed day on the calendar that got lumped into a mid-February holiday on the ancient Roman calendar called ________________.
Lupercalia
Valentine's Day is expensive! It cost's American an average of ___________(Dollars) each year!
23.9 billion
The first Valentine's Day celebration occurred in (What city?)
Paris
What did the elephant say to his Valentine?
I love you tons.
While some believe that Valentine’s Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of __________?
Valentine’s death or burial