Valentine's Day Mix Up
The O in XOXOXO stands for this.
What is a hug?
Valentine's Day always falls on this date.
What is February 14th?
This object, piercing a red heart, is a symbol of Valentine's Day.
What is Cupid's arrow?
This flower is most symbolic of Valentine's Day.
What is a rose?
Zeus was married to ___.
Who is Hera?
Charlie Brown had a big crush on this character (but it was never returned)
Who is the little red-haired girl?
Valentine's Day is named after this saint.
Who is St. Valentine?
He was the legendary Benedictine monk who invented champagne.
Who was Dom Perignon?
In Japan, this is the gift women typically give to men on Valentine’s Day.
What is chocolates?
Bonnie and ______
Who is Clyde?
The official bird of Valentine's Day
What is a dove?
Long ago, women believed that is this type of bird flew over their head, they were going to marry a sailor.
What is a robin?
In the middle ages, men used to do this to determine who their valentine would be.
What is pick names out of a bowl?
(According to Smithsonian, they would wear the name pinned to their sleeve for one week so that everyone would know their supposed true feelings - "wearing your heart on your sleeve")
This is the name for the small heart-shaped candies which have short romantic messages printed on them.
What is Sweethearts (or Love Hearts or conversation hearts)?
Bert and ______.
Who is Ernie?
Along with Valentine's Day, this holiday sells the most flowers.
What is Mother's Day?
When Valentine's Day was first celebrated. (Within 300 years)
What is 496 AD?
(Correct responses include 196 AD through 796 AD.)
This singer had a Top Ten hit in 1961 with Cupid.
Who is Sam Cooke?
This percentage of pet owners give their pets gifts on Valentine's Day (within 5%)
What is 3%?
(corrrect answers are 0 to 8%)
Oreos and _____.
What is milk?
Which fast-food chain offers tableside service on Valentine's Day?
What is White Castle?
She is Cupid's mother.
Who is Venus or Aphrodite?
Today we associate love with the heart, but this wasn’t always the case. In medieval times, this internal organ was believed to cause love.
What is the liver?
(The heart was once widely believed to be humans' center of memory, where feelings of love were recorded.)
What expensive substance tipped Cupid's love arrows?
What is gold?
Scarlett and _______
Who is Rhett?