How Sweet
These flowers are the most popular to buy someone for Valentine's Day. (roses / tulips / daisies)
roses
Valentine's Day occurs on this date. (US: Month + ordinal number / UK: the + ordinal number + of + Month)
Valentine's Day is on February 14th.
The star-crossed lovers from the famous Shakespeare tragedy.
Romeo and Juliet
This baby Roman god represents desire and love.
Cupid
The legend of Valentine's Day says that Saint Valentine was a _____________ (teacher / pope / priest or bishop).
St. Valentine was a clergyman - either a priest or a bishop.
These types of sweets are the most popular to buy loved ones for Valentine's Day. (candies / chocolates / caramels)
chocolates
Valentine's Day occurs on the same date every year. True or false?
True. Valentine's Day occurs on February 14th every year, though the day of the week may change.
Bulls hate the color red. True or False?
False. Bulls are colorblind. They are agitated by the bullfighter moving the red cape around.
Cupid shoots ________ at someone to make two people fall in love.
He shoots arrows.
The Roman Emperor Claudius II declared __________ (marriage / love / chocolate) illegal, because he thought that it would make men better soldiers.
Marriage was declared illegal.
In popular fairy tales, what animal do you need to kiss in order to turn it into a prince? (turtle / pigeon / frog)
frog (or toad)
In ancient Rome, people celebrated _________ (Lupercalia / Lovers' Day / Valentine's Day) around February 15th to celebrate the spring time.
Lupercalia
What device is used to listen to the heart? (stethoscope / defibrillator / thermometer)
stethoscope
When you message someone 'WUBMV?,' this means . . .
Will you be my Valentine?
Saint Valentine was sent to jail, because he __________ (stole from people / gave special herbs to people / married people) without permission.
He married people in secret.
The first couple on Earth, according to the Bible.
Adam and Eve
During the spring time in Rome, people celebrated the god of fertility, who protected their sheep from the wolves (Aphrodite / Eros / Lupercus).
Lupercus
Every fourth year in February, we have a ______ (skip / leap / quarter) year without February 29th.
This is a leap year.
When you message someone 'ILUWAM<3,' this means . . .
I love you with all (of) my heart.
Supposedly, St. Valentine wrote a letter to his lover while he was in jail, and he signed it: "From your ________ (Lover / Valentine / Sweetheart).
From,
Your Valentine
Which country consumes the most chocolate per person per year? (The United States / Belgium / Switzerland)
People in Switzerland eat the most chocolate with about 10.14 kilograms of chocolate per person per year.
During the Roman spring festival boys would pick _________ (tea leaves / girls' names / flower petals) out of a box to determine their lover for the rest of the festival.
They would draw girls' names out of a bowl or a box.
The average adult's heart pumps about _______________ (8,350 / 7,600 / 5,200) liters of blood a day.
7,600 liters of blood a day on average
Finish the poem with two rhyming verses of your own: "Roses are red, Violets are blue. . . "
(The team creates two rhyming verses and reads the poem aloud & the teacher decides.)
Legend says that St. Valentine fell in love with the daughter of a (jailer / teacher / sailor).
a jailer (the person who manages the prison)