Valentine's Day
Celebrity Couples
Flowers
Chocolate
Hormones
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One legend states that in 270 AD, the real St. Valentine was caught performing illegal marriages and was then executed by Claudius II, emperor of this powerful nation.
What is the Roman Empire?
400
John Krasinski and this British actress starred together in The Quiet Place.
Who is Emily Blunt?
400
The state flower of New Mexico is from this plant with long spear-like leaves.
What is the yucca?
400
In a 1994 film, this title character says, "My momma always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
Who is Forrest Gump?
400
Nicknamed the "love hormone", oxytocin is released when bonding with friends, pets, and partners. But in women, oxytocin also signals contractions during this laborious process.
What is childbirth?
800
These famous inscribed treats were unavailable nationwide for Valentine's Day 2019 after the Necco candy company went bankrupt.
What are Sweethearts?
800
Appropriately, this rapper featured in Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love" in 2003 - they were married five years later.
Who is Jay-Z?
800
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In The Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West tries to stop Dorothy's journey using a poisonous field of these flowers.
What are poppies?
800
Chocolate Avenue and Cocoa Avenue are major streets in this Pennsylvania town, home to the headquarters of a candy company with the same name.
What is Hershey?
800
The pancreas releases this hormone responsible for regulating blood sugar levels - too little of it can lead to diabetes.
What is insulin?
1200
"Tomorrow is Saint Valentine’s day,
all in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
to be your Valentine"
sings Ophelia in Act 4 of this Shakespeare play.
What is Hamlet?
1200
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Country singer Keith Urban and this fellow Australian have been together since 2006.
Who is Nicole Kidman?
1200
Either of the two main reproductive organs - one female, one male - that can be present inside a flower.
What is the pistil or stamen?
1200
The word chocolate comes from "xocoatl" - a drink brewed from cacao beans - in the Nahuatl language spoken in this Mesoamerican civilization.
What is the Aztec Empire?
1200
This hormone is released during stressful, exciting, or threatening situations to prepare the body for a "fight or flight" response.
What is adrenaline?
1600
In 1849, Esther Howland founded America's first massively profitable Valentine card business, mass-producing them with this fancy decorative material.
What is lace?
1600
Australian model and actress Portia de Rossi married this American comedian and daytime talk show host in 2008.
Who is Ellen DeGeneres?
1600
In 2021, an old Confederate-themed design was replaced by a new design featuring a magnolia flower as the official flag of this Southern state.
What is Mississippi?
1600
One of the 4 west African countries that produce 85% of the world's cocoa.
What is Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, or Cameroon?
1600
When exposed to darkness, the brain produces melatonin, a hormone that helps us do this.
What is sleep?
2000
On February 14, 1929, seven rival gang members were shockingly murdered in Chicago on the orders of this notorious crime boss.
Who is Al Capone?
2000
Nick Jonas and this Indian actress first met over Twitter DMs.
Who is Priyanka Chopra?
2000
Visitors to Hawai'i are often presented with this traditional garland of flowers as a sign of hospitality.
What is a lei?
2000
This song performed in a deep bass voice by Tay Zonday became one of YouTube's first viral videos in 2007.
What is "Chocolate Rain"?
2000
All the body's hormone-producing glands together make up this "system".
What is the endocrine system?