CANDY & TREATS
What heart-shaped candy features short messages like “Be Mine”?
Conversation Hearts
What holiday is known as the “Day of Love”?
Valentine’s Day
What type of paper decoration, often cut into lace-like patterns, is traditionally used in handmade Valentines?
Doilies
Valentine’s Day is named after which historical figure
Saint Valentine
What shape is the universal symbol of love?
Heart
What popular February candy is often given in heart-shaped boxes?
Chocolate
What small winged character with a bow and arrow represents love?
Cupid
In many countries, what type of flower besides roses is commonly exchanged because it symbolizes admiration?
Carnations
Which ancient civilization celebrated a mid-February festival called Lupercalia?
The Romans
What animal is often called “lovebirds”?
Lovebirds (the bird species)
What red fruit, often dipped in chocolate for Valentine’s Day, was first cultivated in Europe in the 14th century and became a symbol of love?
Strawberry
What word describes a partner or significant other starting with “V”?
Valentine
What Victorian-era tradition inspired giving symbolic flowers to express secret messages?
The Language of Flowers (Floriography)
In what century did Valentine’s Day become associated with romantic love?
The 14th century
What fruit is associated with love and often appears in romance imagery?
Strawberry
Which candy company makes the famous red heart–shaped chocolate boxes?
Russell Stover
What flower symbolizes love and passion?
Red Rose
In Japan, women give chocolates to men on Valentine’s Day. What is this type of chocolate called?
Giri-choco (obligation chocolate)
What country is credited with starting the tradition of sending Valentine cards?
England
What term describes someone who loves love and romance?
A hopeless romantic
What type of chocolate is known as the “food of the gods”?
Dark chocolate (from cacao)
What French term means “love at first sight”?
Coup de foudre
What old superstition claimed that the first bird a woman saw on Valentine’s Day predicted her future husband?
The Bird Omen (e.g., robin = sailor, sparrow = farmer, goldfinch = wealthy man)
Which famous writer mentioned Valentine’s Day in Hamlet?
William Shakespeare
What romantic holiday comes exactly one month after Valentine’s Day?
White Day (March 14)