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How many dollars are spent on candy the week before February 14?

-545 million

-448 million

-500 million

-345 million

448 million

100

Which saint is known as "little flower"?

St Therese of Lisieux

100

What does the O in XOXO stand for?

hugs

100

What day was St. Valentine executed

Feb 14

100

Who invented speed dating?

-a radio host

-a rapper

-a rabbi

-a teacher

rabbi

At a matchmaking event he organized in 1998, Rabbi Yaacov Deyo brought along a gragger, the noisemaker Jews use during Purim. That night, in a Peet's Coffee & Tea in Beverly Hills, the Orthodox rabbi twirled his gragger to signal when it was time for the single men and women present to switch partners and spark up a conversation with the next stranger.

200

The popular heart-shaped valentine candies with sweet sayings printed on them have been made by NECCO since 1902. How many new sayings did NECCO add for Valentine's Day, 2004?

10

200

Which saint  is remembered and honored for her outstanding Christian virtues of of grieving mothers, difficult marriages, victims of abuse, and conversion of relatives. 

St. Monica

200

How many Valentine Cards are sent each year?

-10 billion

- 1 billion

-500 million

-5billion

1 billion

200

How was St. Valentine executed?

Beheaded

he was beaten with clubs and stones; when that failed to kill him, he was beheaded outside the Flaminian Gate.

200

Who are Shakesphere's "Star-crossed Lovers"?

Romeo and Juliet

300

What year were conversation hearts first invented?

-1777

-1835

-1866

-1934

1866

300

Developing smallpox as a child, her face was left pock-marked and disfigured. Choosing to become Catholic at just nineteen, she chose not to marry and instead made a vow of perpetual virginity.  Though she died young, at the age of 24, it is claimed that once she passed the pock marks instantly vanished from her face.

St Kateri Tekakwitha

300

What percentage of Valentine Cards are purchased by women? 

-98%

-85%

-67%

-89.7%

85

300

In addition to being the unofficial patron saint of love, what occupation is St. Valentine also believed to be the patron of?

-soldiers

-brewers

-beekeepers

-candy makers

Beekeepers

300

Which Roman god is the son of Venus and known for spreading spells of love?

Cupid

400

Which chocolate in a chocolate box is the most popular According to the National Confectioners Association?

caramel 

400

Which saint was so renowned for her great beauty, that when suitors came she chose to rub pepper on her face to make it blister and cut her hair short so as to deter them.

St. Rose of Lima

400

Who receives the most Valentine's Day cards?

teachers

400

Why was St. Valentine executed?

Claudius had come to the conclusion that single men made better soldiers, so he outlawed marriage for all young men. Valentine, realizing the injustice of this decree, defied the order and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret.

400

How many U.S. towns are named Valentine?

-4

-10

-2

-7

4

Valentine, Arizona; Valentine, Nebraska; Valentine, Texas; and Valentine, Virginia.

500

Who created the first Valentine's Day box of chocolates?

-Hershey

-cadbury

-russel stover

- dove

cadbury

500

Which woman saint was Shelby and Katlyn's confirmation saint and is on Shelby's socks?

Mother Teresa

500

What U.S. state produces the most roses for Valentine's Day?

-Ohio

-Florida

-North Carolina

-California

California

500

St. Valentine was put to death at the order of what Roman emperor?

- Augustus II

-Cladius II

-Augustus I

-Tiberius II

Claudius II

500

Venus, the goddess of love, was born from ________.

-star-dust

-morning dew

-sea-foam

-diamond crystals

sea-foam