The Science of Love
Also known as "the love hormone", our bodies release this during breastfeeding, sexual contact, and low-intensity soothing physical skin stimulation; it can induce anti-stress-like effects such as reduction of blood pressure and cortisol levels.
What is oxytocin?
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
By the light of the silvery moon
I want to spoon
To my honey, I'll croon love's tune
Honey moon, keep a-shinin' in June
Your silvery beams will bring love's dreams
We'll be cuddlin' soon
By the silvery moon
In this fair city do we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
What is Verona?
That's Amore
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie That's amore
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine
That's amore
Bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling
And you'll sing "Vita bella"
Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay
Like a gay tarantella
When the stars make you drool just like a pasta e fasul That's amore
When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet
You're in love
When you walk in a dream but you know you're not dreaming signore
Scusami, but you see, back in old Napoli
That's amore
Also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, his long-lasting love with Britain's longest reigning monarch is an inspiring part of his legacy.
Who is Prince Philip?
The oldest record of one of these is a poem that the Duke of Orleans wrote to his wife when he was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1415.
What is a valentine?
12% percent of couples today found their partner in this way.
What is online?
Hey, Good Lookin'
Say hey, good lookin' whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' something up with me?
Hey, sweet baby don't you think maybe
We can find us a brand new recipe?
I got a hot rod ford and a two dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill
There's soda pop and the dancin's free
So if you want to have fun come along with me
Hey, good lookin' whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' something up with me?
Statistics show that this gender is the first to say "I love you".
Who are men?
Can't Help Falling in Love
Wise men say Only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I stay? Would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you?
Like a river flows, Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes, Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, Take my whole life, too
For I can't help falling in love with you
Juliet is the only daughter of the house of this family.
Who are the Capulets?
Fever
Never know how much I love you, Never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me
I get a fever that's so hard to bear, You give me fever,
When you kiss me, Fever when you hold me tight
Fever In the mornin', a fever all through the night
Romeo loved Juliet, Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her
He said, "Julie baby you're my flame"
Thou givest fever
When we kisseth, fever with thy flaming youth
Fever I'm on fire, fever yeah I burn forsooth
His name reflects the element from which he was created, hers means "living" or "giving life".
Who are Adam and Eve?
Almost Like Being in Love
What a day this has been What a rare mood I'm in
Why, it's almost like bein' in love
There's a smile on my face For the whole human race
Why, it's almost like bein' in love
All the music of life seems to be, Like a bell that is ringing for me
And from the way that I feel When that bell starts to peal
I would swear I was fallin', Swear I was fallin'
it's almost like bein' in love
After children, this group of the population receives the most valentines.
Who are teachers?
School Days
School days, school days, dear old golden rule days,
Readin' and 'ritin' and 'rithmetic, Taught to the tune of a hick'ry stick,
You were my queen in calico, I was your bashful barefoot beau,
And you wrote on my slate, I love you Joe, When we were a couple of kids.
When a couple decided to go steady in the 1950s, it would often involve the male giving this to his female counterpart.
What is a ring or a pin?
People Will Say We're in Love
Why do they think up stories that link my name with yours?
Why do the neighbors gossip all day behind their doors?
I know a way to prove what they say is quite untrue
Here is the gist, a practical list of don'ts for you
Don't throw bouquets at me ,Don't please my folks too much
Don't laugh at my jokes too much, People will say we're in love
Don't sigh and gaze at me, Your sighs are so like mine
Your eyes mustn't glow like mine, People will say we're in love
Don't start collecting things, Give me my rose and my glove
Sweetheart, they're suspecting things, People will say we're in love
Falling in love affects intellectual areas of the brain and triggers the same sensation of euphoria experienced by people when they take this.
What is cocaine?
I Get a Kick Out of You
I get no kick from champagne
Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all
So tell me, why should it be true?
I get a kick out of you
Some, they may go for cocaine
I'm sure that if I took even one sniff
It would bore me terrifically, too
Yet, I get a kick out of you
The doomed lovers of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel which takes place on Long Island, New York during the Jazz Age.
Who are Gatsby and Daisy?
I'll See You In My Dreams
I'll see you in my dreams, hold you in my dreams
Someone took you out of my arms
Still I feel the thrill of your charms
Lips that once were mine, tender eyes that shine
They will light my way tonight
I'll see you in my dreams
For decades, we've watched this cartoon cat try to get rid of this cartoon mouse through countless methods, only for the latter to hilariously and brutally defeat him at every turn.
Who are Tom and Jerry?
Hey There
Hey there you with the stars in your eyes
Love never made a fool of you You use to be too wise
Hey there you on that high flyin cloud
Though he won't throw a crumb to you
You think someday he'll come to you
Better forget him, him with his nose in the air
He has you dancin on a string Break it and he won't care
Won't you take this advice I hand you like a mother
Or are you not seein things to clear Are you too much in love to hear
Is it all goin in one ear and out the other
This popular choice accounts for half of Valentines day flowers.
What are roses?
Red Roses for a Blue Lady
I want some red roses for a blue lady
Mister florist take my order please
We had a silly quarrel the other day
I hope these pretty flowers chase her blues away
I want some red roses for a blue lady
Send them to the sweetest gal in town
And if they do the trick, I'll hurry back to pick
Your best white orchid for her wedding gown
In the Victorian area, a couple courted with a chaperone present until this point.
What is engagement?
After the Ball
After the ball is over, After the break of morn—
After the dancers' leaving;After the stars are gone;
Many a heart is aching, If you could read them all;
Many the hopes that have vanished,
After the ball.
This secreted or excreted chemical factor triggers a social response in member of the same species and can be an essential component in physical attraction - artificial versions are even sold claiming to have the same affects.
What are pheromones?
Love Potion Number 9
I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth
You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
She's got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
Sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine
I didn't know if it was day or night
I started kissin' everything in sight
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine
Tony and Maria play a modern day Romeo and Juliet in this iconic musical from Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Jerome Robbins, set amid ethnic tensions in 1950's Upper West Side New York.
What is West Side Story?
Tonight, Tonight
Tonight, tonight, won't be just any night
Tonight there will be no morning star
Tonight, tonight, I'll see my love to night
And for us stars will stop where they are
Today the minutes seem like hours
The hours go so slowly and still the sky is light
Oh moon, grow bright and make this endless day, endless night
Tonight!
Victorian-era dramatist W.S. Gilbert had a theatrical partnership of with this composer; a partnership resulting in the creation of fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, including The Pirates of Penzance. Gilbert and __________
Who is Sullivan?
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights Historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical
I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters Mathematical
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news
With many cheerful facts about the square of the
Hypotenuse
In 496 A.D., He made the feast of St. Valentine an official holiday, apparently hoping to expel the pagan rituals of Lupercalia by combining it with St. Valentine's Day.
Who is the pope (Pope Gelasius I)?
"Dating" replaced "courtship" during this decade, when women began to enjoy more freedom and push more boundaries.
What are the roaring twenties?
Darktown Strutters Ball
I'll be down to get you in a taxi, honey
Better get ready 'bout half past eight
Now dearie don't be late
I want to be there when the band starts playin'
Remember when we get there, honey
Two steps, I'm gonna have em all
I'm gonna dance out of my shoes
When they play the Jelly Roll Blues
Tomorrow night at the Darktown Strutter's Ball
We find people more attractive when this bodily system is different from our own.
What is their immune system?
For this doomed real-life crime couple, it was love at first sight over hot chocolate on a January day in Dallas, 1930.
Who are Bonnie and Clyde?
Happy Days Are Here Again
Happy days are here again, The skies above are clear again
So let's sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again
All together shout it now, There's no one
Who can doubt it now
So let's tell the world about it now
Happy days are here again
The circumstances of her marriage to King Henry VIII and of her execution by beheading for treason and other charges made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation.
Who is Anne Boleyn?
Greensleeves
Alas my love you do me wrong
To cast me off discourteously;
And I have loved you oh so long
Delighting in your company.
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves my heart of gold
Greensleeves was my heart of joy
And who but my Lady Greensleeves
Richard Cadbury introduced the first of these for Valentines Day in 1868.
What is a box of chocolates?
The Candyman
Who can take a sunrise?
Sprinkle it with dew
Cover it with chocolate and a miracle or two
The Candy Man, The Candy Man can
The Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with love
And makes the world taste good
Who can take the rainbow? Wrap it in a sigh
Soak it in the sun and make a groovy lemon pie
The Candy Man, The Candy Man can
The Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with love
And makes the world taste good
This north African country is the largest producer of dates in the world.
What is Egypt?
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Missed the Saturday dance, Heard they crowded the floor
Couldn't bear it without you, Don't get around much anymore
Thought I'd visit the club, Got as far as the door
They'd have asked me about you, Don't get around much anymore
Darling, I guess my mind's more at ease
But nevertheless, why stir up memories?
Been invited on dates, Might have gone but what for
It's awfully different without you Don't get around much anymore