History
Valentine's Day was started by who?
Who are the Romans?
___/10 adults reported they do not celebrate Valentine's Day.
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This type of candy represents 75% of all Valentine's Day candy sales.
What is chocolate?
The flower of love (be specific with color)
These two colors are considered the colors of love.
What is red and pink?
Who was the famous Saint we associate with Valentine's Day?
Who is Saint Valentine?
How many heart shaped conversation candies are sold each year?
100,000
What is the most popular flavor of chocolate found in the heart shaped Valentine's Day and boxes?
What is caramel?
This flower is the flower of friendship. (Be specific with color.)
What is a yellow rose?
_______ is the son of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty.
Who is Cupid?
When did Americans begin exchanging hand-made Valentine's cards?
What is the early 1700s?
How many Valentine's Day cards are sent in the U.S. every year?
What is 1 billion?
Conversation candies officially became heart shaped in what year?
1902
The only other day that beats Valentine's Day in flower sales is what day?
What is Mother's Day?
True/False: Women prefer to receive chocolate over flowers on Valentine's Day.
True (so do men!)
Who was the first manufacturer of Valentine's Day cards?
Who is Esther Howland?
Passing out Valentine's Day cards is a _____ year old tradition.
What is 600?
The chocolate box has been around for how many years?
140 years (Richard Cadbury introduced the first box of Valentine's Day chocolates in 1868.)
What is the average number of roses one sends to someone?
A dozen (12)
Cupid is often depicted with a bow and arrow for doing what?
Piercing hearts and casting a love spell.
The oldest record of a valentine being sent was a __________ sent by Charles Duke of Orleans to his wife.
What is a poem?
What percentage of Valentine Cards are purchased by women?
85%
Candy hearts were originally what?
What is a medical lozenge? (In 1847, a Boston pharmacist, Oliver Chase invented a machine that simplified the lozenge production process, resulting in the first candy-making machine.)
This flower represents gratitude and appreciation. (be specific)
What is a pink rose?
What does the O in XOXO stand for?
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