Valentine’s Day Trivia Questions
Valentine’s trivia is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you’re going to get.
When you think of Valentine’s Day, you think of romance, chocolate, and a certain matchmaking archery enthusiast – among many other things. Like all major holidays, V-Day has a rich history and plenty of unique traditions, which make it a perfect subject for trivia challenges.
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Use the following trivia questions to test your own Valentine’s Day knowledge, or run a trivia competition with a group of friends. As always, I’ve included handy printables for you game organizers. I hope you love them with all your heart.
Printables
There are a couple of different ways you might want to use these trivia questions for a game. One option is to simply print them out on a single sheet and see who can answer the most questions correctly. Here’s a PDF with the questions and an answer key:
For team Valentine’s trivia, here’s a file with the questions in individual boxes that you can clip out and randomly draw (from a heart shaped box, perhaps):
Valentine’s Day Trivia Questions
Here’s a list of Valentine’s trivia questions having to do with everything that makes February 14 special.
Easy
Q: When it comes to greeting card sales, where does Valentine’s Day rank among the holidays?
A: Second (behind Christmas).
Q: What company that today is associated with egg-shaped chocolates came up with the first heart-shaped box of sweets in the 1800s?
A: Cadbury.
Q: What precious metal are the tips of Cupid’s famous matchmaking arrows made of?
A: Gold.
Q: In the symbol XOXO, what does the letter O represent?
A: Hugs.
Q: When it comes to flower sales, where does Valentine’s Day rank among the holidays?
A: First (ahead of Mother’s Day).
Q: What candies associated with Valentine’s Day have their origins in medical lozenges?
A: Conversation hearts.
Q: In what city did the infamous Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929 take place?
A: Chicago.
Q: What type of chocolate, popular today, was originally a drink promoted as having medicinal properties?
A: Milk chocolate.
Q: Metaphorically speaking, what insects invade your stomach when you are in love?
A: Butterflies.
Q: According to ancient tradition, your ring finger connected directly to what vital organ?
A: The heart (which is why wedding rings are worn on that finger).
Q: According to Roman myths, who is Cupid’s mom?
A: Venus.
Medium
Q: Who had “the face that launched a thousand ships”?
A: Helen of Troy.
Q: What romantic European country gave us the petal-plucking game “he loves me… he loves me not”?
A: France.
Q: What two families are engaged in a bitter rivalry in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?
A: The Montagues and the Capulets.
Q: What type of chocolate isn’t really a chocolate (depending on who you ask) because it contains no cacao solids?
A: White chocolate.
Q: What chemical in our bodies is known as the “love hormone”?
A: Oxytocin.
Q: What king with a famously complicated love life declared Valentine’s Day a holiday in 1537?
A: Henry VIII.
Q: Who wrote the hit love song “I Will Always Love You”?
A: Dolly Parton.
Q: Like other Roman deities, Cupid has a Greek counterpart, which is…
A: Eros.
Hard
Q: What English poet is credited as being the first to link St. Valentine’s Day with romantic love in 1375?
A: Geoffrey Chaucer.
Q: What animals were associated with Valentine’s Day due to the belief that their mating season started in February?
A: Birds.
Q: What unofficial holiday is celebrated on February 15 and has the acronym SAD?
A: Singles Awareness Day or Singles Appreciation Day.
Q: What was the name for the “bitter” Valentines of the Victorian Era that contained insults rather than expressions of love?
A: Vinegar Valentines.
Q: In what Asian country is there a tradition of women sending men chocolates on Valentine’s Day?
A: Japan.
Q: If Cupid wants to break up a couple rather than bring them together, he uses an arrow with a tip made of what substance?
A: Lead.
Q: What unofficial holiday inspired by the television series Parks and Recreation celebrates female friendship?
A: Galentine’s Day.
