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Valentine's Day Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 1 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. In which ancient empire did the historical martyrs named Valentine live?

    Answer: Roman Empire

    Early Christian martyrs named Valentine are recorded in the setting of the Roman Empire.

  2. Chocolate is made from seeds of which tree?

    Answer: Cacao

    Chocolate begins with fermented and roasted seeds of the cacao tree.

  3. Which novel features Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff?

    Answer: Wuthering Heights

    Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights centers partly on the destructive bond between Catherine and Heathcliff.

  4. Which fragrant compound contributes a characteristic rose scent?

    Answer: Geraniol

    Geraniol is one of the aromatic compounds that helps produce a rose-like fragrance.

  5. Which solid remains after much of the fat is pressed from chocolate liquor?

    Answer: Cocoa cake

    Pressing chocolate liquor separates cocoa butter and leaves a solid cocoa cake.

Daily round

  1. Which planet is named for the Roman goddess of love?

    Answer: Venus

    Venus shares its name with the Roman goddess associated with love and beauty.

  2. The English word “romance” ultimately refers to languages descended from which ancient language?

    Answer: Latin

    Romance languages developed from forms of spoken Latin across the former Roman world.

  3. What traditional Welsh gift may be carved with hearts, keys, and knots?

    Answer: Love spoon

    Welsh love spoons carry carved symbols expressing affection and commitment.

  4. The genus name Theobroma is commonly translated as what?

    Answer: Food of the gods

    Theobroma combines Greek roots that translate as food of the gods.

  5. Which artist painted the paired self-portraits in “The Two Fridas”?

    Answer: Frida Kahlo

    Frida Kahlo painted two connected versions of herself in The Two Fridas.

Daily round

  1. Which bird is commonly used as a symbol of peace and devoted pairing?

    Answer: Dove

    Doves appear in art and ceremonies as symbols of peace, affection, and partnership.

  2. What does empathy involve?

    Answer: Understanding another person's feelings

    Empathy involves recognizing or sharing aspects of another person's emotional experience.

  3. Which branch of psychology studies how people think about and relate to one another?

    Answer: Social psychology

    Social psychology examines thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in social contexts.

  4. Which chocolate-making process uses prolonged mixing to smooth texture and flavor?

    Answer: Conching

    Conching repeatedly mixes and aerates chocolate to refine its texture and taste.

  5. Which term describes a poem of fourteen lines?

    Answer: Sonnet

    A sonnet is a poetic form traditionally built from fourteen lines.

Daily round

  1. Which chamber pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta?

    Answer: Left ventricle

    The muscular left ventricle pumps oxygen-rich blood into the aorta.

  2. Which Roman numeral represents the date 14?

    Answer: XIV

    XIV combines ten, four, and the subtraction rule to represent fourteen.

  3. What does an electrocardiogram record?

    Answer: Electrical activity of the heart

    An electrocardiogram traces electrical signals produced during each heartbeat.

  4. Who wrote the tragic romance “Anna Karenina”?

    Answer: Leo Tolstoy

    Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy wrote Anna Karenina.

  5. In Finland, Valentine's Day is commonly known as a day celebrating what relationship?

    Answer: Friendship

    Finland's ystävänpäivä is commonly understood as Friend's Day and emphasizes friendship.

Daily round

  1. Which postal reform helped popularize mailed valentines in Victorian Britain?

    Answer: Uniform Penny Post

    The affordable Uniform Penny Post made sending cards within Britain much easier.

  2. Which flower is known botanically as Dianthus caryophyllus?

    Answer: Carnation

    Dianthus caryophyllus is the cultivated carnation often used in bouquets.

  3. Which country uses the rose as its national flower?

    Answer: United States

    The United States designated the rose as its national floral emblem in 1986.

  4. Which blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?

    Answer: Arteries

    Arteries carry blood away from the heart, while veins return it.

  5. Which weapon is Cupid usually shown carrying?

    Answer: Bow and arrows

    Cupid's arrows symbolically cause those they strike to fall in love.

Daily round

  1. February takes its name from Februa, a Roman festival associated with what?

    Answer: Purification

    The name February is linked to the Roman purification festival called Februa.

  2. Which Brontë sister wrote “Jane Eyre”?

    Answer: Charlotte

    Charlotte Brontë published Jane Eyre under the pen name Currer Bell.

  3. Who is often called the “Mother of the American Valentine” for popularizing mass-produced cards?

    Answer: Esther Howland

    Esther Howland built a successful nineteenth-century business producing elaborate valentines in Massachusetts.

  4. What instrument allows a listener to hear heart sounds?

    Answer: Stethoscope

    A stethoscope transmits internal body sounds, including the heartbeat, to the listener.

  5. Which pair forms the central romance in Jane Austen's “Pride and Prejudice”?

    Answer: Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy

    Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy overcome mistaken judgments to form the novel's central couple.

Daily round

  1. Which famous sculpture shows Venus standing on a shell?

    Answer: The Birth of Venus

    Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus depicts the goddess arriving on a large shell.

  2. Which insect is known for a courtship flash pattern produced by bioluminescence?

    Answer: Firefly

    Many firefly species use species-specific light signals to locate potential mates.

  3. What does the Japanese word “ai” mean in a romantic context?

    Answer: Love

    Ai is a Japanese noun meaning love, often conveying deep affection.

  4. What does tempering chocolate control?

    Answer: Cocoa butter crystals

    Tempering encourages stable cocoa butter crystals that give chocolate gloss and a clean snap.

  5. Who is Cupid's mother in Roman mythology?

    Answer: Venus

    Roman myth commonly identifies Venus, goddess of love, as Cupid's mother.