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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 11 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which nut is the principal ingredient in marzipan?

    Answer: Almond

    Marzipan is a sweet paste made chiefly from ground almonds and sugar.

  2. 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.

  3. Which structure acts as the heart's natural pacemaker?

    Answer: Sinoatrial node

    The sinoatrial node generates electrical impulses that normally set the heartbeat.

  4. Which Italian city promotes a connection with the fictional Juliet Capulet?

    Answer: Verona

    Verona, the setting of Romeo and Juliet, maintains attractions associated with Juliet.

  5. Which chamber pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta?

    Answer: Left ventricle

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

Daily round

  1. What does consent require in a healthy relationship?

    Answer: A freely given agreement

    Consent must be voluntary, informed, specific, and capable of being withdrawn.

  2. In Arthurian legend, Guinevere is queen to which king?

    Answer: Arthur

    Guinevere is traditionally portrayed as the wife and queen of King Arthur.

  3. In Estonia, February 14 is commonly called Sõbrapäev, meaning what?

    Answer: Friend's Day

    The Estonian name Sõbrapäev translates as Friend's Day and includes platonic affection.

  4. Which mythical sculptor falls in love with a statue he created?

    Answer: Pygmalion

    In classical myth, Pygmalion loves an ivory statue that is brought to life.

  5. What does the abbreviation RSVP request from an invitation recipient?

    Answer: A reply

    RSVP comes from a French phrase asking the recipient to respond.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which hormone is released by the pituitary and associated with social bonding?

    Answer: Oxytocin

    Oxytocin is involved in childbirth and lactation and also contributes to some forms of social bonding.

  3. Chocolate is made from seeds of which tree?

    Answer: Cacao

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

  4. What does empathy involve?

    Answer: Understanding another person's feelings

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

  5. Which writer linked Saint Valentine's Day with birds choosing mates in “Parliament of Fowls”?

    Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer

    Geoffrey Chaucer's medieval poem Parliament of Fowls made an influential literary connection between the saint's day and courtship.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. What is the botanical genus of roses?

    Answer: Rosa

    Roses belong to the genus Rosa within the family Rosaceae.

  3. Where was Charles, Duke of Orléans, imprisoned when he wrote an early valentine poem?

    Answer: Tower of London

    Charles wrote the poem while held in the Tower of London after capture at Agincourt.

  4. Which flavor comes from the cured pods of an orchid?

    Answer: Vanilla

    Vanilla flavor is extracted from cured seed pods of orchids in the genus Vanilla.

  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. What is the final two-line unit of a Shakespearean sonnet called?

    Answer: Couplet

    A rhyming couplet closes the standard Shakespearean sonnet.

  2. Which flower's name comes from the Greek word for rainbow?

    Answer: Iris

    Iris is named for the Greek rainbow goddess, reflecting the flower's many colors.

  3. On what date is White Day observed?

    Answer: March 14

    White Day takes place on March 14, exactly one month after Valentine's Day.

  4. Which organ is represented by the familiar heart symbol?

    Answer: Heart

    The stylized heart symbol represents the anatomical organ associated culturally with love.

  5. Which Roman numeral represents the date 14?

    Answer: XIV

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

Daily round

  1. Which goddess was honored by the ancient Roman festival Matronalia on March 1?

    Answer: Juno

    Matronalia honored Juno Lucina and included gifts and observances connected with marriage and childbirth.

  2. What is the scientific name of the cacao tree?

    Answer: Theobroma cacao

    Theobroma cacao is the botanical name of the tropical tree that produces cacao beans.

  3. What is chocolate liquor?

    Answer: Ground cacao nibs

    Chocolate liquor is a thick paste of finely ground cacao nibs and contains no alcohol.

  4. How many days does February have in a common year?

    Answer: 28

    February has twenty-eight days unless the year is a leap year.

  5. Which artist created the marble sculpture “The Kiss” now in the Musée Rodin?

    Answer: Auguste Rodin

    French sculptor Auguste Rodin created the celebrated marble group The Kiss.

Daily round

  1. What does an electrocardiogram record?

    Answer: Electrical activity of the heart

    An electrocardiogram traces electrical signals produced during each heartbeat.

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

    Answer: Stethoscope

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

  3. What type of work is “Parliament of Fowls”?

    Answer: A poem

    Parliament of Fowls is a dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer.

  4. 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.

  5. In art, Cupid is the Roman counterpart of which Greek god?

    Answer: Eros

    Cupid corresponds to Eros, the Greek deity of love and desire.