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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 6 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. What decorative paper material was common on Victorian valentines?

    Answer: Lace paper

    Victorian card makers often used embossed lace paper to frame romantic designs.

  2. Which term describes a poem of fourteen lines?

    Answer: Sonnet

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

  3. 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.

  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. What is the medical term for an unusually fast resting heart rate?

    Answer: Tachycardia

    Tachycardia describes a heart rate that is faster than the expected resting range.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  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. Which mineral ion helps heart muscle cells contract?

    Answer: Calcium

    Calcium ions play an essential role in triggering cardiac muscle contraction.

  5. Which type of chocolate contains cocoa butter but no cocoa solids?

    Answer: White chocolate

    White chocolate uses cocoa butter without the nonfat cocoa solids found in brown chocolate.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. What does an electrocardiogram record?

    Answer: Electrical activity of the heart

    An electrocardiogram traces electrical signals produced during each heartbeat.

  3. Which painter created the gold-patterned work “The Kiss”?

    Answer: Gustav Klimt

    Gustav Klimt painted The Kiss during his gold period.

  4. Which confection consists of a chocolate shell around a soft center?

    Answer: Truffle

    A chocolate truffle typically combines a ganache center with a chocolate or cocoa coating.

  5. What name was given to insulting or mocking nineteenth-century Valentine's cards?

    Answer: Vinegar valentines

    Vinegar valentines used caricatures and sharp verses instead of affectionate messages.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which language uses the word “amor” for love?

    Answer: Portuguese

    Amor is the Portuguese noun for love, as it is in several Romance languages.

  3. What are the sharp outgrowths on a rose stem correctly called?

    Answer: Prickles

    Rose stems bear prickles arising from surface tissue, not true thorns formed from branches.

  4. Which German phrase means “I love you”?

    Answer: Ich liebe dich

    Ich liebe dich directly expresses “I love you” in German.

  5. How many chambers are in a healthy human heart?

    Answer: Four

    A human heart has two atria and two ventricles, making four chambers.

Daily round

  1. Whom does Orpheus attempt to rescue from the underworld?

    Answer: Eurydice

    Orpheus journeys to the underworld hoping to return his wife Eurydice to life.

  2. Which alkaloid found in cacao is related to caffeine?

    Answer: Theobromine

    Theobromine is a mild stimulant in cacao and belongs to the same chemical family as caffeine.

  3. Which chamber pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta?

    Answer: Left ventricle

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

  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. 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. Which process develops chocolate flavor by allowing cacao pulp and beans to react with microbes?

    Answer: Fermentation

    Fermentation changes cacao beans chemically and creates precursors of chocolate flavor.

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

    Answer: Leo Tolstoy

    Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy wrote Anna Karenina.

  3. Ganache is traditionally made by combining chocolate with what?

    Answer: Cream

    Ganache forms when chopped chocolate melts into warmed cream.

  4. In which century did Geoffrey Chaucer write “Parliament of Fowls”?

    Answer: Fourteenth century

    Chaucer composed Parliament of Fowls during the fourteenth century.

  5. Which Welsh celebration on January 25 honors the patron saint of lovers?

    Answer: Dydd Santes Dwynwen

    Dydd Santes Dwynwen celebrates Saint Dwynwen, the Welsh patron saint of lovers.

Daily round

  1. What is a platonic relationship?

    Answer: A close non-romantic relationship

    Platonic relationships are emotionally close without being romantic or sexual.

  2. 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.

  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. 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.

  5. Which flower is a classic symbol of romantic love?

    Answer: Red rose

    The red rose is conventionally used to express romantic love.