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Hard Valentine's Day Trivia Questions
The hard questions from our valentine's day set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
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The hard round covers the origins that get repeated without checking: the legend about a Roman emperor, how many Valentines the early church actually recorded, the Roman road, the imprisoned duke's poem. The notes flag which claims are documented and which are tradition.
14 hard valentine's day trivia questions with answers
Which Roman emperor does legend say banned marriages, prompting Valentine to perform them secretly?
Answer: Claudius II The story appears only in much later retellings.
Early church records name at least how many martyrs called Valentine?
Answer: Three Their stories overlap so much that they may describe fewer real people.
Which Chaucer poem is credited with linking the saint's day to mating birds?
Answer: The Parliament of Fowls It was probably written in the 1380s.
Which imprisoned French duke wrote one of the earliest surviving valentine poems?
Answer: Charles, Duke of Orleans He was held in the Tower of London after Agincourt.
In South Korea, 14 April is marked as what, for those who received no gifts?
Answer: Black Day People traditionally eat noodles in black bean sauce.
Which Roman goddess is Cupid's mother?
Answer: Venus Her Greek equivalent is Aphrodite.
The Qixi Festival, sometimes called a Chinese Valentine's Day, comes from which country?
Answer: China It falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
A wedding ring is worn on the fourth finger because of a belief in a vein running where?
Answer: From that finger to the heart The vein does not exist, but the custom outlived the anatomy.
In Denmark, anonymous joking rhymes sent for the day are called what?
Answer: Gaekkebrev The sender signs only with dots, one for each letter of their name.
A Dublin church displays relics said to be Saint Valentine's, sent by which pope?
Answer: Gregory XVI They were given to an Irish preacher in the 1830s.
Saint Valentine is traditionally said to have been buried along which Roman road?
Answer: The Via Flaminia A gate on that road later carried his name.
Which pope is credited by tradition with establishing the feast in 496?
Answer: Gelasius I He listed Valentine among saints whose deeds were known only to God.
Which British chocolate maker popularised the heart-shaped box of chocolates?
Answer: Cadbury Richard Cadbury designed decorated boxes in the 1860s.
In Ghana, 14 February is also promoted as a national day celebrating which product?
Answer: Chocolate The country is one of the world's major cocoa growers.
Answer key
- Claudius II
- Three
- The Parliament of Fowls
- Charles, Duke of Orleans
- Black Day
- Venus
- China
- From that finger to the heart
- Gaekkebrev
- Gregory XVI
- The Via Flaminia
- Gelasius I
- Cadbury
- Chocolate
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