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Be My Valentine

See how much you know about the day dedicated to love!

1. Before he became a saint, what job did Valentine have?
   • Soldier
   • Scholar
   • Priest
   • Monk
2. What happened to Saint Valentine on February 14th?
   • He was sainted.
   • He was beheaded.
   • He got married.
   • He died

   Valentine was imprisoned for marrying Christians at a time when helping Christians was a crime. After he tried to convert the Roman Emperor to Christianity, he was sentenced to death.

3. A red rose signifies love, but what does a lavender rose signify?
   • Love at first sight
   • Friendship
   • Devotion
   • Unrequited love
4. In 19th-century Britain, “vinegar valentines” were all the rage. What could you expect to find when you opened one?
   • A practical joke
   • A breakup note
   • A court summons
   • A slew of insults
5. Hundreds of years ago, the heart was not the only organ associated with love. What was the other one?
   • Liver
   • Spleen
   • Lungs
   • Brain

   Many cultures, including the Babylonians and Greeks, believed that the liver was the center for emotion. Even Shakespeare wrote of it in As You Like It.

6. Saint Valentine is not only the patron saint of love. Of what else is he patron saint?
   • Woodworkers
   • Candy makers
   • Bee keepers
   • Surgeons
7. Who was the target of the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre?
   • Bugsy Siegel
   • Al Capone
   • Clyde Barrow
   • Lucky Luciano
8. In the Victorian era, it was bad luck to do what? for Valentine’s Day?
   • Send less than a dozen roses
   • Call on your sweetheart
   • Sign a Valentine’s Day card
   • Propose marriage
9. Which poet is credited with being the first to link love and romance to the Saint Valentine’s Day Feast?
   • Plutarch
   • Chaucer
   • Shakespeare
   • Milton

   In his poem, The Parliament of Fowls, Chaucer writes of a man in search of love, and on Valentine’s Day is led to the temple of Venus, where Cupid is waiting.

10. Who is credited with making the first mass-produced Valentine card in the United States?
    • Meredith Hallmark
    • Victor Prang
    • Esther Howland
    • F.W. Woolworth