Valentine’s Day quiz!

When did Valentines Day become associated with love

• The 1300’s

• The 1500’s

• The 1800’s

• The 1900’s

When was the first Valentine sent?

• The 1300’s

• The 1900’s

• The 1500’s

• The 2000’s

When did we start mass-producing Valentines?

• 1650

• 1994

• 1840

• 1423

In America, there are ________ Valentines sent each year.

• 16,500

• 40 million

• 10 million

• 145 million

And they also spend millions of dollars on gifts for their ______.

• pets

• rooms

• classes

The Valentine's Day gift that people spend the most on is jewelry.

• Stuffed animals

• Jewelry

• Cards

But it wasn't until 1866 that we first got sweet printed messages on conversation ______.

• hats

• homes

• cards

• hearts

Answer explanation

Weirdly enough, the story of conversation hearts first began when a Boston pharmacist named Oliver Chase invented a machine that simplified the way medical lozenges — used for sore throats and other illnesses — could be made. The result was America's first candy-making machine, because the pharmacist soon started shifting his focus from making lozenges to candy instead! Chase founded the New England Confectionery Company, or Necco, and the candy lozenges soon became what we know today as Necco wafers.

Valentine's Day horror movies are a thing.

• True

• False

“XOXO” didn't always mean hugs and kisses.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

“XOXO” is a popular signature this time of year. The origins of the signature, however, stem from the Middle Ages. The Washington Postreported that during those times the “X” symbolized the Christian cross, and letters ended with the sign of the cross and a kiss to symbolize an oath. As the gesture became more popular in literature, letters and paperwork, it came to mean something had been “sealed with a kiss.”

Are Lovebirds actual birds?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

Yes! They are! Isn’t that crazy! Fo the longes time, it was just a figure of speech, but the term “lovebird” is actual a nickname for the Agapornis bird!