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What Happened on Valentine's Day

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year was the U.S. League of Women Voters founded by Carrie Chapman Catt in Chicago?

a)

1920

b)

1932

c)

200

d)

1982

2.

How many St. Valentine’s were there?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

many

3.

Which Pope set aside February 14th to honor St. Valentine in 496 A.D.?

a)

Gelasius

b)

John Paul

c)

Andrew

d)

Pias

4.

Who allegedly ordered 7 gangsters killed in 1929, called the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre?

a)

Al Capone

b)

George "Bugs" Moran

c)

Chicago Police

5.

In what year were 900 Jews burned alive in Strasbourg and a similar number banned from the city after being blamed for the spread of the Black Death.

a)

1349

b)

1255

c)

1340

d)

1132

6.

Some historians believe that Valentine’s Day has its roots in what type of festival?

a)

Pagan Fertility

b)

Love

c)

Aphrodite

d)

Heart

7.

The oldest record of a valentine being sent, according to History.com, was a poem written by a French medieval duke named Charles to his wife in what Century?

a)

15th

b)

17th

c)

19th

d)

13th

8.

These two states became part of the U.S. on Valentine's Day. Name the two states and the years they became states.

a)

Arizona

b)

Alaska

c)

Arkansas

d)

Oregon

9.

On Valentine’s Day in 1962, this famous 32-year-old First Lady led a huge nationwide television audience on a virtual tour of the White House’s state rooms, who was she?

a)

Jacequline Kennedy

b)

Mamie Eisenhower

c)

Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson

d)

Thelma "Pat" Nixon

10.

On Valentine’s Day, 1778 the U.S. Flag first received recognition from which foreign country?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Spain

11.

In 1803 Chief Justice John Marshall declared that any act of U.S. Congress that conflicts with this famous document is void. What document was he referring to?

a)

The Constitution

b)

The Bill of Rights

c)

The Declaration of Independence

12.

In what year did NASCAR hold its first race for modified stock cars on a 3.2 mile-course at Daytona Beach.

a)

1948

b)

1950

c)

1955

d)

1944

13.

In the year of America’s centennial, a lawyer representing Alexander Graham Bell filed his patent application at the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C. What was the patent for?

a)

Telephone

b)

Telegraph

c)

Cotton Gin

d)

Phonograph

14.

What mold did Sir Alexander Fleming discover after leaving a plate of staphylococcus bacteria uncovered?

a)

Penicillin

b)

Antibiotic

c)

Black

d)

corticosteroids

15.

According to Hallmark, how many Valentine's Day cards are exchanged every February 14 (and that's not even including all those kids' valentines exchanged in classrooms!)?

a)

145 million

b)

154 million

c)

234 million

d)

175 million

16.

In what year, did a series of tornadoes sweep through Georgia during a more unusual time of the year-in the winter. Five tornadoes in all had swept through Colquitt, Tift, Mitchell and Grady counties

a)

2000

b)

2001

c)

1920

d)

1986

17.

Which U.S. President installed a secret taping system in the White House on Valentine’s Day in 1971?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Lyndon Baines Johnson

18.

What small heart-shaped candies, that are popular around Valentine's Day, got their start as apothecary lozenges to help make it easier to take bad tasting medicine?

a)

Conversation Hearts

b)

Valentines gummies

c)

Chocolates

19.

What year was the original "Dracula" film starring Bela Lugosi as the vampire, released?

a)

1931

b)

1940

c)

1945

d)

1963

20.

In 1951 this famous boxer defeated Jake LaMotta & took the middleweight title, who was he?

a)

Sugar Ray Robinson

b)

Mahomed Ali

c)

Mike Tyson

d)

George Foreman

21.

In 1966 Wilt Chamberlain broke the NBA career scoring record. How many points did he score?

a)

20884

b)

28084

c)

20488

d)

20484

22.

Around 27.6 million American households give Valentine's Day presents to what special household member each year?

a)

Dog

b)

Cat

c)

Bird

d)

Horse

23.

In honor of the most recognized shape used in Valentine decor, what year was the first heart transplant performed (even though it was not on Valentine’s Day)?

a)

1967

b)

1963

c)

1960

d)

1955

24.

For the first time in history, at the 2014 Olympics, all 3 singles men's figure skating medalists are of Asian descent; Yuzuru Hanyu (gold), Patrick Chan and Denis Ten. What country did each of them represent?

a)

Canada

b)

Japan

c)

Kazakhstan

d)

China

25.

In Roman mythology, Cupid (a symbol associated with Valentine’s Day) is the son of the goddess of love and beauty, who is she?

a)

Venus

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Athena

d)

Pandora