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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 5 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which famous sculpture shows Venus standing on a shell?

    Answer: The Birth of Venus

    Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus depicts the goddess arriving on a large shell.

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

    Answer: Red rose

    The red rose is conventionally used to express romantic love.

  3. Which planet is named for the Roman goddess of love?

    Answer: Venus

    Venus shares its name with the Roman goddess associated with love and beauty.

  4. Where was Charles, Duke of Orléans, imprisoned when he wrote an early valentine poem?

    Answer: Tower of London

    Charles wrote the poem while held in the Tower of London after capture at Agincourt.

  5. Which Greek hero waited for Penelope during a twenty-year absence?

    Answer: Odysseus

    Penelope remains in Ithaca while Odysseus fights at Troy and struggles home.

Daily round

  1. Which Italian city is the setting for Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet”?

    Answer: Verona

    Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona, home of the feuding Montague and Capulet families.

  2. Which marine mammal often holds paws with a partner while floating?

    Answer: Sea otter

    Sea otters may hold paws while resting in rafts, which helps them remain together.

  3. Who wrote the novel “Persuasion”?

    Answer: Jane Austen

    Jane Austen wrote Persuasion, the story of Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth.

  4. 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.

  5. Which chocolate-making process uses prolonged mixing to smooth texture and flavor?

    Answer: Conching

    Conching repeatedly mixes and aerates chocolate to refine its texture and taste.

Daily round

  1. Which civilization used cacao beans as currency in parts of Mesoamerica?

    Answer: Aztec

    Cacao beans functioned as valued trade goods and currency in the Aztec economy.

  2. To which family does Juliet belong in Shakespeare's play?

    Answer: Capulet

    Juliet is the daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet.

  3. 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.

  4. Which solid remains after much of the fat is pressed from chocolate liquor?

    Answer: Cocoa cake

    Pressing chocolate liquor separates cocoa butter and leaves a solid cocoa cake.

  5. What does an electrocardiogram record?

    Answer: Electrical activity of the heart

    An electrocardiogram traces electrical signals produced during each heartbeat.

Daily round

  1. On what date is White Day observed?

    Answer: March 14

    White Day takes place on March 14, exactly one month after Valentine's Day.

  2. Which communication skill involves giving full attention and reflecting what was heard?

    Answer: Active listening

    Active listening uses attention, clarification, and reflection to improve mutual understanding.

  3. 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.

  4. On which date is Valentine's Day observed each year?

    Answer: February 14

    Valentine's Day falls annually on February 14.

  5. Which flavor comes from the cured pods of an orchid?

    Answer: Vanilla

    Vanilla flavor is extracted from cured seed pods of orchids in the genus Vanilla.

Daily round

  1. Which artist painted the paired self-portraits in “The Two Fridas”?

    Answer: Frida Kahlo

    Frida Kahlo painted two connected versions of herself in The Two Fridas.

  2. What is the final two-line unit of a Shakespearean sonnet called?

    Answer: Couplet

    A rhyming couplet closes the standard Shakespearean sonnet.

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

    Answer: Portuguese

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

  4. Which Greek word names affectionate love between friends?

    Answer: Philia

    Philia refers to friendship, fondness, and bonds between companions.

  5. What is the scientific name of the cacao tree?

    Answer: Theobroma cacao

    Theobroma cacao is the botanical name of the tropical tree that produces cacao beans.

Daily round

  1. Which fragrant compound contributes a characteristic rose scent?

    Answer: Geraniol

    Geraniol is one of the aromatic compounds that helps produce a rose-like fragrance.

  2. What innovation made decorated greeting cards easier to mass-produce in the nineteenth century?

    Answer: Mechanical printing

    Advances in mechanical printing enabled publishers to make large runs of illustrated cards.

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

    Answer: Eurydice

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

  4. Which title is traditionally attached to the saint commemorated on Valentine's Day?

    Answer: Saint Valentine

    The holiday's name comes from Saint Valentine, though traditions combine stories about more than one martyr.

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

    Answer: Fourteenth century

    Chaucer composed Parliament of Fowls during the fourteenth century.

Daily round

  1. Which fruitlike structure forms below a rose flower?

    Answer: Rose hip

    A rose hip develops after pollination and contains the plant's seeds.

  2. 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.

  3. Which Italian word means love?

    Answer: Amore

    Amore is the Italian noun for love.

  4. What is a platonic relationship?

    Answer: A close non-romantic relationship

    Platonic relationships are emotionally close without being romantic or sexual.

  5. Which Swiss chocolatier developed milk chocolate with Henri Nestlé's condensed milk?

    Answer: Daniel Peter

    Daniel Peter used condensed milk developed by Henri Nestlé to create successful milk chocolate.