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Valentine's Day quiz


Can't resist, but I will be slow with q and a's!


 


The lovers' holiday, known as Valentine's Day, has its origins in the Pagan rite of...



Romance
Joviality
Fertility
Wine making

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Fertility

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Anonymous

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Yes sir and Hi Maple!



The Pagan fertility festival was named after what Roman god?



Venus
Lupercus
Odraticus
Fortuna

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Venus

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Anonymous

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Wrong answer. Lupercus garnered the respect of young lovers.

3. Valentine was stoned, clubbed and beheaded because he...

Secretly married young lovers
Ate too much chocolate
Refused to send the Roman emperor a Valentine's Day card
Failed to pay income tax




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Secretly married young lovers.

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Anonymous

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That's right. Valentine began secretly marrying young lovers after Emperor Claudius II banned marriage in an attempt to attract more young men to the army.

4. Why is the name Asterius important to the Valentine's Day story?

He was Valentine's jailer
He was Valentine's florist
He was Valentine's judge
He was Valentine's chocolatier

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Ok so I guessed:


That's right. Asterius was Valentine's jailer, and legend has it that his daughter's blindness was cured by Valentine. In a farewell note to her, Valentine wrote the message "From Your Valentine."

5. Which civilization introduced Valentine's Day cards?

Greece
Rome
India
Babylonia

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