Valentine's Quiz All you need is love. And a pen. And maybe a cuppa …and the ten general knowledge questions below. In celebration of St. Valentine’s Day this month, all the questions have a love-related theme. 1. MUSIC: In which year did The Beatles have a number one hit with ‘All You Need Is Love’? a) 1965 b) 1966 c) 1967 d) 1968 2. FILM: Which film, a box office smash in 1970, starred Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw? a) Dr. Strangelove b) Love Actually c) Romancing The Stone d) Love Story 3. LITERATURE: ‘How do I love thee? Let me count the ways’ is the famous opening line of Sonnet 43, by which Durham-born poet? a) Elizabeth Barrett Browning b) William Wordsworth c) William Blake d) Virginia Wolf 4. SPORT and LANGUAGE: In tennis, the term 'love' for a nil score is thought to originate from the shape of a zero resembling an egg. The word for ‘egg’ is ‘l’oeuf’ in which language? a) French b) Latin c) Gaelic d) Sanskrit 5. HISTORY: The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre led by Al Capone in 1929 took place in which city? a) Venice b) Chicago c) Paris d) New York 6. THEATRE: ‘If music be the food of love, play on’ is the famous opening line of which Shakespeare play? a) Romeo and Juliet b) A Midsummer Night’s Dream c) The Tempest d) Twelfth Night
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7. NATURE: The annual flowering plant with the Latin name ‘Nigella Damascena’ is better known as what? a) Forget-me-not b) Love-me-not c) Love-me-do d) Love-in-a-Mist 8. TELEVISION: The 2021 ITV series ‘Love Island’ was filmed on which Mediterranean island? a) Majorca b) Ibiza c) Sardinia d) Cyprus 9. ART: ‘The Birth of Venus’ is a 15th Century painting depicting the Roman goddess of love, by which artist? a) Leonardo da Vinci b) Michelangelo c) Botticelli d) Jellybotty 10. MYTHOLOGY: In Greek legend, which hunter, known for his beauty, is said to have rejected all romantic advances, eventually falling in love with his own reflection in a pool of water? a) Cupid b) Aphrodite c) Narcissus d) Eros BONUS POINT. QUOTATION: Who said, “Marriage is a great institution, but I’m not ready for an institution yet”? a) Russell Brand b) Mae West c) Oscar Wilde d) Jane Austen ANSWERS: 1c 2d 3a 4a 5b 6d 7d 8a 9c 10c Bonus b SCORE:_______ The quiz is contributed by local Wedding Celebrant Lisa von Fircks. Lisa writes and conducts romantic, personalised wedding ceremonies for couples getting married in and around Hampshire and overseas. www.humanist.org.uk/lisavonfircks She was a contender on the current series of BBC’s Mastermind.
