Valentine’s Day trivia

The feast of St. Valentine has been celebrated on February 14 for more than 15 centuries. Test your knowledge of language by answering the Valentine's-themed questions below.

1. In Victorian times, people expressed their feelings through Placeholder for the answer, the practice of assigning certain meanings to different flowers.
2. What does the "x" in "xoxo" mean?
3. Natalie makes no secret of her feelings. She wears her heart on her Placeholder for the answer.
4. A traditional gift on Valentine's Day is a box of chocolates, and one of the most popular fillings is Placeholder for the answer.
5. The first heart-shaped boxes of chocolates appeared in the Placeholder for the answer.
6. The earliest known Valentine's Day greeting was sent Placeholder for the answer.
7. Which of the three sentences below is capitalized correctly?
8. Valentine's Day isn't just for lovers in Mexico, where it's called "el Día del Amor y la Amistad," which means "Day of Love and Placeholder for the answer."
9. In Japan, it's the Placeholder for the answer for women to give men chocolates on February 14.
10. Cupid, the mischievous archer whose arrows cause his victims to fall helplessly in love, is often depicted as a Placeholder for the answer.
  
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