##  [Valentine’s Day trivia](/en/quiz/valentines-day-trivia-eng)

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](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif), the practice of assigning certain meanings to different flowers.flowerology

floriography

floranomics

2. What does the "x" in "xoxo" mean?kiss

hug

love

3. Natalie makes no secret of her feelings. She wears her heart on her ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif).arm

collar

sleeve

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](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif).caramel

carmel

carmelle

5. The first heart-shaped boxes of chocolates appeared in the ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif).1860's

1860s'

1860s

6. The earliest known Valentine's Day greeting was sent ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif).over 600 years ago

over more than six hundred years ago

6 hundred plus years ago

7. Which of the three sentences below is capitalized correctly?Have a Happy Valentine's Day!

I wish you a happy Valentine's Day!

On the card, he wrote "happy Valentine's Day!"

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](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif)."Amnesty

Friendship

Charity

9. In Japan, it's the ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif) for women to give men chocolates on February 14.custom

costume

costum

10. Cupid, the mischievous archer whose arrows cause his victims to fall helplessly in love, is often depicted as a ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif).cherub

cherrub

cherrib