Ah, it’s that time of year again... Booked-up restaurants, overpriced flowers, rampant commercialisation. Yep, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and, whether you’re attached or not, it seems to be the one celebration that most of us love to hate (while demolishing a posh M&S Dine-in For Two feast).
Whatever your take on the international day of lurve, we are jumping on the bandwagon with a Valentine’s-themed edition of our fiendishly difficult weekly general knowledge quiz.
These 10 questions cover everything from film and television to myths and history. Do you know your love gods from your ‘80s power ballads? Gather your fellow quizzers and find out below.
This week’s questions
1. Eros, son of Aphrodite, was a Greek god associated with love. What was the name of his Roman counterpart?
2.The Silence of the Lambs introduced Anthony Hopkins’ Hannibal Lecter to the world on 14 February 1991. Who wrote the book on which the film was based?
3. In which country was milk chocolate invented by chocolatier Daniel Peter?
4. Which US First Lady presented the first televised tour of the White House, which was watched by millions of Americans on Valentine’s Day, 1962?
5. In the classic The Simpsons episode “I Love Lisa”, Lisa Simpson sends an “I Choo-Choo-Choose You” Valentine’s Day card to which character?
6. Alexander Graham Bell filed his patent application for what world-changing device on 14 February 1876?
7. What is the name of the sport in which competitors use bows to fire arrows at stationary circular targets?
8. Which 1939 romantic epic is the highest-grossing movie of all time when adjusted for inflation (at the time of writing)?
9. Which legendary hair metal band released the power ballad Every Rose Has Its Thorn in 1988?
10. How many seeds adorn the surface of an average strawberry: 100, 200 or 300?
Scroll down for the answers. And if you’re in the mood for more brain teasers, check out some of Tes’ other recent quizzes below…
