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Valentine's Day

Dyann J Callahan

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2.The original ___ cocoa recipe was a mixture of ground cocoa beans, water, wine, and peppers.
3.Named after the Beatles song, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", a crystallized white dwarf ____, consisting of diamonds. It’s weight is 10 billion trillion trillion carat.
4.This tree produces a fruit about the size of a small pineapple. Inside the fruit are the tree's seeds, also known as cocoa beans.
5.A 22 year old gift of love is the ___ Mahal in India from the Emperor to his wife, who died in childbirth.
8.The phrase "_____ for the sweet" is a line from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 1.
9."I ____ you" in German is "Ich liebe dich."
10.In the Middles Ages, lovers would wear the name of their Valentines on these for a week, hence the saying.
13.The hardest natural substance on earth found mostly in volcanic rock known as Kimberlite.
16.The red rose was the favorite flower of ____, the Roman goddess of love. Red stands for strong feelings which is why a red rose is a flower of love.
18.The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers _____ and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day.
19.Humans are the only animals to produce emotional ____, carried from the lacriminal sac.
22.This company has over 1330 different cards specifically for Valentine's Day.
24.This word first appeared in the 16th century. The honey is a reference to the sweetness of a new marriage and the moon is not a reference to the lunar-based month, but rather a bitter acknowledgment that this sweetness, like a full moon, would quickly fade.
25.This popular treatment for venereal diseases such as syphilis, was introduced to the world on February 14, 1929.
28.Puritans sent confections such as marzipan and sweetmeats with this rare commodity as an ingredient.
29.The tradition of a diamond engagement ___ started in 1477 when Archduke Maximillian of Austria gave one to Mary of Burgundy.
30.This prohibition conflict, St. Valentines Day _______, involved Chicago gangs led by al Capone and Bugs Marone.
31.The majority of these flowers are from South America on Valentine's Day.
32.Humorous valentines of the 19th century were called "Vinegar Valentines" or "_____ ______."
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1.The Ancient ____ would give chocolate as a stress reliever before religious executions where the heart was cut out of the chest.
2."Conversation _____", the chalky candy, have a new theme each year and been around since the Civil War.
6.This chilly bird mates for life and is serially monogamous.
7.This color of rose is attributed to friendship and joy.
11.The oldest love poem is on a clay tablet from these peoples, the inventors of writing.
12.Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the ______, an "Improvement in Telegraphy", on Valentine's Day, 1876.
13.The poisonous part of chocolate is a chemical called theobromine. It's harmless to humans, but deadly to these.
14.One single perfect ___ rose framed with baby's breath is referred to by some florists as a "signature rose."
15.St Hilaire's monks in France discovered a way to trap the gas in fermenting wine, giving Champagne this nickname.
17.This Roman was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity.
20.In Egypt, the vein of love goes from the fourth one of these to the heart,so we wear wedding bands there.
21.Used in Fine perfumes, a waxy, flammable solid regurgitated from Sperm Whales.
23.The longest ____ listed in the Guinness Book of World Records lasted an incredible 417 hours.
26.The Ivory Coast is the world's largest producer of _____, the main ingredient in chocolate.
27.The son of Venus and Mars, frequently shown shooting his bow to inspire romantic love.

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