QUIZTIME QUIZZES

1. If your birthday fell on Valentines Day what would your star sign be?
Aquarius
2. In which year did the St Valentine’s Day Massacre take place and in which city?
1929 / Chicago
3. Who discovered penicillin on Valentine’s Day in 1929?
Sir Alexander Fleming
4. Who had Christmas top ten hits in two consecutive years with Christmas Alphabet in 1955 & Christmas Island in 1956?
Dickie Valentine
5. Valentine and Proteus were the names of two gentlemen from where?
Verona
6. In which 1993 film does a boy called Jonah write to a woman called Annie, asking her to meet his father at the Empire State building on St. Valentine’s Day?
"Sleepless In Seattle"
7. Who got married to German music engineer Renate Blauel on Valentines Day 1984?
Elton John
8. According to superstition, if a woman sees a robin on Valentines day it means she will marry who?
A Sailor
9. Who played the title role in the film Shirley Valentine?
Pauline Collins
10. On which Greek island was Shirley Valentine largely set?
Mykonos
11. Who had a top ten hit in 1988 with “Valentine”?
T’Pau
12. Which nickname did Johnny Cash share with British actor Valentine Dyall?
The Man In Black
13. True or false, more diamonds are sold at Christmas time than on Valentine’s Day?
True
14. Who played the rogue Raffles in the T.V series?
Anthony Valentine
15. Which American Gangster was behind the Saint Valentines Day Massacre?
Al Capone
16. ”The St Valentine’s Day Massacre” was the name given to the 6th fight between which two boxers in 1951?
Sugar Ray Robinson & Jake La Motta
17. Which British playwright wrote Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine?
Willie Russell
18. Name the two brooks on Aintree’s Racecourse?
Beachers and Valentines
19. In the St Valentine’s Day massacre, what were the hitmen dressed as?
Policemen
20. True or False: St Valentine was born on the 14th February hence St Valentines day?
False - He died on 14th February - the bishop’s death officially occurred in Rome on 14th February 270AD

21. In what type of building did the St Valentine’s Day Massacre take place?
Garage
22. In which TV series did Anthony Valentine lock up David McCallum and Robert Wagner?
Colditz
23. In which English county will you find the Cricket Ground Valentine’s Park?
Essex - Ilford
24. In which century was the first valentines card sent?
15th (1477 - Margery Brews to John Paston in Norfolk)
25. The song My Funny Valentine was co-written by Richard Rodgers and which lyricist?
Lorenz Hart - born in New York in 1895
26. What author with a romantic first name wrote the novel Miracle on 34th Street?
Valentine Davies
27. Everyone knows that Valentine is the patron saint of love but which other pastime falls under his patronage?
Bee Keeping
28. In which European Country did Saint Valentine live?
Italy
29. Was Saint Valentine was beheaded because - he secretly married young couples when marriage was outlawed,     he refused to marry the emperor to more than one woman or he was found to be secretly married to a young woman?
(a) He secretly married young couples
30. The son of the Goddess Venus is associated with Valentine’s Day – what is his name?
Cupid - Eros is the Greek God of Love
31. Was the oldest surviving Valentines card sent from - a) A soldier on a battlefield, b) The Whitehouse
or c) The Tower of London?
c) tower of London (1415)
32. What fruit was sacred to Venus – the goddess of Love?
Apple (Aphrodite is the Greek Goddess of Love)
33. Louis Winthrop III and Billy Ray Valentine are the guinea pigs for the Duke brothers in which 1983 film?
Trading places
34. What do the Initials “SWALK” stand for, on the back of a Valentines Day envelope?
Sealed with a loving kiss!
35. In which European city is St Valentine buried?
Dublin
36. In the film Shirley Valentine, who played the part of her husband?
Bernard Hill (she is married to John Alderton)
37. Which movie’s tag line was “Love Means Never Having to Say you’re sorry”?
Love Story
38. Which film, which premiered in 1959, told the story of two unemployed musicians who accidentally witness the St Valentine’s Day massacre and flee to Miami disguised as girl musicians?
Some Like It Hot
39. What is the theme song for the TV sitcom Married with Children?
Love and Marriage
40. What was the surname of Al Capone’s top "hit man", nicknamed "Machine Gun", who was arrested (and later released) in the wake of the "St. Valentine’s Day Massacre"?
McGurn (60) Jack McGurn. Definitely not "Kelly" who was nothing to do with Capone although admittedly better known than McGurn.

Tiebreaker - How many people actually died in The Saint Valentines Day Massacre?
Seven