Greetings, Inspy Romance Fans! Lee Tobin McClain here with a Valentines’ Day Quiz. Just five questions. Answer all five by midnight on Valentines Day, Feb.14, then check your answers and let us know which answer surprised you most. One random commenter will win a $10 Amazon gift card.
- In which famous work of English literature does Valentine’s Day play a role?
a) Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
b) Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
c) Chaucer’s Parliament of Fowls
d) Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities
- What is the most common flower given for Valentine’s Day?
a) Pink Carnations
b) Red Roses
c) Pink Roses
d) Red Amaryllis
- Who is more likely to give flowers as a Valentine’s Day gift?
a) Men
b) Women
- Who receives the most valentines?
a) Wives
b) Mothers
c) Girlfriends
d) Teachers
- Hallmark produced its first valentine in:
a) 1963
b) 1913
c) 1945
d) 1933
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Answers:
1: c
2: b
3: a
4: d
5: b
Comment on which answer surprised you the most to be entered in the drawing for a $10 Amazon gift card!
Lee Tobin McClain read Gone With The Wind in the third grade and has been an incurable romantic ever since. Lee is the author of the Sacred Bond series of contemporary inspirational romances and also writes the Rescue River books (angsty, but full of fun kids and dogs) for Harlequin Love Inspired. When she not writing emotional Christian romances, she's probably driving around a carload of snarky teen girls, playing with her rescue dog and cat, or teaching aspiring writers in Seton Hill University's MFA program. She is probably not cleaning her house.
Question 4 surprised me the most. However it makes sense with a teacher having so many little ones and the other choices are single relationships. I should not have been surprised. Good quiz . And the book will be on my Valentine’s list today ?
#4 Teachers. I didn’t think of the little adorable kids but more of the middle n high school kids who does really think of teachers in that term. That’s I definite surprise to me.
1c The Chauncer’s Parliament Fowls surprised me the most. I’d thought it was Rome and Juliet. I love these little fact / quiz games. Thanks, Jenny
Love your cover!
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Yay for teachers! I always love trivia, Lee. Great quiz! Happy Valentine’s Day!
I guess teachers was a little surprising…but that it wasn’t until 1913 was more to me…that’s just a little over one hundred years of an extra Love day ;) Fun Quiz!
#1. I’m not a big reader of classic English fiction. I know big surprise from a guy, right?
BTW I just finished the Sacred Bond series. My wife and I read them together. Great work. We enjoyed them immensely.
What a fun quiz! I think #1 surprised me the most, because I associate Chaucer with knights and pilgrims.
#5 Although the old Valentine’s are lovely!
I knew the answer to #1.. just read it in a book chat :)
Happy Valentines Day!
I was pretty sure #4 was either mothers or teachers, so the only one I really got wrong was #1. I’ve never read the Chaucer, and it’s been too long since I read the others to remember :-)
It would have to be number 1). But then I couldn’t remember much about the books selected. I didn’t pick Chaucer since I’d read him in college and didn’t think it fit lol. May have to go back and read this one.
Question #1 surprised me a little. It was a process of elimination for that one. Having been a teacher I knew that teachers get lots of valentines. I was surprised that I got all five of them right.
I was surprised that teachers got the most Valentine’s, but it makes sense, with all the kids in the class. I discovered the bond brothers books and have read a few out of order. I didn’t realize I was reading the middle of a series at first :-). I really enjoyed the ones I’ve read and at some point will try to get the rest. God bless!
For me it was definitely number 4: teachers. I was sure it would be either girlfriends or wives.
I grew up in South Africa, where we celebrate Valentine’s Day but never on the scale that the US does. This week I had to get Valentine cards for each student in my 3 year old’s classroom. It’s a new thing to me but I really like it, since every child and teacher get something special and nobody feels left out.
I can’t believe I got all the answers right! Even the first one, which was a complete guess. Thanks for the fun quiz!
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That’s so neat that you read with your wife. Thanks for choosing my books to read together!
Wow, we have got a lot of smart readers on InspyRomance! If someone goes back to read Chaucer’s PARLIAMENT OF FOWLES because of this post, the teacher in me will be very happy!
#1 surprised me the most. I thought it was Romeo and Juliet. Chaucer is linked more to knights in my book ;)
What surprised me the most was getting all five right! Okay, a couple I did guess. ;)
Congratulations on His Secret Child hitting the Publisher’s Weekly list so high!
Most surprising was teachers until I realized every kiddo brings valentines to everyone in the class.
Picked red roses but I know someone that got pink roses recently!!!
Like most #4 surprised me, but it guess unless you are a teacher or have little kids it just doesn’t cross your mind when thinking about valentines!
Well, that was fun! ;) #5 was the only one that really surprised me. It was also the only one that I got wrong (because I just guessed at the answer).
I did not do very well on this quiz! :) The one that surprised me most was that teachers get the most valentines. I remember exchanging valentines as a student with my little classmates and I guess a larger one was always given to my teacher now that I think about it.
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I only got one wrong on this quiz (#1)…that’s a surprise in itself! I just had a feeling it wasn’t the obvious answers…lol!
The one that stood out to me was #5: Hallmark putting out it’s first Valentine in 1913, I didn’t realize it’s been that long! Such a fun quiz, Lee, thanks for sharing :-)
I guess the Chaucer’s Parliament of Fowls is the one I did not know. I have not ever read this so I couldn’t even guess. I guessed the others. I picked 1913 because it was the oldest date. It was a good quiz and I do love taking them. thanks for sharing Hope you have a fun Valentine’s Day.
I was most surprised by #5 and the year Hallmark produced it’s first Valentine. I have never really thought about that. It just seems that Hallmark has been around forever. haha! Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! :-)
I love our InspyRomance readers! I think I’m going to do more quizzes–I had fun researching and writing this one, and I’m so glad you had fun taking it! And ha, Ralph K.—my pink roses are GORGEOUS!
I was surprised by the answer to #1.
# 4 I went for Girlfriends, but I can understand why Teachers would get the most.
I got them all right – yay me! lol. I will say that, as a teacher, #4 did not surprise me at all haha!! My first year – my entire desk was literally COVERED with valentines and gifts, etc. #1 was perhaps most surprising to me. Chaucer’s is the only one of the 4 I haven’t read so I picked it as my answer by process of elimination lol. But I wouldn’t have guessed by the title that it would have been correct.
I’m so surprised the most popular isn’t really roses! Fun quiz, Lee! Hope your day is filled with the ones you love most. Blessings to you!
Number 1 surprised me the most.
The only one I was off on was #1. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Hallmark produced its first valentine in: b) 1913 i had no idea valentines were here for that long !
I was surprised to learn that Hallmark has been around for over 100 years.