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Feel the Love With Our Valentine's Day Quiz

Test your knowledge of romance, dating and sex

Robin L. Flanigan,

Tracy Schorn,

AARP

En español

Published February 07, 2023

9 Questions

Feel the Love With Our Valentine's Day Quiz

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  "question" : "How long does it take to fall in love? ",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Three dates",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "24 hours",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "One-fifth of a second ",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Five minutes",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "You might not believe in love at first sight, but researchers at Syracuse University found that when people fall in love, 12 areas of the brain fire up to introduce chemicals that produce a euphoric feeling, similar to a cocaine high. And they concluded that it only takes a fifth of a second for this to take place. ",
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}, {
  "question" : "Valentine’s Day spending is expected to reach the second-highest amount on record in 2023. What is that figure?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "$15 million",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "$18 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "$26 billion ",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "$28 billion",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "People are spending on their loved ones in a big way. The National Retail Federation predicted all those lovers would spend $26 billion on Valentine’s Day — most of it on candy, greeting cards and flowers.",
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}, {
  "question" : "The quote “You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how” is from which movie?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "\"Gone With the Wind\"",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "\"The Notebook\"",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "\"Breakfast at Tiffany’s\"",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "\"When Harry Met Sally\"",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Margaret Mitchell’s hero Rhett Butler (played by Clark Gable) offers this line to protagonist Scarlett O’Hara (played by Vivien Leigh) in the 1939 Academy Award–winning film \"Gone With the Wind.\"",
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}, {
  "question" : "In what state was a six-story, castle-like monument to love built on Heart Island?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Minnesota",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "New York ",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Oregon",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Rhode Island",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Wealthy hotelier George C. Boldt commissioned Boldt Castle for his wife, Louise. Construction stopped, however, after Louise’s unexpected death in 1904. Now restored by the Thousand Islands Bridge Authority, the property is a tourist attraction and contains a pool, billiards room, dove cote and bowling alley.",
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}, {
  "question" : "How many dreams contain sexual content?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Nearly 1 in 5",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Nearly 1 in 10 ",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Nearly 1 in 15",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Nearly 1 in 20",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The American Academy of Sleep Medicine puts the figure at approximately 8 percent. That said, there are gender differences. Women are more likely to have sex dreams about politicians, celebrities or their exes; men, meanwhile, are more likely to dream about having sex with multiple partners at once. ",
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}, {
  "question" : "Older adults increasingly are turning to online dating sites to find romantic partners. At what age do women go from expressing more interest in older men to preferring younger men?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "75",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "70",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "65",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "60",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "While women start showing more interest in younger men around age 75, men of all ages were shown to be more interested in physically attractive, younger dates, according to a 2018 literature review published in the journal \"OBM Geriatrics.\"",
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}, {
  "question" : "Sweethearts candies added 16 new sayings on its chalky heart-shaped confections in 2022. Which of these expressions made the cut?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "HOLD ME",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "YES!",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "SO PROUD",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "WAY 2 GO",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The theme for the additional messages was all about teamwork and encouragement — a nice idea, but worth nowhere near the amorous currency of such classic phrases as “BE MINE,” “HUG ME” and “CUTIE PIE.” ",
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}, {
  "question" : "For a healthy 50-year-old man, the risk of having a heart attack while having sex is: ",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "1 in 100,000",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1 in 350,000",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "2 in a million",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "3 in a million",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "This is according to Harvard Medical School, which cautions that the risk is 10 times higher for men with heart disease. ",
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}, {
  "question" : "Which was the first band to record the song “Love Potion No. 9”?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "The Searchers ",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "The Four Seasons",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "The Drifters",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "The Clovers ",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "R&B group the Clovers originally performed the song in 1959, although it was later recorded in 1964 by the Searchers during the British Invasion. The revised version went to number 3 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in 1965. ",
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