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1. Relationship problems are often cited as one of the top reasons for suicide. Which of the following days might a relationship-challenged individual dread? Hint: It's a day memorializing the death of a saint.
2. Valentine's Day memorializes the death of a saint. Which saint thus named, for which we celebrate his martyrdom, was allegedly beheaded for marrying young couples at a time when marriage was illegal by Roman emperor, Claudius II?
3. The legend of Valentine's Day began to grow. Which English author contributed to the popularization of Valentine's Day within his poem "Parlement of Foules" that says: "For this was on seynt Volantynys day, Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make"? Essentially he's responsible for the first references toward Valentine's Day being for lovers.
4. Some aspects of Valentine's Day have their roots in pagan traditions. Those ancients took debauchery to high levels during this wolf-whistling Roman holiday, celebrated February 13-15, which included running through the streets naked (or dressed in fresh goat skins), whipping willing women in an effort to increase fertility?
5. The penning of love notes was added to the Valentine's Day debacle. Charles of Orléans was a French Duke captured during the Battle of Agincourt by the British because he was unable to get out from under a pile of bodies wearing his armor (which weighed him down). He was held as a prisoner of war and wrote his beloved wife Valentine poems from within which stronghold?
6. After all the blood and violence from which Valentine's Day sprang, it became a two-headed monster when the commercialization of Valentine's Day started in the United States with the mass production of Valentine's Day cards. This process was credited to which individual (no she didn't popularize Easter)?
7. With the commercialization of Valentine's Day complete, more dark days were ahead. 1929 brought with it the bloody Valentine's Day Massacre, which was the culmination of a mob war in Chicago over bootleg alcohol territories. Seven members of a rival gang were lined up and shot, execution style, upon the orders of what famous mobster?
8. Sick of all this Valentine's Day nonsense, a group of Valentine's Day haters established an anti-holiday celebration that targeted the commercialization of this "Hallmark holiday" and celebrating the strength of being alone. What was their anti-holiday called?
9. For some poor souls, Valentine's Day is an onslaught of histamines flowing from the Valentine goods everywhere. Of all holidays, where does Valentine's rank for fresh flower purchases that tease the nose hairs of allergy sufferers?
10. As depressing as Valentine's Day and this quiz has become, I'll end on a lighter note with the 2010 movie, "Valentine's Day". Which actress who brings sexy back played Kara Monahan, a publicist who spends the majority of the movie preparing for her "I Hate Valentine's Day" party?
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