Love Trivia Quiz

Answer: Warmth

The word 'start' indicates that the initial letters of the following words should be used for the answer. 'W-hen A-ll R-eason M-ay T-ake H-eart' leads to 'warmth' - which can be a feeling of love for something. The word comes from the Old English 'wearm'.

In his satirical poem of 1809, 'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers', Lord Byron writes, "Be warm, but pure; be amorous, but be chaste".

Answer: Devotion

The word 'changes' indicates an anagram. The eight letters in 'I voted on' can be rearranged to make the word 'devotion' - another word for love. It comes from the Latin 'vovere' meaning 'to vow'.

Washington Irving described the dollar as, "that great object of universal devotion throughout our land," in 'Wolfert's Roost' in 1855.

Answer: Affection

Loud is f, from musical notation. Fe is the symbol for iron on the periodic table. Putting these two inside the word 'action' leads to 'A-F-Fe-ction'. 'Affection' is another expression for love. The word comes through Middle English and Old French from the Latin 'affectare' meaning 'to affect'.

In Chapter 8 of 'The Road to Wigan Pier', published in 1937, George Orwell writes, "You can have an affection for a murderer or a sodomite, but you cannot have an affection for a man whose breath stinks."

Answer: Passion

The ring is 'O', and 'passin'' surrounds it to give 'Passi-O-n'; 'passion' is another word for love. It comes through Middle English and Old French from the Latin 'pati' meaning 'to suffer'.

In chapter 23 of his novel from 1850, 'The History of Pendennis', William Makepeace Thackeray writes, "Yes, I am a fatal man, Madame Fribsbi. To inspire hopeless passion is my destiny."

Answer: Ardour

For the British English clue:-
A French street is 'rue', so it becomes 'ru' when truncated, and 'ur' when reversed. An anagram is indicated by the word 'moving', so road can be rearranged to make 'ardo'. Putting the two together gives' ardo-ur'.

For the American English clue:-
Right is 'R', and the word 'changes' leads to an anagram. Rearranging 'R road' makes 'ardor'.

'Ardour', or 'ardor', is another word for love. It comes through Middle English and Old French from the Latin 'ardere' meaning to burn.

In Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' from 1818, she writes, "These thoughts supported my spirits, while I pursued my undertaking with unremitting ardour."

Answer: Liking

The word 'moving' indicates an anagram. Rearranging 'GI link' leads to 'liking' - another word for love. It comes from the Old English 'lician' meaning 'to be pleasing'.

"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal." was written by Jane Austen in a letter to her sister, Cassandra, in 1798.

Answer: Adoration

'Ado' is another word for 'commotion'; the 'charged particle' is an 'ion'; the 'rodent' is a 'rat'. Putting the three together gives 'ado-rat-ion' - another word for love. It comes through Middle English and Old French from the Latin 'adorare' meaning 'to worship'.

Richelle E. Goodrich wrote, "Prove that you love me through a lingering gaze and never losing that twinkle of adoration in your eyes." in her 2015 book, 'Smile Anyway'.

Answer: Delight

The word 'around' indicates an anagram; rearranging 'glideth' leads to 'delight' - another word for love. It comes through Middle English and Old French from the Latin 'delectare' meaning 'to charm'.

The traditional folk song, 'The Lincolnshire Poacher' has the line "Oh, 'tis my delight on a shining night, in the season of the year," at the end of every verse.

Answer: Tenderness

The magnetic poles are north (N) and south (S). The word 'moves' means an anagram. Rearranging the letters in 'terse' around the word 'end' and 'N' and 'S' gives 't-end-er-N-e-S-s'; 'tenderness' is another word for love. It comes through Middle English and Old French from the Latin 'tener' meaning 'delicate' or 'tender'.

Victor Hugo wrote, "A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them." in his book, 'Les Miserables', published in 1862.

Answer: Rapture

The word 'finally' indicates that we want the last letters of the following seven words - 'oveR A hoP aT timbuktU foR mE' leads to 'rapture', which is another word for love. The word is also used to describe the transporting of Christian believers to Heaven. It came into use in the sixteenth century from the medieval Latin 'raptura' meaning 'seizing'.

Henry James wrote, "This belief, for a moment, was a kind of rapture, in which she felt herself sink and sink." in 'The Portrait of a Lady' - a book published in 1881.