Celeb Couples
In the ’80s, Cher made headlines with her relationship with this future Top Gun star.
Val Kilmer
The two dated for two years, despite a notable age gap.
This street sign could say “No outlet.”
dead end
Cul-de-sacs are considered dead-end streets. The longest dead-end street in Britain is 22 miles (35 km) long and a single-lane road.
This was given as a gift of liberty to the United States from France.
Statue of Liberty
It stands in the New York Harbor and welcomes immigrants. It’s also a welcoming sight to visitors flying into New York City airports.
This is the term for a physical issue that is rooted in the mind.
psychosomatic
The word derives from the Greek words psyche, meaning “mind,” and soma, meaning “body.”
Similar to a pushpin, but with a flat head
thumbtack
Pushpins are easier to handle, and especially to remove, given their design, while thumbtacks are a bit harder to lift.
In 1986, prominent businessman Arne Næss Jr. married this iconic Supremes singer.
Diana Ross
The couple were married for 14 years and have two children together.
This lock has no spring and is often a secondary lock.
deadbolt
The lock forces a bolt into a hardened doorframe. It cannot be picked by using a credit card to force it open, and it requires tools and knowledge to open it without a key.
This national park spans Tennessee and North Carolina.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
It’s the most visited national park and welcomes more than 11 million visitors each year.
This slip of the tongue is said to reveal a person’s secret thoughts.
Freudian slip
Freud believed that these slips revealed a person’s repressed thoughts or unconscious desires.
The name for each little corn segment
kernel
In most countries, corn is called maize. Each ear of corn has approximately 800 kernels.
In 1987, this actor married Brigitte Nielsen, his Rocky IV costar.
Sylvester Stallone
Their wedding made headlines for its extravagance, though the marriage lasted a short two years.
A do-nothing, lazy person or one who fails to pay debts is known as this.
deadbeat
This national park in Arizona is known for its monumental depths and its towering, multicolored topography.
What is Grand Canyon National Park? It’s also one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
“Just because you’re [this] doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.”
paranoid
This quote is by author Joseph Heller, from his book Catch-22.
A beach’s tiny grains
sand
Sand is the byproduct of broken-down organic and inorganic things such as rocks, dead coral, and skeletal remains of marine life.
Thanks to a recent reality show, fans got a glimpse into the life of this Kiss star and his wife, Shannon Tweed.
Gene Simmons
Together since the 1980s, the couple’s unique relationship timeline includes dating for 28 years before marriage.
This is the term for mail the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) cannot deliver.
dead mail
In 2022, the USPS had around 270 million pieces of dead mail.
Monticello and an academic village were designed by this former president.
Thomas Jefferson
The UNESCO World Heritage Site is known as Monticello and the University of Virginia. Jefferson’s architecture features neoclassical designs, and his academic village is now the heart of the UVA campus.
These inkblot tests are used to assess personality.
Rorschach tests
The inkblots are symmetrical, in black-and-white or in color, and resemble watercolor paintings.
Tiny, bright red insects that leave red, inflamed areas around the bite
chiggers
It’s hard to see them because of their size—1/150th of an inch. At most, you might see a tiny, red dot. Chiggers are related to arachnids (spiders), and adults have eight legs.
The 1986 wedding of this couple, the Terminator himself and JFK’s niece, made headlines.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver
The power couple was married for 25 years; both have ties to the acting and political worlds.
Comedians who have mastered this expressionless style include Bea Arthur, Jack Benny, Harvey Korman, and Tim Conway.
deadpan
Conway’s masterful deadpan often broke his fellow stars to the point they couldn’t contain their laughter.
A combined eight of his properties, designed in the first half of the 20th century, were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019.
Frank Lloyd Wright
The eight sites include two of his best-known designs: the Guggenheim Museum in New York City and Fallingwater in Mill Run, Pennsylvania.
This is the term for conflict between belief and actions.
cognitive dissonance
When you get an unsettled feeling from doing something that does not align with your values and beliefs, that feeling is cognitive dissonance.
If you rationalize a decision and later regret it, that could be a result of cognitive dissonance.
One-billionth of a second
nanosecond
Its practical application is found in technology.