Norse Myth
This Norse god kept an eye on his wife Frigg, who herself presided over marriage.
Who is Odin?
It's good before moving in together to set these, which can also be natural features like rivers that function as borders.
What are boundaries?
The Economist publishes an index named for this fast food sandwich that helps determine if national currencies are undervalued.
What is a Big Mac?
It's another way to refer to the United States Marines.
What are the Marine Corps?
Unable to capture Osaka Castle, Tokugawa Ieyasu made peace...then filled in these, redeclared war, and took the castle.
What are moats?
Not just a hamlet in New York, it's the site of slain warriors where the same unfortunate boar is eaten and resurrected daily.
What is Valhalla?
A censorious old phrase for a boyfriend and girlfriend sharing a home, or a book about cohabitation in Victorian times.
What is living in sin?
This "elemental" levy is slapped on a business that generates pollution through emissions.
What is a carbon tax?
To the untrained eye, it might be hard to tell the difference between eczema and this skin disease.
What is psoriasis?
Aries was the Roman word for this device used to assault many a castle.
What is a battering ram?
Thought invincible, Baldr got the kiss of death after getting hit with a sprig of this holiday-appropriate shrub, the one thing that could do the job.
What is mistletoe?
You may add this word to your "vv"ocabulary, as in "let's ____ up the chores."
What is divvy?
Not just for us lowly citizens, these types of ratings are issued to companies and nations by S&P Global and Moody's.
What are credit ratings/credit scores?
In slang, these mean proof of supposed wrongdoing, usually in the form of screen caps; now "show me" them!
What are receipts?
A Jacobite force failed to take this Scottish castle in 1715; the ladder they brought turned out to be too short to scale the ramparts.
What is Edinburgh Castle?
The nine realms include Álfheimr, home of the light elves; Niðavellir, home of the dwarves; and this, home to us puny ol' mortals.
What is Midgard?
Before big-time success, Roger Taylor and Freddie Mercury of Queen shared an apartment, so Brit-wise, they were these.
What are flatmates?
The Latin for "death" gives us this term for the lessening of the value of assets or debts over a period of time.
What is amortization?
"Flat Earthism" is often grouped under this branch of not-accepted knowledge.
What is pseudoscience?
Now meaning to secretly weaken, it originally meant to tunnel below a fortification in order to collapse the walls.
What is undermine?
As "Watchman of the Gods," he could see one hundred leagues; another skill was the ability to hear grass grow, for some reason.
Who is Heimdall?
Punning on something edible, this type of "list" comes before "... the dishes," "... the laundry," etc.
What is a honey-do?
In 1913, this British economist published "Indian Currency and Finance," then got into government work, which is so him-sian.
Who is John Maynard Keynes?
She's the mortal-born goddess of the soul and the wife of Eros.
Who is Psyche?
In the event of a surprise attack, defenders could quickly lower this heavy grate.
What is a portcullis?