THE SEARCH FOR FOREIGN LANDS
FOR THE LOVE OF PETE
TV DRAMAS IN A NUTSHELL
ADVENTUROUS WOMEN
RAIN
CRINGEWORTHY OFFICE LINGO
Final Jeopardy
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Located in Lima, this country's Biblioteca Nacional is a great place to peruse some literature
Peru
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His first kiss with future ex Kim Kardashian was in a 2021 "SNL" sketch--& he was dressed as Aladdin
Pete Davidson
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The survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 band together to battle mysterious forces on a tropical island
Lost
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One of history's first travel writers, the 4th-century pilgrim Egeria explored the Holy Land using this book as a guide
the Bible
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It's the only form of liquid precipitation other than rain; for shizzle
drizzle
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Figuratively speaking, you might "put" this "in" an issue to be handled later, or perhaps an issue to be handled... never
put a pin in it
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UNIQUE BUILDINGS
Despite 17.5 miles of hallways, you can walk anywhere in this Virginia building within about five minutes, due to its concentric layout
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After gaining its independence in 1963, Jomo Kenyatta became this African country's first prime minister
Kenya
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This Cincinnati baseball great once said he'd "walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play"; now he's banned for life
Pete Rose
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To save himself & his family, Marty Byrde must launder money for a ruthless cartel kingpin
Ozark
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One of many times she saved their butts, Sacagawea rescued valuable supplies for this duo after they fell into a river
Lewis & Clark
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Reduce your speed when it's raining to avoid this dangerous driving condition, which occurs when tires lose contact with the road
hydroplaning
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This 2-word phrase meaning "chat" or "connect" may have started as a sports metaphor; overusing it is now a national pastime
Touch Base
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Despite 17.5 miles of hallways, you can walk anywhere in this Virginia building within about five minutes, due to its concentric layout
the Pentagon
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A popular spot for scuba diving, the bay of pigs is located on this island nation's southern coast
Cuba
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Depending on whom you ask, he is either a guitarist for The Who, or the writer of the "CSI" theme songs, or both
Pete Townshend
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An MI6 agent & a wily assassin known as "Villanelle" have it bad for each other
Killing Eve
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Intrepid writer Eliza Scidmore lobbied for years to bring these Japanese trees to Washington; Mrs. Taft finally listened
Cherry Trees
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As YouTube's "Hungrybear9562" can attest, sunlight refracting twice inside raindrops before dispersing may result in this
a double rainbow
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It's a way of saying "reconnect later", with a dash of needless geometry thrown in for good measure
Circle back
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Pune, one of this country's 10 most populous cities, is a sister city of Columbus, Indiana
India
800
Back in South Bend, this former presidential hopeful went by "Mayor Pete"; now he goes by "Secretary of Transportation"
Pete Buttigieg
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Tommy Shelby and his sharp-hatted gang carve out a crime empire in post-WWI England
Peaky Blinders
800
Annie Londonderry inspired the 2021 novel "Spin", about her historic 19th-century trip around the world on one of these
bicycle
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Scientists use the term "petrichor" to refer to this pleasing property of rain; you can thank the bacteria in wet soil
smell
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It's a sonar-inspired way to say "contact me"--when "text me", "call me" or "email me" just won't cut it
ping me
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Synonymous with "a faraway place", the much-maligned city of Timbuktu is located in this west African nation
Mali
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He's the wholesome comic known for his HBO series "Crashing" & the podcast "You Made It Weird"
Pete Holmes
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A young doctor gets acquainted with the quirky locals when he opens a practice in Cicely, Alaska
Northern Exposure
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Pioneering journalist Martha Gellhorn made a brief home in Cuba during the '40s as the third wife of this author
Hemingway
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Sometimes called "phantom rain", virga are wisps of precipitation that never make it to the ground; they do this instead
evaporate
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It's a 3-word phrase meaning "at one's own expense"--& a needlessly wordy way of saying "unavailable"
out of pocket