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    Queen Elizabeth
 
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    Alcatraz
 
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    | "The Honeymooners" was a TV groundbreaker, but this creator & star never basked in Emmy glory | 
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    | In 2011 mainland China signed a nuclear safety agreement with this island on its coast | 
    Taiwan
 
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    Memphis
 
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    | "Kojak" was up for Best TV Drama twice but lost both times to this British PBS show about the upper & lower classes | 
    Upstairs, Downstairs
 
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    | In 1960 France tested its first nuke, Gerboise Bleue, in this north African country it then controlled | 
    (Margaret: What is Morocco?)
  Algeria
 
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    (Ryan: What leukocytes?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
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    | A long career including the iconic role of this hillbilly never brought Buddy Ebsen an Emmy | 
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    | The first print reference to "the joint" as prison was in this Beat author's 1953 novel "Junkie" | 
    (Margaret: Who is Ginsberg?) (Ryan: Who is Kerouac?)
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    | In Deuteronomy God says these early -ites of Palestine are to be eradicated, but DNA shows them living in Lebanon | 
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    | Hugh Laurie's 0 for 10 Emmy score includes noms for "House" & this AMC series about arms dealers | 
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    | In 2018 this world leader used videos of nuclear missiles raining on Florida to help his fourth re-election bid | 
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