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    November 4, 1605: Guy Fawkes is caught playing with fireworks under the House of these dukes, earls, etc. | 
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    | Cecil Rhodes is buried near Bulawayo in this country formerly named for him | 
    [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
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    Twilight
 
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    April 18, 1775: Sexton Robert Newman climbs this church's 190-foot steeple | 
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    | This 2015 Fox drama about a record label features Taraji P. Henson as fiery ex-wife & ex-con Cookie Lyon | 
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    | Shakespeare's Richard III says, "Let us to it pell-mell, If not to heaven, then" this in this "to hell" | 
    (Alex Jacob: What is arm?) (Monica: What is arm in arm?)
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    | The city of Bo is a metropolis of 150,000 in this West African nation with a name from Portuguese | 
    (Alex Jacob: What is... Angola?) ... (Alex Trebek: Less than a minute to go now, Alex.) [NOTE: This was the 280,000th clue entered into the J! Archive, on 2015-04-21.]
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    June 17, 1972: Frank Wills, a guard here, spots tape on a door latch | 
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    Once Upon a Time
 
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    a tributary
 
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    April 14, 1865: With tickets starting at 25 cents, some 1,700 people attend a show at this venue | 
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    | Bimbo in this country is not far from the capital, Bangui | 
    (Alex Jacob: What is Equatorial Guinea?)
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    September 12, 1759: A British force under this general scales the cliffs below the Plains of Abraham | 
    (Monica: Who is Gage?) ... (Alex Trebek: [*] and Montcalm.)
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    | Madeleine Stowe plays the wealthy Victoria Grayson, evil queen of the Hamptons, on this soapy series | 
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    | The name of this South African judicial capital means "fountain of flowers" | 
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