You will be given a trivia clue, and the category it belongs to. You should answer with the best answer that belongs in the category and is described by the clue. For simplicity, answers should be in all lower cased letters.

Q: Category: IT TAKES A THIEF 
Clue: English novelist Ernest Hornung created this “gentleman cracksman”

A: raffles
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Q: Category: MASADA 
Clue: Masada is dominated by the remains of the palace of this infamous New Testament king called "the Great"

A: herod
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Q: Category: HAMLET 
Clue: Hamlet tells this queen of Denmark, "Would it were not so, you are my mother"

A:
gertrude
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