TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Category: SCIENCE & NATURE 
Clue: Locusts are short-horned or short-antennaed varieties of these

SOLUTION: grasshoppers

PROBLEM: Category: HIGHER EDUCATION 
Clue: In 1804, this merchant got Rhode Island College to rename itself after him by donating $5000

SOLUTION: brown

PROBLEM: Category: WORLD AUTHORS 
Clue: Auguste Maquet & P.A. Fiorentino were collaborators on his classic novel "The Count of Monte Cristo"

SOLUTION:
dumas