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: AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS 
Clue: Around 1912, while recovering in a sanatorium, this former seaman decided to become a playwright

SOLUTION: eugene o\' neill

PROBLEM: Category: THE NOBEL PRIZE 
Clue: 1 of the 2 women from the United States who have won the Nobel Prize for Literature

SOLUTION: toni morrison or pearl buck

PROBLEM: Category: IN THE NEWS 
Clue: Launched in 2004, a spacecraft named MESSENGER is on a mission to study this planet

SOLUTION:
mercury