instruction:
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.
question:
Category: 20th CENTURY AUTHORS 
Clue: A novel set during the Depression earned this author a 1940 Pulitzer Prize & contributed to him winning a Nobel Prize in 1962
answer:
john steinbeck


question:
Category: WORLD LEADERS 
Clue: Valdas Adamkus, a resident of the Chicago area since 1949, became president of this country in 1998
answer:
lithuania


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Category: FICTIONAL PLACES 
Clue: The creator of this Minnesota town says its name is Ojibwa for "Place where we waited all day for you in the rain"
answer:

lake wobegon