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.

[EX Q]: Category: QUICK BIOS 
Clue: Born near Gzhatsk in 1934; promoted to major in 1961 shortly before liftoff, just in case; died 1968
[EX A]: yuri gagarin

[EX Q]: Category: AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS 
Clue: This "Beloved" author was the first African-American to win a Nobel Prize for Literature
[EX A]: toni morrison

[EX Q]: Category: AROUND THE USA 
Clue: The Ten Thousand Islands are off Florida; the Valley of the Ten Thousand Smokes is in this state
[EX A]:
alaska