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: BRITISH AUTHORS 
Clue: This 19th C. novelist's name gave us an adjective that's used to mean squalid or impoverished

SOLUTION: charles dickens

PROBLEM: Category: YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE 
Clue: Born near what became Jamestown, Virginia around 1595, her name meant "playful one"

SOLUTION: pocahontas

PROBLEM: Category: NEXT LINE, PLEASE 
Clue: "Like sands through the hourglass, so are..."

SOLUTION:
"the days of our lives"