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 consistency, answers should be in all lower cased letters.
PROBLEM: Category: PULP FICTION 
Clue: First serialized in Black Mask, "The Maltese Falcon" introduced the world to this detective

SOLUTION: sam spade

PROBLEM: Category: KILL BILL: VOL. 1 
Clue: This former "Ziegfeld follies" humorist died in 1935 in an Alaskan plane crash

SOLUTION: will rogers

PROBLEM: Category: MILITARY MOVIES 
Clue: Remember this film, the first one John Wayne directed -- it was set in Texas in 1836

SOLUTION:
the alamo