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.

[EX Q]: Category: THE NEW YORK TIMES ENTERTAINMENT 
Clue: "Oil!", a 1927 novel by this muckraker, was on the New York Times Best Seller List in 2008
[EX A]: upton sinclair

[EX Q]: Category: FROGS 
Clue: Probably best known to TV viewers as Valene Ewing, she had female lead in 1972 “Frogs”
[EX A]: joan van ark

[EX Q]: Category: REPTILES 
Clue: The American alligator can be found from Texas to as far east & north as this "Tar Heel State"
[EX A]:
north carolina