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: COLONIAL AMERICA 
Clue: This pamphleteer called George III the "royal brute of Britain" who had usurped the rightful place of law
[EX A]: paine

[EX Q]: Category: O FOR A 
Clue: Completely humble yourself for small stones & pebbles
[EX A]: grovel for gravel

[EX Q]: Category: THE OLD BALL GAME 
Clue: In rounders, the ancestor of baseball, a runner was put out not by tagging but by doing this with the ball--ouch!
[EX A]:
throwing it at/hitting the player