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: NOVELS 
Clue: Don Quixote chose a peasant girl as his lady love & gave her this name

SOLUTION: dulcinea

PROBLEM: Category: ANCIENT ROME 
Clue: This church faced periodic persecution for 300 years, until Constantine's conversion

SOLUTION: christian church

PROBLEM: Category: 'BOUT 100 YEARS AGO 
Clue: At the Minnesota State Fair in 1901 this vice president gave his "Speak Softly-Big Stick" speech

SOLUTION:
theodore roosevelt