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: AMERICAN WRITERS 
Clue: These 2 writers of lavish prose, born in North Carolina & Virginia 30 years apart, have the same first & last name
[EX A]: thomas wolfe & tom wolfe

[EX Q]: Category: FILM ROLES 
Clue: Dick Powell, Robert Mitchum & Elliott Gould have all played this character on film
[EX A]: philip marlowe

[EX Q]: Category: CIVIL WAR HISTORY 
Clue: Though 1863's Emancipation Proclamation applied only to the Confederacy, this Union state, one of the original 13, ended slavery November 1, 1864
[EX A]:
maryland