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: "AIN" WE GOT FUN 
Clue: Shiites are dominant in this Qatar neighbor

SOLUTION: bahrain

PROBLEM: Category: "D" IN SCIENCE 
Clue: Sharks first inhabited the waters during this period of the Paleozoic era named for an English county

SOLUTION: devonian

PROBLEM: Category: HISTORY 
Clue: In 1493 he reached Montserrat in the West Indies & named it for a Spanish mountain

SOLUTION:
christopher columbus