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.

Q: Category: EXPLORERS 
Clue: John Speke died just before he was to debate this former exploring partner on the source of the Nile

A: sir richard burton
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Q: Category: HISTORY 
Clue: In 1720 Victor Amadeus II of Savoy gave Sicily to Austria in exchange for this other large island

A: sardinia
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Q: Category: AN UNFINISHED LIT CATEGORY 
Clue: The middle class is skewered in the incomplete novel "Bouvard And Pecuchet" by French author Gustave...

A:
flaubert
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