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 consistency, answers should be in all lower cased letters.

Q: Category: BEASTLY LITERATURE 
Clue: Santiago, the old man in a Hemingway story, struggles mightily with this type of game fish

A: marlin
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Q: Category: AKA 
Clue: Helen Louise Leonard got this stage name from Tony Pastor and her diamonds, we assume, from Jim Brady

A: lillian russell
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Q: Category: "LEP"RECHAUN 
Clue: A parasitic bacterium causes this infectious disease that affects the skin & the peripheral nervous system

A:
leprosy
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