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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.
question:
Category: WORD HISTORY 
Clue: Since the 1600s this 8-letter word has meant men of letters; a punning form of it refers to celebrities
answer:
literati


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Category: PLAYS 
Clue: Written in 1953 & set in the late 17th C., this play takes place about 16 miles northeast of where we are right now
answer:
the crucible


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Category: INVENTIONS 
Clue: On April 25, 1792 Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier became the first person in history to have a bad encounter with this
answer:

the guillotine