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: SPORTS AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 
Clue: This coach's book is all "Tark"

A: jerry tarkanian
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Q: Category: AMERICAN DATEBOOK 
Clue: On October 4, 1957 Sputnik was launched & this Jerry Mathers TV show premiered

A: leave it to beaver
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Q: Category: LITERATURE OF THE 19-OUGHTS 
Clue: Frank Norris titled his 1901 novel about a railroad that's strangling farmers after this marine mollusk

A:
the octopus
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