instruction:
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: "R"ITERS 
Clue: This author of the hitchhiking novel "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" once hitchhiked across the U.S.
answer:
tom robbins


question:
Category: ENGLISH USAGE 
Clue: Latin for "thus", this 3-letter word is put in brackets to indicate an error in a quote
answer:
sic


question:
Category: COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES 
Clue: In 1930, the William Jennings Bryan University opened in this Tennessee city
answer:

dayton