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.

[EX Q]: Category: THE NEW YORK TIMES ENTERTAINMENT 
Clue: "Oil!", a 1927 novel by this muckraker, was on the New York Times Best Seller List in 2008
[EX A]: upton sinclair

[EX Q]: Category: TIME TO "D"ECIDE 
Clue: It's a joke that doesn't get a laugh, or an explosive that fails to detonate
[EX A]: dud

[EX Q]: Category: COLORS 
Clue: Describing people, this color is a synonym for a verb meaning "to age"
[EX A]:
gray