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: DAVID MAMET 
Clue: In 1976 Mamet taught at the School of Drama at this Ivy League university whose alumni include Meryl Streep

A: yale
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Q: Category: 20th CENTURY AUTHORS 
Clue: Ayn Rand once cited this late Mike Hammer author as her favorite popular writer

A: mickey spillane
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Q: Category: LITERARY QUOTATIONS 
Clue: This Poe plague "had long devastated the country.  No pestilence had ever been so fatal"

A:
the red death
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