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: CALIFORNIA HISTORY 
Clue: Surname of the employer of James W. Marshall, who found gold in a stream near the Sacramento river in 1848
answer:
sutter


question:
Category: 20th CENTURY AUTHORS 
Clue: A novel set during the Depression earned this author a 1940 Pulitzer Prize & contributed to him winning a Nobel Prize in 1962
answer:
john steinbeck


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Category: HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES 
Clue: The only public state holiday in the U.S. honoring a monarch is one honoring this ruler
answer:

king kamehameha