TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Category: THE NASTY CRITIC REVIEWS THE 19th CENTURY 
Clue: After an 1835 election loss, he told Tennesseans, "You may all go to Hell & I will go to Tex."; never did like his hat

SOLUTION: crockett

PROBLEM: Category: "MEN" AT WORK 
Clue: This journalist said no one "has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses"

SOLUTION: mencken

PROBLEM: Category: CINEMANIA 
Clue: In the beginning of this film, peaceful apes confront a black monolith & turn deadly & carnivorous

SOLUTION:
2001: a space odyssey