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: BRITISH AUTHORS 
Clue: This 19th C. novelist's name gave us an adjective that's used to mean squalid or impoverished

A: charles dickens
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Q: Category: BLUES CLUES 
Clue: "Spider Man Blues" was a record by this "Empress of the Blues"; Sony should be thinking soundtrack!

A: bessie smith
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Q: Category: VARIETY PACK 
Clue: Sherlock Holmes smokes a calabash pipe made from this mineral whose name is German for "sea foam"

A:
meerschaum
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