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: NOTABLE NAMES 
Clue: This useful Englishman was known as the Father of Utilitarianism, & that works for me

A: jeremy bentham
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Q: Category: SPORTS 
Clue: Football's imaginary plane which neither team may cross until the ball is snapped

A: the line of scrimmage
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Q: Category: AMERICAN RIVERS 
Clue: In an 1883 book, Mark Twain described this river as "rolling its mile-wide tide along, shining in the sun"

A:
the mississippi
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