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: GERMAN LITERATURE 
Clue: In "Heroes Like Us" the hero's father works for this East German secret police

SOLUTION: the stasi

PROBLEM: Category: FUTURISTIC FILMS 
Clue: 1 of 2 races Rod Taylor meets circa 800,000 A.D. in "The Time Machine"

SOLUTION: elois

PROBLEM: Category: 4-LETTER "W"ORDS 
Clue: Jot this down--habeas corpus is an example of one of these court-issued orders

SOLUTION:
writ