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: PLAGUES & PESTILENCE 
Clue: Having first escaped from a South American research lab in 1957, they became a threat to the U.S. in 1990

A: killer bees
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Q: Category: LITERARY OBJECTS 
Clue: In literature from the 1200s to today, it has been depicted as a type of dish, a talismanic stone & a woman

A: the holy grail
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Q: Category: ANCIENT QUOTES 
Clue: He said, "to leave this stream uncrossed will breed manifold distress for me; to cross it, for all mankind"

A:
julius caesar
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