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: HIGHER EDUCATION 
Clue: In 1804, this merchant got Rhode Island College to rename itself after him by donating $5000

SOLUTION: brown

PROBLEM: Category: LITERATURE 
Clue: We wonder what his grandfather, the adding machine inventor, would have thought of "Naked Lunch"

SOLUTION: william s. burroughs

PROBLEM: Category: U.S. RIVERS 
Clue: The Falls of Saint Anthony stop this mighty river from being navigable north of St. Paul, Minnesota

SOLUTION:
the mississippi