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: THE MIDWEST 
Clue: To journey through 3 adjacent states that start with the same letter, you have to go through these 3

SOLUTION: iowa, illinois & indiana

PROBLEM: Category: THE NOBEL PRIZE 
Clue: 1 of the 2 women from the United States who have won the Nobel Prize for Literature

SOLUTION: toni morrison or pearl buck

PROBLEM: Category: WORD ORIGINS 
Clue: In Homer, Athena takes the form of this old friend of Odysseus to advise Odysseus' young son

SOLUTION:
mentor