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

Answer: iowa, illinois & indiana

Question: Category: ROMAN EMPERORS
Clue: In 59 A.D. Agrippina wrote to this man, her son, "Tell me why I should plot against your life?"--she was killed anyway

Answer: nero

Question: Category: 20th CENTURY AUTHORS
Clue: In 1956 she published "Venice Observed" & her brother Kevin starred in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"

Answer:
mary mccarthy