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: POLITICIANS 
Clue: This champion stock-car racer lost the 1996 race for North Carolina's Secretary of State

SOLUTION: richard petty

PROBLEM: Category: A CHRISTMAS POTPOURRI 
Clue: On Christmas Eve 1968, Borman, Lovell & Anders became the first men to circle this object

SOLUTION: the moon

PROBLEM: Category: PALME D'OR WINNERS 
Clue: In 1964 Jacques Demy won with "Les parapluies" or these "de Cherbourg"

SOLUTION:
umbrellas