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: DIRECTORS 
Clue: Biographer Donald Spoto says that as a schoolboy, this "Vertigo" director was nicknamed "Cocky"

A: alfred hitchcock
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Q: Category: -OLOGIES 
Clue: Seismology studies the seismic waves produced by these plate shifts

A: earthquakes
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Q: Category: GENERAL SCIENCE 
Clue: This aluminum ore is named for the French village near where it was discovered in 1821

A:
bauxite
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