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 consistency, answers should be in all lower cased letters.

Q: Category: THE ODYSSEY 
Clue: This goddess of wisdom pleads with Zeus to release Odysseus from the embrace of the nymph Calypso

A: athena
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Q: Category: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ALUMNI 
Clue: Though Michigan had a single-sex dorm known as "The Virgin Vault", this "Material Girl" lived in East Quad

A: madonna
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Q: Category: SCIENCE 
Clue: On June 29, 1994 the temperature reached 125 degrees in Laughlin, the highest ever recorded in this state

A:
nevada
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