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: BASEBALL & THE PRESIDENCY 
Clue: As both vice president & president, he threw out a season's 1st pitch, each time for a different Senators franchise

SOLUTION: richard nixon

PROBLEM: Category: HOTELS 
Clue: The U.S. investigation into the Titanic was first held in this hotel owned by one of the victims

SOLUTION: waldorf astoria

PROBLEM: Category: BRITISH NOVELISTS 
Clue: In 1946 he wrote, "Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful & murder respectable"

SOLUTION:
george orwell