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: BALLET 
Clue: "Filling Station" features dancing truck drivers & this 1930s dance whose name is New York City's nickname

SOLUTION: the big apple

PROBLEM: Category: POETRY 
Clue: Completes Omar Khayyam's threesome, "Jug of wine, a loaf of bread -- and"

SOLUTION: "thou"

PROBLEM: Category: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 
Clue: 3 days before his surrender at Yorktown, a storm prevented this British general's escape across the York River

SOLUTION:
cornwallis