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: U.S. GOVERNMENT 
Clue: This group that first met in 1942 didn't get a permanent chairman until 1949

A: the joint chiefs of staff
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Q: Category: 20th CENTURY BOOKS 
Clue: In a classic book, this title phrase precedes the words "which had swept through Georgia"

A: gone with the wind
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Q: Category: FICTIONAL CHARACTERS 
Clue: Hired as a ship's cook, he led the mutiny aboard the Hispaniola

A:
long john silver
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