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: SIMILES 
Clue: The expression this "as a judge" dates back to around 1700

SOLUTION: sober

PROBLEM: Category: THE CHIEFS 
Clue: This Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision earlier served as Attorney General under Andrew Jackson

SOLUTION: taney

PROBLEM: Category: PLAYING THE PROFESSOR 
Clue: Arthur Hill won a Tony as this professor in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" on Broadway

SOLUTION:
george