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.

Category: 3-LETTER WORDS 
Clue: Short job for a musician
gig

Category: SITCOMS 
Clue: This actress played the perenially perky Corky Sherwood on "Murphy Brown"
faith ford

Category: FAN TOM 
Clue: "I have given up newspapers... for Tacitus and Thucydides... and I find myself much the happier", said this U.S. pres.

thomas jefferson