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 consistency, answers should be in all lower cased letters.
PROBLEM: Category: PHRASES OF DEATH 
Clue: Completing 2 tasks with one action is "killing 2" of these "with one stone"

SOLUTION: birds

PROBLEM: Category: LETHAL WEAPONS 
Clue: In the largest man-made explosion in history, the USSR detonated a 50-megaton one of these in 1961

SOLUTION: a hydrogen bomb

PROBLEM: Category: MIDDLE NAMES 
Clue: Senator Moynihan's middle name

SOLUTION:
patrick