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: COLLEGE SPORTS HISTORY 
Clue: To prevent rivals from reading its hand signals, this university is said to have originated the huddle around 1892

SOLUTION: gallaudet university

PROBLEM: Category: U.S. RIVERS 
Clue: The name of this river, famous in song, may be a corruption of the Spanish for "little Saint John"

SOLUTION: the swanee

PROBLEM: Category: COLLEGE 
Clue: From the Latin for "free", this 2-word term for a type of college refers to the old belief of what a free man should be taught

SOLUTION:
liberal arts