instruction:
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.
question:
Category: DIRECTORS 
Clue: Biographer Donald Spoto says that as a schoolboy, this "Vertigo" director was nicknamed "Cocky"
answer:
alfred hitchcock


question:
Category: HISTORIC FACES 
Clue: This man shared a Nobel Prize with his wife Marie
answer:
pierre curie


question:
Category: ISLANDS 
Clue: This "American" territory in the south Pacific is administered by the Department of the Interior
answer:

american samoa