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: PHONETICS 
Clue: A velar consonant, like the first sound in "good" or "king", applies the tongue to the soft this
answer:
the palate


question:
Category: AMERICAN LITERATURE 
Clue: This novel of high society made Edith Wharton the first female winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
answer:
"the age of innocence"


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Category: AMERICAN LITERATURE 
Clue: His experiences as a bombardier in WWII were the basis of the novel "Catch-22"
answer:

joseph heller