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.

[Q]: Category: HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES 
Clue: In Italy some families eat a traditional supper of fried eels on this December Eve
[A]: christmas eve


[Q]: Category: RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN 
Clue: Mary Martin received a Tony Award for playing Maria in this 1959 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
[A]: the sound of music


[Q]: Category: VOCABULARY 
Clue: This word for circumstances that lessen a punishment comes from the Latin for "soft"
[A]:
mitigating