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: HOMOPHONES 
Clue: A plant of the parsley family, or a unit to measure the fineness of gold

SOLUTION: carrot/karat

PROBLEM: Category: THE NEW YORK TIMES ENTERTAINMENT 
Clue: "Oil!", a 1927 novel by this muckraker, was on the New York Times Best Seller List in 2008

SOLUTION: upton sinclair

PROBLEM: Category: MINNEAPOLIS 
Clue: In 2002 Eiji Oue left his job as director of one of these in Minneapolis, like Seiji Ozawa did in Boston

SOLUTION:
a symphony