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: HARRY GUYS 
Clue: This trumpet-playing band-leader helped Sinatra get started, & lost him to the Tommy Dorsey band

SOLUTION: harry james

PROBLEM: Category: MEDICINE 
Clue: Robert Koch, in 1876, was the first to identify the bacterium causing a specific disease, this disease of cattle & man

SOLUTION: anthrax

PROBLEM: Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY 
Clue: The Cape Fear River, one of this state's longest, is formed by the Deep & Haw Rivers

SOLUTION:
north carolina