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 consistency, answers should be in all lower cased letters.
question:
Category: COLORFUL LANGUAGE 
Clue: A karate kid may aspire to this high rank, kuroi-obi in Japanese
answer:
a black belt


question:
Category: FIREFIGHTING 
Clue: Early NYC firemen were alerted with rattles--so you might have a 3-rattle fire where today we'd have this equivalent
answer:
a 3-alarm fire


question:
Category: THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION 
Clue: Shows named for & starring these 2 movie pooches debuted in the fall of 1954
answer:

lassie & rin tin tin