TASK DEFINITION: Given a text passage, come up with an appropriate title for it. The title should accurately represent what the main focus of the passage is. The title of a passage may be present in the first few sentences of the passage and/or be referred to multiple times in the passage. The title should be 1-5 words long.
PROBLEM: Nine original Beanie Babies were launched in 1993 : Legs the Frog , Squealer the Pig , Spot the Dog , Flash the Orca , Splash the Whale , Chocolate the Moose , Patti the Platypus , Brownie the Bear ( later renamed `` Cubbie '' ) , and Pinchers the Lobster ( with some tag errors with `` Punchers '' ) . They were not in factory production until 1994 . Sales were slow at first to the point that by 1995 many retailers refused to buy the products in the bundles Ty offered them while others outright refused to buy them in any form . The popularity soon grew however , first starting locally in Chicago before growing into a national craze in the USA .

SOLUTION: Beanie Babies

PROBLEM: Satsuma Province ( 薩摩 国 , Satsuma - no Kuni ) was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū . Its abbreviation is Sasshū ( 薩州 ) .

SOLUTION: Satsuma Province

PROBLEM: Neil Patrick Harris ( born June 15 , 1973 ) is an American actor , writer , producer , comedian , magician , and singer . He is known primarily for his comedy roles on television and his dramatic and musical stage roles . On television , he is known for playing the title character on Doogie Howser , M.D. ( 1989 -- 1993 ) , Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother ( 2005 -- 2014 , for which he was nominated for four Emmy Awards ) , and Count Olaf on A Series of Unfortunate Events ( 2017 -- ) .

SOLUTION:
Neil Patrick Harris