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: U.S. BODIES OF WATER
Clue: Give yourself a hand if you know that this group of New York lakes includes Otisco, Owasco & Cayuga

SOLUTION: the finger lakes

PROBLEM: Category: INITIALLY YOURS
Clue: One of the founders of the NAACP was this sociologist & writer of "The Souls of Black Folk"

SOLUTION: w.e.b. dubois

PROBLEM: Category: MERLIN'S INBOX
Clue: Someone dropped off pictures of this object that Merlin says the rightful king must pull a sword out of

SOLUTION:
the stone