TASK DEFINITION: In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
PROBLEM: In 1695, Josua de Grave made another study of the same subject as this painting, but from a different angle. In the center fight of this painting, the roof of the Armamentarium is just visible behind a much larger gated building. An anecdote concerning this painting relates that it was chosen personally by William of Orange, although it was most likely purchased by the Rijksmuseum. The top half of this painting depicts only the sky, with very dark clouds at the top of this painting, and at the bottom of this painting, several people are standing by a boat while two women in black dresses are conversing to the side. The foreground and the background of this work are divided by a large river which reflects the buildings of the background. For ten points, identify this cityscape, a work by Jan Vermeer.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: One commander killed in this engagement invented a beech-loading rifle that had earlier been used in the Battle of Brandywine. The Patriot commanders in this battle utilized shifting positions along the base of the central topological entity in this battle, while the leading Loyalist officer's decision to put on a plaid shirt to cover his officer's colors resulted in his demise, as Patriot snipers trained their sights onto the shirt. Colonels John Sevier and William Campbell led part of the Patriot attack at this engagement, and were opposed by Major Patrick Ferguson's force of roughly 1,100 Loyalists. For 10 points, name this Patriot victory in the American Revolution in North Carolina, which followed Horatio Gates' defeat at Camden.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: amalgam of mercury and this element is used in the Emde modification of the Hofmann degradation to reduce quaternary ammonium salts. The splitting of its doublet lines at 588 and 589 nanometers upon the application of a magnetic field was the first observation of the Zeeman effect. An electride complex formed by ammonia, an alcohol, and this element attacks a benzene ring to produce a cyclohexadiene in the Birch reduction. Aldosterone promotes the uptake the of ions of this element in the distal tubules of the kidneys, and 3 atoms of this element are exchanged for 2 atoms of potassium by a namesake "pump. " For 10 points, identify this element which produces a bright yellow color in a flame test.

SOLUTION:
Science