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: His friends realize they are "tied to" this character after one of them takes a bite out of a turnip when he wants a carrot. The arrival of a character whose name means nothing to them allows a character to recall a family called Gozzo, whose mother had the clap, but after that character leaves with his servant, one of this white-bearded character's workers, the Boy, arrives to tell the two protagonists that he will not arrive this evening, but surely tomorrow. After the reappearance of Lucky and Pozzo in Act Two, the protagonists agree to hang themselves the next day if this character does not arrive. FTP, identify this man of a Samuel Beckett play for whom Vladimir and Estragon are waiting.

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: He failed to win the Prix de Rome five times. His piano cycles include Miroirs and Gaspard de la Nuit, and he was fascinated by the east as evidenced by Tzigone, a work inspired by gypsy music. He composed adaptations of three of Tristan Klingsor's Sherezade poems and wrote two full length operas, The Spanish Hour and The Child and His Spells. FTP, name this French composer who modified Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, most famous for his repetitive Bolero.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: This mans advisors included the scholar Hayashi Razan and the soldier Ishikawa Kazumasa. This man came to prominence by seizing the lands of the Imagawa Clan, who had earlier held this member of the Matsudaira clan as a hostage. During the Komaki campaign, this man won the Battle of Nagakute. He was granted the Kanto Provinces for helping his predecessor defeat the Hojo clan. This man led the Council of Five Elders who served as regents for his predecessors son and, with the help of Kobayakawa Hideaki, this commander of the Eastern Army defeated Ishina Mitsunari to take power. For ten points, name this victor at Sekigahara and third unifier of Japan, who founded a namesake Shogunate.

SOLUTION:
History