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: After watching a boxing match between two angry dwarves, Dan Moore yells Jesus was once a leper! in one story in this collection. In addition to Box Seat, it includes stories about Esther, who loves the mystic King Barlo, and Becky, who is shunned for bearing mulatto sons. Another story in it describes Seventh Street, which infuses black reddish blood into the white and whitewashed wood of Washington, and a white mob burns Tom Burwell alive for killing Bob Stone in its story Blood-Burning Moon. Its authors time in rural Georgia inspired its final section, Kabnis. Beginning with a story describing the beauty of Karintha and a poem about the Black Reapers of the title plant, FTP, name this modernist collection of short stories and poems by Jean Toomer.

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: One major pathway involving this compound is the tuberoinfundibular one that transfers it from the hypothalamus to the pituitary gland. This compound is involved in voluntary motor control via its nigriostriatal pathway, and it binds with lactotrophs in order to inhibit the secretion of prolactin, which is a major antagonist of it. It is the immediate precursor of norepinephrine in the epinephrine synthesis pathway. Antagonists of this neurotransmitter are used to treat schizophrenia, and deficiency of this neurotransmitter can lead to Parkinsons disease. For 10 points, name this neurotransmitter associated with the brain's pleasure center whose precursor is L-dopa.

SOLUTION: Science

PROBLEM: This mans calligrapher Omar Aqta was so skilled that he supposedly transcribed the entire Quran on a signet ring. He promoted unity among his soldiers by founding the tradition of Kurash wrestling. His grandson Shah Rukh briefly reunited his empire after it was divvied up among his descendants. He kidnapped the artisans of Damascus and was victorious over Tughluq at Panipat in 1398, after which he sacked Delhi. He waged war with the Knights of Rhodes at Smyrna, and his underling Tokhtamysh fought against Russia for him before turning against him, leading this man to order rebels skulls stacked into pyramids. For 10 points, name this Samarkand-based cripple.

SOLUTION:
History