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.

Q: The highest point in this nation is Phou Bia, just south of the Plain of Jars on the Plateau de Xiangkhoang. Its eastern border is formed by the Annamese Cordillera, which run until meeting the Boloven Plateau in the south. These highlands are the source of many rivers, including the Ou, Kadong, Wa, Kong, and Banghiang, and flow past cities such as Muang Huang, Saravan, Phongsali, and Pakxe into the Mekong, which forms the western boundary with Myanmar and Thailand. FTP, name this landlocked southeast Asian nation with a capital of Vientiane.

A: Social Science
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Q: The name of one character created by this author was used as a pseudonym by Charles P. Jacobs in a letter accusing Thomas Hardy of plagiarism. That character is introduced as a half-drowned body being carried into the Black Lion Inn. In addition to Timothy Crabshaw, this author wrote of a figure who tries to seduce Monimia by throwing Count Melvil under the bus, and about Tom Bowlings service on the HMS Thunder. This author of Launcelot Greaves and Ferdinand, Count Fathom wrote a novel in which Thomas Pipes is sent by Commodore Trunion to help a man who eventually marries Emilia Gauntlet, and another Lydia Melford and Letitia Lewis carry on a similar friendship through letters as Dr. Richard Lewis does with Matthew Bramble. For 10 points, name this author of Peregrine Pickle, Roderick Random, and Humphrey Clinker.

A: Literature
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Q: One ruler of this empire held a court whose "Nine Jewels" included the witty Birbal, who joined that ruler's new religion of Din-i-Ilahi. This empire's sixth ruler re-instituted a tax on non-Muslims called the jizya, while another ruler of this empire defeated Ibrahim Lodhi at [*] Panipat. This empire's last ruler was Bahadur II. One ruler of this empire was defeated by Sher Shah Suri, and Aurangzeb's father commemorated his own wife Mumtaz with the Taj Mahal. This empire was founded by Humayun's father Babur and later ruled by Shah Jahan and Akbar. For 10 points, name this Muslim Indian empire.

A:
History
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