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: One of this composers title characters sings the aria Quand le destin au milieu to convince the Countess of Berkenfield not to force her to marry the Duke of Crackenthorp. In another of his operas, Dr. Malatesta sings Bella siccome un angelo when describing a fictional sister to the title bachelor, while the self-proclaimed genius Dr. Dulcamara sells the title object of another opera to Nemorino to allow him to woo Adina. Another of his operas contains the sextet Chi mi frena, after which Edgardo curses the entire Lammermoor family. For 10 points, name this Italian composer of Daughter of the Regiment, Don Pasquale, LElisir dAmore, and Lucia di Lammermoor.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: One reactant for this reaction is best prepared by an S N 2 nucleophilic addition of a triphenyl compound, followed by elimination of the hydrogen halide by an organolithium reagent. This reaction itself proceeds through a rather unique intermediate formed when the pi electron from the reagents carbon-oxygen double bond migrates to the positively charged pole of one reactant; this intermediate is called a an oxaphosphetane, from which a triphenyl oxide is eliminated to complete the reaction. The aforementioned positively charged pole is on phosphorous because the aforementioned prepared reactant is a phosphorous ylide. For ten points, name this reaction that produces selectively double-bonded alkenes from aldehydes and phosphorous ylides and that is named for the German 1979 Chemistry Nobel winner.

SOLUTION: Science

PROBLEM: This countrys city of San Miguel de Tucuman was once a dominant trading center, and in 1820 this country was home to the League of the Free Peoples led by Jose Gervasio Artigas, who was in exile from his native Uruguay. Juan Facundo Quiroga led a civil war against early president Bernardino Rivadavia, and Juan Manuel de Rosas dominated this country in a confederation. Eduardo Leonardi overthrew another leader, who was supported by Descamisados or Shirtless Ones, and his wife died after running for vice president. FTP, name this country, where you can find gauchos on the pampas, and which was home to Juan Peron and his wife Evita.

SOLUTION:
History