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: One incident during this conflict saw Redvers H. Buller ordering troops into regions such as Colenso and the Stormberge mountains, only to see them soundly whipped in a period referred to as "Black Week. " After Bullers' replacement by Frederick S. Roberts, one side began a string of military victories which culminated in the defeat of Piet Cronje. A precipitating event of this conflict included the actions of Leander Jameson, while another issue of tension revolved around the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand region. The wrap up to this war saw Horatio Kitchener setting up concentration camps while fending off guerrilla attacks led by men like Jan Botha and Jan Christiaan Smuts. For 10 points, identify this conflict that lasted from 1899 to 1902 that pitted the British against the Dutch-descended Afrikaners in what is now South Africa.

A: History
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Q: To the speaker of this poem and "to darkness" is left the world by a ploughman who "homeward plods his weary way." The speaker of this poem muses about "hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, or waked to ecstasy the living lyre." The denizens of the title location of this poem were "forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne," meaning one of them may be "some (*) Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood." This poem concerns those who lived "far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife," and it begins as "the curfew tolls the knell of parting day." For 10 points, name this poem by Thomas Gray.

A: Literature
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Q: This man's vice president, the only one elected by the Senate through the 12th Amendment, was the supposed killer of Tecumseh, Richard Mentor Johnson. This man was elected to the Senate over Nathan Sanford, and was the key organizer of the Bucktails political machine. He was accused of dining with gold spoons, and resigned following the Petticoat Affair. His presidency saw the Caroline Affair, the Aroostook War, and the slave rebellion aboard the Amistad. After his single term, he ran again in 1848 for the Free Soil Party, but was unpopular due to his handling of the Panic of 1837. For 10 points, name this successor to Andrew Jackson.

A:
History
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