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 commander killed in this engagement invented a beech-loading rifle that had earlier been used in the Battle of Brandywine. The Patriot commanders in this battle utilized shifting positions along the base of the central topological entity in this battle, while the leading Loyalist officer's decision to put on a plaid shirt to cover his officer's colors resulted in his demise, as Patriot snipers trained their sights onto the shirt. Colonels John Sevier and William Campbell led part of the Patriot attack at this engagement, and were opposed by Major Patrick Ferguson's force of roughly 1,100 Loyalists. For 10 points, name this Patriot victory in the American Revolution in North Carolina, which followed Horatio Gates' defeat at Camden.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: This man put forth a theory on the formation of sentences intended to refute Hermann Pauls theory, using the example that, in the sentence Grass is green, our representation of grass contains our representation of green. He was given a typewriter as a gift by his student James Mckeen Cattell; he posited that the mind constructs psychic resultants which are formed by associations or apperceptive combinations. His first publication was Contributions to the Theory of Sense Perception, after which he formulated his theory of introspection, and then wrote Lectures on the Mind of Humans Animals. Another important idea of his is the tridimensional theory of feeling, discovered while employing physiological techniques in his famous laboratory. FTP, name this German-born Father of Experimental Psychology.

SOLUTION: Social Science

PROBLEM: This country experienced an interregnum during a crisis that took place between 1383 and 1385. As a result, the Aviz (ah-VEEZ) Dynasty was installed as its ruling house, and that dynasty later gave rise to the Braganza (bruh-GON-zuh) Dynasty. The Carnation Revolution brought democracy to this country, overthrowing the Estado Novo of Antonio Salazar. This country was home to Henry the Navigator, who supported its explorers, and later explorers from this country include Vasco da Gama. For 10 points, name this country which colonized Brazil.

SOLUTION:
History