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: This man wrote poetry like the poem "On the Decline of the Church". This man was taken into custody along with Fra Domenico da Pescia and Fra Silvestro, and this man wrote the meditations Tristitia obsedit me and Infelix Ego. This man believed that King Charles VIII of France would prove to be an agent of the Last Days. One of this mans first acts as leader was to make sodomy a capital offense, and while this man was giving a speech on Acension Day, citizens of his city rioted. Picco della Mirandola requested that this man return to Florence, which he did, and he ran the Church of San Marco. For ten points, identify this Dominican Friar, an enemy of Alexander VI who enjoyed burning books and art in events like his Bonfire of the Vanities.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: A flag in this painting is yellow with a black stripe down the middle and it is held by slightly illuminated man in a top hat. At the far right a bearded man holds a drum and under him a mangy animal cowers. One of the most illuminated figure in this painting is a young girl holding a chicken, although the foreground is occupied by the leaders of the title group, mostof whom hold weapons. For 10 points, name this Rembrandt painting of the company of Frans Banning Cocq.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: This artist depicted his girlfriend sitting on a bench on the beach near Dieppe in the painting By the Seashore. This artists paintings of Suzanne Valadon include Girl Braiding Her Hair and Dance at Bougival. A white-faced woman in a black-and-white striped dress gazes at the viewer while the man next to her looks off at an angle through opera glasses in his La Loge, also known as The Theater Box. Another of his paintings shows Gustave Caillebotte sitting backwards in a chair while this mans future wife Aline Charigot plays with a dog at a table in a balcony of the Maison Fournaise. For 10 points, name this Impressionist who depicted a Sunday evening at a restaurant in Montmartre in Bal du Moulin de la Gallette and also painted Luncheon of the Boating Party.

SOLUTION:
Fine Arts