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.

[EX Q]: Pausanias claims that one member of this profession, an Euboean son of Crius,  is the source of an alternative tradition for the name of Pythos. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Demeter pretends to be Dosos, a person wronged by people in this profession. According to Apollodorus, a mistaken belief that Catreus was one of these people led his son Althaemenes to unknowingly slay him. Its not swineherding, but Eumaeus was in Sidon when these people took him to (*) Ithaca. One person demanded the right to sing one last song from some of these people and ended up being rescued from them by the dolphins that he attracted; that man was Arion. Dionysus turned some Tyrrhenian people in this profession into dolphins after using vines to fill up their boat. For 10 points, name these people who often appear in children's stories making their captives walk the plank.
[EX A]: Social Science

[EX Q]: A hypothetical method of decay for these particles involves breaking into a positron and a neutral pion and would have a half-life on the order of 10 to the 35 years. In astronomy, these particles are employed in a namesake chain located in the cores of stars in order to synthesis lighter elements. Particles of this type are typically composed of two up quarks and a single down quark and these particles make up about 90% of all cosmic rays. Discovered by Ernest Rutherford, for 10 points, identify this subatomic particles that contributes the positive charge of an atoms nucleus.
[EX A]: Science

[EX Q]: Sculptures of these creatures are depicted with up to 13 lumps to represent rank, and rows of them line the Marco Polo Bridge. Twelve of these creatures support an alabaster fountain in a courtyard whose four axes lead to muqarna arches; that courtyard is part of the Alhambra. In China, male ones are depicted facing left with a xiuqiu, or ball, while female ones are depicted facing right with a cub. Heinrich Schliemann excavated a structure that depicts two of these flanking a pillar in the palace of Mycenae. For 10 points, name these animals whose sculptural depictions often flank entrances to temples and government buildings as guardian animals.
[EX A]:
Fine Arts