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 region experiences a type of fog that is known as camanchaca. The main river that passes through this area is the Loa River. This region is bound on the west by the Cordillera de la (*) Costa and on the east by the Cordillera Domeyko. For 10 points, name this location often considered to be the driest on the Earth, which runs alongside the Andes Mountains and is a desert located in northern Chile.

SOLUTION: Social Science

PROBLEM: After he lost a gubernatorial election to Pat Brown, this man told reporters they wouldn't have him to "kick around anymore."  His presidency saw the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency, and he was elevated to national prominence by his role in the Alger Hiss case. His Secretary of State (*) Henry Kissinger initiated Detente (day-TAHNT) and he signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile and first SALT treaties with the Soviet Union. His visit to the People's Republic of China opened diplomatic relations between it and the United States. For ten points, name this 37th President of the United States who resigned in the wake of the Watergate Scandal.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: This battle saw an early skirmish in which surprise fighting broke on in the streets of Wachau, but its beginning occurred as Austrian forces advanced on a Polish-held mill in Dolitz. Usually considered the successful execution of the Trachenburg Plan, this battle saw the French expulsed from a school house by Poniatowski and the Polish forces in the town of Markkleeberg. One important turning point in this battle was Murat's disastrous use of cavalry arranged in columns at Liebertwolkwitz, followed shortly by Blucher's routing of Marmont's French forces at Mockern. Though Napoleon's side was bolstered by men from the Confederation of the Rhine, the Prince of Schwarzenherg's coalition of six nations emerged victorious. For 10 points, name this October 1813 battle that resulted in Napoleon's abdication and exile on Elba.

SOLUTION:
History