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: Benjamin Britten based his Young Personss Guide to the Orchestra on the theme of this mans Abdelazar. This mans mentor composed the masque Venus and Adonis and was named John Blow. His compositions were collected by his widow in Orpheus Britannicus, whose preface was written by a son of this mans contemporary and friend John Playford. He composed operas based on King Arthur and Spensers The Faerie Queen, and another of his operas contained the noted aria When I am Laid in Earth. For 10 points, name this English Baroque composer of Dido and Aeneas.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: This city contains the Mexican neighborhood of Olvera Street. Three inclined hovertrains in this city's Brentwood neighborhood can be used to access its Getty Center. Panoramic views from this city can be seen from Griffith Observatory and along Mulholland Drive. Prehistoric animals trapped the (*) La Brea Tar Pits can be found in this city, which is home to a building constructed of twisted metal sheets designed by Frank Gehry. In addition to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, this city contains Grauman's Chinese Theater in its most famous neighborhood. For ten points, identify this California city home to Hollywood.

SOLUTION: Social Science

PROBLEM: This God was once trapped in a cedar tree, which was used by the King of Byblos to entrap him at his palace. After being locked in a coffin by his brother, this God was chopped into 14 pieces before all but one of those pieces were collected by this God's wife and Nepthys. Often depicted wearing at Atef crown and carrying a crook and flail, his God was the oldest son of Geb and Nut and brother of Set.. For 10 points, identify this husband of Isis and the father of Horus, the Egyptian god of the dead.

SOLUTION:
Social Science