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: Early in his career he was forced to share power with John Carteret, but was eventually able to force his resignation. He spent time in jail for graft during a period of Tory ascendancy, but was most popular for his economic policies, including his establishment of the sinking fund to reduce the national debt, which he had also addressed with his resolution of the South Sea Bubble crisis. However, he was forced from office due to British failures in the early stages of the War of the Austrian Succession. FTP, who was this first official Prime Minister of Britain

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: As Secretary of State, he sent a paperweight in the shape of a plowshare to everyone with whom he negotiated a treaty. His "thirty treaties" were discussed in his "A Message from Bethlehem," in an attempt to end war for all time. His opposition in a presidential election printed notes with his face and the phrase "In God we Trust . . . for the other 53 cents. " This politician's platform, however, as expressed in his 1896 convention speech got him the nomination to go against the Republican candidate, with running mates Thomas Watson and Arthur Sewall. For 10 points, name this orator who was the Democratic and Progressive candidate for the 1896 election and famously railed against a "cross of gold".

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: In this novel, the central female character is forbidden from asking Oscar Wilde to sign her gazelle-skin\n glove. The central male character in this novel confesses to having an affair with Barbara Lynch. Another\n male character learns the violin from the German Lotario Thugut, which he attempts to use to win back his\n former lover. At the beginning of this work, we learn how one of the main characters fell to his death\n chasing his pet parrot. At the end of this work, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza make love aboard a\n river boat and convince the captain the wave a yellow flag at port. For 10 points, name this Gabriel Garcia\n Marquez novel that includes the character Juvenal Urbino, a doctor who hopes to eradicate the title disease.

SOLUTION:
Literature