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: Having fought in the Chaco War, this man served as commander-in-chief of his nation's armed forces from 1951-54, and in 1954 he ousted President Frederico Chavez. Nicknamed Colonel Trunk, he essentially ruled as a totalitarian, and membership in his Colorado Party was a requirement for most jobs. His country became notorious for its illegal trade, drug trafficing, and harboring of NAZI war criminals, and in 1989 he was ousted by so-called "traditionalists" led by Andres Rodriguez. FTP, who was this son of a German immigrant, the long-time president of Paraguay

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: In one story about this figure, he forgives a man who murdered a woman because she wanted to have sex; he also converts Charisius and Mygdonia before being put to death by Misdaeus. According to tradition, he received the girdle of the Virgin Mary after she was assumed bodily into Heaven, and he is credited with authorship of the "Hymn of the Pearl. " His namesake Gospel describes Jesus killing a playmate for having bumped into Jesus's shoulder, while in John 14:5 he asks Jesus, "How can we know the way" at the Last Supper. Also called Didymus, meaning "Twin," and famous for spreading Christianity to India, this is, FTP, what apostle who asked to touch Jesus's wounds after the resurrection, leading to the epithet "Doubting"

SOLUTION: Social Science

PROBLEM: This author wrote of a character known as superbrain who participates in a title event after meeting Ambrosio at a dog pound. In another of his works, Fushia travels to a leper colony, Chapiro loses a game Russian Roulette to Lituma, and the harpist Don Anselmo runs the title bordello at the edge of the rainforest. This author of Conversation in the Cathedral and The Green House wrote about a series of cadets at The Leoncio Prado Military Academy in one work, and in another of his novels, Pedro Camacho writes radio soap operas and Mario falls in love with the older title character. For 10 points, name this Peruvian novelist of The Time of the Hero and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter.

SOLUTION:
Literature