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: The earliest discovered writings on these were in the Hittite language and were authored by Kikkuli of Mitanni, while Gryson, an expert on these, helped Xenophon to write two treatises on the subject. Tupac Amaru II and Francois Ravaillac were both executed using four of these, and one of these named Incitatus was legendarily appointed as a Roman senator by Caligula. The Avars brought an invention that eased their use to Europe, and huge masses of these were instrumental in saving the French army at Eylau. Many cities were named after of these owned by Alexander the Great, Bucephalus. For 10 points, name these animals used to transport hussars and knights.

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: A flag in this painting is yellow with a black stripe down the middle and it is held by slightly illuminated man in a top hat. At the far right a bearded man holds a drum and under him a mangy animal cowers. One of the most illuminated figure in this painting is a young girl holding a chicken, although the foreground is occupied by the leaders of the title group, mostof whom hold weapons. For 10 points, name this Rembrandt painting of the company of Frans Banning Cocq.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: One author from this country wrote about a nave village boy recruited to fight in a civil war in his "novel in rotten English," Sozaboy. Another author from this country was awarded the 1991 Booker Prize for his best known work, The Famished Road. Another novel by an author from this nation is No Longer at Ease, which recounts the firing of a government worker, Obi Okonkwo, whose similarly named grandfather was the protagonist of the novel Things Fall Apart. For 10 points, name this nation of Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ben Okri and Chinua Achebe.

SOLUTION:
Literature