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.

Q: Seas of calcite predominate during times of low concentration of this element. The NIMS probe discovered that Ganymede has a sulfate of this element, which is also used to treat eclampsia. Its molten form is used to make metallic titanium in the Kroll process. The active site of rubisco contains a carbamylated lysine attached to an ion of this element. Its cationic form is used to stabilize the product of PCR, and it is also prevalent in certain reagents in a Schlenck equilibrium. It is found in Grignard reagents as well as coordinated to the porphyrin ring of chlorophyll. For 10 points, name this element with atomic number 12 and symbol Mg.

A: Science
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Q: One character in this work almost drowns in a shower when she sits on the drain, and another is left by his wife because he compares humans to computers. Other events include the Duke di Angelis quartet deciding to play a piece without instruments and the break-in of sailors who believe that the apartment is a brothel. Upstairs, another character dictates a theory to Aubade while cradling a dying bird in his hands. Describing a lease-breaking party thrown by Meatball Mulligan, for 10 points, name this work in which the thermometer always reads thirty-seven degrees and Callisto envisions a "heat-death for his culture," a short story by Thomas Pynchon.

A: Literature
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Q: The claim that this man afanned the flamesa by writing that awe have certainly sown the wind; they are the whirlwinda appears in Homi Bhabhaas essay on aframinga another author. This man referenced two Frenchmen saying to each other that athe country is done for...unlessa and claimed that shooting a European was akill[ing] two birds with one stone.a He recalled how, at first, people marveled that athey are able to talk for themselvesa when they heard apolite statements of resentmenta by ayellow and black voices.a He wrote an essay that begins by noting that, not so long ago, the world anumbered 2 billion inhabitants:a 500 million men who ahad the word,a and 1.5 billion anativesa who ahad the use of it.a This author of Colonialism and Neocolonialism urged the French left to support Algerian independence at the end of an essay encouraging Europeans to read the aOn Violencea section of the book that followed. For 10 points, name this author of a preface to Frantz Fanonas The Wretched of the Earth.

A:
Literature
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