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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.
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2008, a cabinet minister from this country was banned for failing to seek parliamentary approval to support the recognition of Cambodia's Praeh Vihar temple as a World Heritage site, and that event led to the resignation of Samak Sundaravej. Supporters of a former leader of this country rioted at the 2009 ASEAN meeting held in its city of Pattaya. More recently, this country's Supreme Court ordered the seizure of $1. 4 billion in assets of that leader who sold the Manchester United Football club in 2008. It is currently led by Abhijit Vejjajiva, and in 2006 coup, a military junta overthrew Thaksin Shinawatra in this country. For 10 points, identify this country whose government based is in Bangkok.
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History

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Like the Gospel of Luke, this Biblical book begins with a dedication to Theophilus. Seven Greek deacons are appointed in this book, including a man whose stoning is ordered by the Sanhedrin. In this book, a mighty wind descends upon 120 followers fifty days after the Resurrection. When a man on the road to Damascus is blinded by holy light in this book, he decides to convert and change his name from Saul to Paul. For 10 points, name this book which describes the deeds of Jesus' followers.
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Social Science

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This figure owned a three-cornered spear with a wolf on the blade, a bruin on the tip, and a colt on the shaft, which he used to lay low a bear that had been sent to ravage his lands. He once found a crying boat and consoled it by outfitting it as a great warship. This man consulted the sleeping giant Antero Vipunen to discover the lost words he once sought in the underworld. This man once forced one rival neck-deep into a bog and thus won the hand of Aino, who drowned herself rather than marry this man. He built a kantele of pike bones and can perform magic by singing. For ten points, name this steadfast old man and primary hero of the Kalevala.
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Social Science