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: Chan and Kim at Penn State discovered that crystals can display this phenomenon. One instance of this phenomenon is distinguished by either an A or B phase, and is anisotropic. Some materials that exhibit this phenomenon display a 30 nm Rollin film, and their movement sometimes displays the Onnes Effect. Landau theorized that quantum sound waves are responsible for this effect, which he posited occurs below the lambda point. For 10 points, name this property notably displayed by helium, when a liquid or gas displays no resistance to flow.

SOLUTION: Science

PROBLEM: One of his books analyzed such documents as a picture of a woman lying on the floor with bent legs in front of a bemused man in a three-piece suit, which this author argued communicated a message even though the text was too blurry to read. In addition to writing Gender Advertisements, he described the procedures for boarding a bus or navigating a crowded elevator in his (*) Interaction Ritual. His major work draws on a theory first developed by George Herbert Mead, symbolic interactionism, to explain the "dramaturgical approach" to ordinary behavior. For 10 points, name this Canadian sociologist who wrote The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.

SOLUTION: Social Science

PROBLEM: Attached as an amendment to a bill authorizing appropriation for territorial purchase, it was never enacted, although it became the focus of national controversy for 4 years. Named after a Pennsylvania Democrat, it motioned to exclude slavery from any territory acquired from Mexico. FTP name, this 1846 motion.

SOLUTION:
History