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: In this story, signs advertising a restaurant note that the proprietor is ""The Fat Boy With the Happy Laugh"" and ""A Veteran. "" That restaurant in this story is named The Tower and its owner is Red Sammy Butts, who is insulted by June Star following her dance routine. John Wesley describes Tennessee as being a ""hillbilly dumping ground"" in this work, which also includes the cat Pitty Sing. For 10 points, name this story by Flannery O'Connor in which the Misfit murders the Grandmother.

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: The yield of these compounds can be increased through ball milling of some of their components, and one mode of operation of these compounds proceeds through a mechanism called enantiomorphic site control. A process for the operation of these compounds that proceeds through migratory insertions and obeys the "principle of least nuclear motions" was developed by Cossee and Arlman. Compounds such bis(cyclopentadienyl)titanium chloride and bis(indenyl)zirconium dichloride, known as metallocenes, have been developed as an alternative to the traditional compounds of this type. Those traditional initiators include vanadium trichloride and triethylaluminum, and the product of the application of these compounds to alkenes can result in syndiotactic, isotactic, or atactic products. For ten points, identify these stereoselective compounds used to initiate polymerization, named for a German and an Italian chemist.

SOLUTION: Science

PROBLEM: In plants, this element opposes the action of potassium to close stomata while in the body, the sarcoplasmic reticulum stores and releases ions of this element. In the body this metal is typically found in the form of hydroxyapatite and the parathyroid hormone increases concentration of it in the blood. This element is also released into the blood through a process of resorption regulated by osteoclasts. In nature, this metal is found in the minerals gypsum and limestone. For 10 points, name this alkaline earth metal found in bones.

SOLUTION:
Science