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 acceleration named for this person can take place when particles repeatedly cross the shock front caused by a supernova. The type of gas named for this person exerts pressure even at absolute zero. This person and Paul Dirac worked out the statistical distribution of particles that obey the Pauli Exclusion Principle, which is why such particles are named for this person. Those particles, which have non-integer spins, are contrasted with particles named for Satyendra Nath Bose. Name this Italian American who created Chicago Pile-1 in 1942, the first man-made nuclear chain reaction.

SOLUTION: Science

PROBLEM: The artists friend Meyer de Haan appears with two semi-nude women surrounded by flowers in his Barbarian Tales. A naked black woman lies on her stomach on a green bed in one painting by this painter. He drew a tree branch to set off the main action taking place on a vermillion background in another work. This painter of Spirits of the Dead Keep Watch and Jacob Wrestling with the Angel also painted a religious figure surrounded by Breton women. He depicted an old woman with a white bird at her feet representing the final stage of life in another painting. For 10 points, name this French painter who painted The Yellow Christ and Where Do We Come From What Are We Where Are We Going while living out his life on Tahiti.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: This European country was home to the 1970s ""historic compromise"" between its communist party and its other political parties. This country's center-right coalition is known as the ""Pole of Freedoms. "" During the ""Years of Lead,"" the Red Brigades kidnapped and murdered this country's prime minister, Aldo Moro. This republic was created when, in 1946, Victor Emmanuel III abdicated the throne. For 10 points, name this country that has recently been led by prime minister Romano Prodi from Rome.

SOLUTION:
History