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 losers standard-bearer, Sir Percival Thirwall, did not let the banner fall, even though both of his legs had been cut off. Some historians believe that the battle was fought closer to the villages of Dadlington and Stoke Golding. One of the more important casualties was Thomas Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, while real command on the winners side rested with John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford. Though the battle began well for the loser, the tide turned when Sir William Stanley led his troops into the fray on the side of the winner. FTP identify this battle that saw the end of the house of York when Henry Tudors forces defeated Richard III.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: One ruler of this dynasty avoided a prophecy of his death by abdicating in favor of the puppet Yusufi for four days during his persecution of Nuqtavis. This dynasty was defeated at Gulnabad by the Ghilzai leader Mahmud. Its founder was victorious at Merv over the Uzbeks and had earlier overthrown the White Sheep dynasty. This dynasty was eventually supplanted by Karim Khan and the Zand dynasty, and its final rulers were puppets of Nadir Shah. Tahmasp I was a ruler of this dynasty, which was defeated at Chaldiran by Selim the Grim. Under Abbas I, this dynasty established a capital at Isfahan, and it was founded with the help of the Qizilbash by Ismail I. For 10 points, name this Shi'ite dynasty that ruled Persia from 1501 to 1736.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: One writer from this country wrote about Salie and her brother Madicke in The Belly of the Atlantic, and another writer from this country wrote Scarlet Song as well as a novel written in the form of a letter from Ramatoulaye to Aissatou, So Long a Letter. Aside from Fatou Diome and Mariama B, authors from this country include one who wrote Xala, which he later adapted into a film, as well as a novel about a railroad strike, God's Bits of Wood. That author, Ousmane Sembne, is not as famous as a poet from this country, who, along with Aim Csaire, created the concept of Ngritude. For 10 points, name this country which was home to Lopold Senghor.

SOLUTION:
Literature