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: This reaction is combined with an aldol condensation to produce cyclohexenones in a process named for Robinson, and a variation of this uses silyl ethers and titanium tetrachloride, in a reaction named also for Mukaiyama. In a process analogous to this reaction, performed with simple ketones, the equilbrium is shifted towards the reagents, unlike in the Claisen and aldol condensations, necessitating the use of an enolate in conjugate addition to produce the 1,4-addition. For 10 points, what is this reaction named for an American chemist, which consists of the addition of a carbanion to an alpha, beta unsaturated carbonyl

SOLUTION: Science

PROBLEM: He failed to win the Prix de Rome five times. His piano cycles include Miroirs and Gaspard de la Nuit, and he was fascinated by the east as evidenced by Tzigone, a work inspired by gypsy music. He composed adaptations of three of Tristan Klingsor's Sherezade poems and wrote two full length operas, The Spanish Hour and The Child and His Spells. FTP, name this French composer who modified Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, most famous for his repetitive Bolero.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: Kunala lost his position as heir to the throne of this polity after he became blind, so this polity's fourth ruler was Dasaratha. An early rebellion against this polity occurred when the inept prince Susima ruled poorly as governor of a northern province. This polity supported the Ajivika Sect and left inscriptions in the Nagarjuni and Barabar caves. This polity was eventually succeeded by the (*) Sunga Empire, and its second ruler had to be born by C-section after his mother was poisoned. Apart from Bindusara, another ruler of this polity conquered Kalinga before converting to pacifist Buddhism. For ten points, name this Indian dynasty of Asoka, founded by Chandragupta.

SOLUTION:
History