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 one of this writer's stories, Pablo gives what he believes is the false hiding location of Ramon, who is shot at the title execution spot. He wrote a play in which the Communist Hugo shoots Hoederer. One novel by this author of "The Wall" and Dirty Hands sees a critical realization occur at a chestnut tree. In that novel, Antoine (*) Roquentin researches the Marquis de Rollebon and develops the title "sweetish sickness", which he calls a Nausea. His most famous play is set in a room with Third Empire furniture and sees Garcin announce "Hell is other people." For 10 points, name this existentialist who wrote No Exit.

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: After he lost a gubernatorial election to Pat Brown, this man told reporters they wouldn't have him to "kick around anymore." His presidency saw the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency, and he was elevated to national prominence by his role in the Alger Hiss case. His Secretary of State (*) Henry Kissinger initiated Detente (day-TAHNT) and he signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile and first SALT treaties with the Soviet Union. His visit to the People's Republic of China opened diplomatic relations between it and the United States. For ten points, name this 37th President of the United States who resigned in the wake of the Watergate Scandal.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: This deity was once assisted by the winds in breaking the fighting spirit of the river Xanthus, or Scamander, thus saving the life of Achilles. His children include a man-eating monster who was killed by Heracles after stealing some of Geryon's cattle from him. This father of Cacus and the Cabeiri gave his apprentice Cedalion to the blind Orion as a guide. This god's consorts include the youngest of the Graces, Aglaia, whose mother Eurynome had cared for him after his ejection by Hera from Mount Olympus. His attempted rape of Athena led to the birth of Erichthonius, while Helios discovered that this god's first wife was having an affair with Ares. For 10 points, identify this husband of Aphrodite, a crippled smith god from Greek mythology.

SOLUTION:
Social Science