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 2010, this country opened the Monument of African Renaissance, which was built by North Korean
laborers and which this country's president claimed a thirty-five percent commission on because it was his
idea. With its smaller neighbor, this country is the site of over 1,000 stone circles used to mark burial
mounds. Locations in this country that played an important role in the slave trade include Saint-Louis and
the site of the Maison des Esclaves, the island of Goree. The Gambia is almost entirely surrounded by this
country. For 10 points, name this country, home to the westernmost point in Africa and the city of Dakar.

SOLUTION: Social Science

PROBLEM: This artist drew a god-figure flying near some clouds while Eve draws Adam's attention to the fruit in a tree in a painting of "The Earthly Paradise" in a series including "The Spies with the Grapes of the Promised Land;" that series is The Four Seasons. A man raises his red cloak with his left hand from atop a pedestal on the left of a painting by this artist who depicted a cherub blowing bubbles at the bottom left of a painting that also includes (*) Aurora leading Apollo's chariot in the sky near the ring of the zodiac; that painting features a winged old man on the right playing a lyre. This artist showed a woman in gold and blue placing her hand on the back of one of three shepherds at a tomb inscribed with the title phrase. For 10 points, name this painter of A Dance to the Music of Time and Et in Arcadia ego.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: This artist used a series of loosely painted horizontal lines to create the title landscape in his View from the Dunes with Beach and Piers, and the branches at the top of the title object are very dark blue in his Evening: Red Tree. Two women face up with their eyes closed while another looks straight ahead in one work, which features those purple-blue two women with red shapes and yellow Stars of David, respectively, next to their ears, a triptych known as Evolution. This painter made two Cubist-influenced Still Lifes with Gingerpot, and a more characteristic style can be seen in black-and-white works such as Pier and Ocean, created using plusses and minuses. Rhythm of Black Lines exemplifies his use of orthogonal black lines, which permeate his series of Compositions. This artist created a painting featuring blue and red squares within yellow lines representing the title New York City thoroughfare. For 10 points, name this De Stijl artist who painted Broadway Boogie Woogie.

SOLUTION:
Fine Arts