Question

Stanisław Lem wrote a short story collection titled “Fables for [these characters].” In one work, Busman is electrocuted while trying to bribe these characters into giving up control of the ship Ultimus. That play ends with Alquist (10[1])calling two of these characters (10[1])Adam and Eve. In that play, (10[1])Helena Glory of the Humanity League burns the formula used to create these characters, before they storm the factory (10[1])where the title character’s firm produces them. (-5[1])These characters are governed by “three laws” (10[1])in Isaac (10[2]-5[1])Asimov (10[4])stories. For 10 points, invented by Rossum in the play (10[1])R.U.R., what type of artificial beings (10[1])are known by a term coined by Karel Çapek (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: robots [accept equivalents like cyborgs or androids or automata; prompt on inanimate answers like machines or devices]
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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%0%80.67
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%0%71.56
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%0%66.86
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY14100%0%14%76.14
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%0%64.89
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY1100%0%0%44.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY7100%0%0%62.86
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%66.56

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Allen XuGeorgia Tech ESouth Carolina A3610
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DAuburn A4110
Alex WyrickTennessee AGeorgia Tech A4710
Towery McNeilMississippi State AEmory A6610
Rafeed Rahman TurjyaGeorgia AAuburn B73-5
Robert FreemanSouth Carolina BEmory Oxford8010
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt AGeorgia Tech B82-5
Gannon RiceClemson ASouthern8210
Brandon HuntAuburn CTennessee B8210
Ishaan KashyapGeorgia Tech CAlabama A8310
Ishaan KashyapGeorgia Tech CAlabama A8310
Ishaan KashyapGeorgia Tech CAlabama A8310
Hayes BrownFurmanClemson B8310
TJ PickeringAuburn BGeorgia A9310
Justin HetrickBelmontVanderbilt B9910
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech BVanderbilt A10810