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 calling two of these characters Adam and Eve. In that play, Helena Glory of the Humanity League burns the formula used to create these characters, before they storm the factory where the title character’s firm produces them. These characters are governed by “three laws” in Isaac Asimov stories. For 10 points, invented by Rossum in the play R.U.R., what type of artificial beings are known by a term coined by Karel Çapek ■END■
ANSWER: robots [accept equivalents like cyborgs or androids or automata; prompt on inanimate answers like machines or devices]
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= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tai Belke | UBC A | UW Greed | 48 | 10 |
James O'Reilly | Arizona State B | UW Chastity | 49 | 10 |
Beck Faletti | UW Gluttony | UW Pride | 54 | 10 |
Stefan Stealey-Euchner | Arizona State A | Alberta | 73 | 10 |
Florian Chiu | UW Sloth | UW Envy | 73 | 10 |
Erin Chen | UBC B | UW Wrath | 83 | 10 |
Jacob Bieri | Boise State | UW Lust | 88 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 80.67 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 71.56 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 66.86 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 14 | 100% | 0% | 14% | 76.14 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 64.89 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 44.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 62.86 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 66.56 |