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An author with this surname designed the cover of the first edition of a play whose ending lines may have been suppressed in a translation by Paul Selver due to their Biblical references. For 10 points each:

[10m] Give this surname of brothers who collaborated on Adam the Creator. In a play by an author with this surname, which ends with characters being compared to Adam and Eve, Helena works for the Humanity League.

ANSWER: Čapek (“CHAH-pek”) [accept Karel Čapek or Josef Čapek]

[10e] Josef Čapek was said by his brother to be the true inventor of this word for an automaton popularized by the Karel Čapek play R.U.R.

ANSWER: robot [accept Rossum’s Universal Robots or Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti]

[10h] The brothers Čapek collaborated on a satirical play titled “Pictures from the” life of these creatures. One of these creatures is frozen along with Ivan Prisypkin for 50 years in a play by Vladimir Mayakovsky.

ANSWER: insects [or bugs; accept Pictures from the Insects’ Life or The Insect Play or The Bedbug or Klop or Ze života hmyzu]

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	6	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	6	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	18.57	100%	57%	29%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	14.00	100%	30%	10%
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Northwest	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
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