~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Answer for 4/9:
This word, taken from the Czech word for "forced labor", made it's public debut in 1921, appearing in Karel Capek's play "R.U.R." What is this word?
Robot. From the Czech word robota, the word appeared in the play about robots that performed manual labor for humans, until they rebelled and took over the world. "R.U.R." stood for "Rossum's Universal Robots", and the term robot soon was more popluar than previous words android and automaton.
51 players answered correctly.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Question for 4/10:
1816 is called "The Year Without a Summer" due to severe climate abnormalities that destroyed crops in Europe, the American Northeast and Canada. What is now believed to have been the catalyst for this rough year?
(A) The Moon had developed an orbital shift
(B) The Earth tilted on it's axis
(C) The biggest volcanic eruption in recorded history
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Posted by stars2/quizz2000
at 9:25 AM EDT
Updated: Thursday, April 10, 2008 9:26 AM EDT
Post Comment | Permalink | Share This Post
Updated: Thursday, April 10, 2008 9:26 AM EDT
Post Comment | Permalink | Share This Post
