Question
The prologue of the epic Astronautilia ("astronaut-ILL-ee-uh") references this author's story "The Fall of House Voticky" ("voh-TIT-kee"). For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this science-fiction author of War with the Newts, who wrote a 1920 play about a firm that creates the "universal" beings Primus and Helena.
ANSWER: Karel Čapek ("CHAH-pek") (The play is R.U.R.)
[10e] Jan Křesadlo's ("yan kres-AD-loh's") Astronautilia includes Homeric Greek text and a translation into this language. Čapek and Václav ("VAHT-slav") Havel wrote in this Central European language.
ANSWER: Czech [or Čeština or Česky jazyk]
[10h] In the Astronautilia, the universe can only exist while observed by one of these animals. In a novel titled for these animals, the killings of Garland, Polokov, and Luba allow a bounty hunter to buy his wife a Nubian goat.
ANSWER: sheep [accept Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]
<Literature - European Literature - Misc Literature>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 36 | 19.72 | 94% | 83% | 19% |