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1.Who created the news-reading robots?
a) Nintendo hardware technicians
b) Panasonic managers
c) Sony software engineers
d) Japanese scientists
2.What do the robots have a sense of?
a) fashion
b) humour
c) taste
d) smell
3.What English word is part of the names of the two robots?
a) spaceman
b) astronaut
c) android
d) cyborg
4.What imaginary event in Tokyo did the robots read about?
a) an earthquake
b) the soccer World Cup Final
c) an alien invasion
d) robots taking over the world
5.When did a professor say the robots would read the news for real?
a) 2020
b) the Thursday after next
c) he didn't
d) next week
6.What do companies in Japan spend a lot of money on?
a) workers' bonuses
b) research and development
c) bento lunches
d) bonsai trees
7.What image do Japanese people have of robots?
a) an old-fashioned one
b) an outdated one
c) a futuristic one
d) a positive one
8.What do Westerners think robots might take over one day?
a) the world
b) the controls
c) the Internet
d) the airwaves
9.What did professor Ishiguro say we will have more of in the future?
a) headaches
b) fun
c) robots
d) time
10.What did the professor compare owning a robot to?
a) a horror movie
b) a laptop
c) having a 5-day weekend
d) retiring
