# Quiz : Robot or Programming Language? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-robot-or-programming-language/102902 "2002-04-10T20:50:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-robot-or-programming-language/102902/1 "2002-04-10T20:50:02Z")
Just for fun, [15 question quiz](http://bbspot.com/Features/2001/09/robot_quiz.php), you simply have to decide if each one is a Movie Robot or a Programming Language. I got 14 correct, and humiliatingly failed on **Cecil**. Now you try! ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-robot-or-programming-language/102902/2 "2002-04-10T21:05:50Z")
I got 13, missed Rexx and forgot to answer for Guile. I had some pretty lucky guesses in there, though. ---
**Author:** ![Arwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Arwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwen)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-robot-or-programming-language/102902/3 "2002-04-10T21:23:56Z")
Wow-I guess well. I got 12, missed on AMOS, Gort, and Cilk. Whee! ---
**Author:** ![\_your\_name\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/919ad9/32.png) [@\_your\_name\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_your_name_here)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-robot-or-programming-language/102902/4 "2002-04-10T21:54:46Z")
1. hmph. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-robot-or-programming-language/102902/5 "2002-04-10T22:57:28Z")
I got 9 as well. For some reason, I’ve always believed that the robot or programming language is spelled Rex, rather than Rexx. Can anybody clarify? ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-robot-or-programming-language/102902/6 "2002-04-10T23:15:05Z")
11, but then again, most were guesses. A quick Google returns about 195,000 instances of REXX (the first page of which look like references to the Language). ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-robot-or-programming-language/102902/7 "2002-04-11T00:49:45Z")
Another guesser - I got 12. Missed Guile, CHOMPS, and Rexx. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-robot-or-programming-language/102902/8 "2002-04-11T19:02:04Z")
So I’m the only one who thought **Cecil** was a robot? Hmph. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-robot-or-programming-language/102902/9 "2002-04-11T19:11:43Z")
I got 12 also. Man, I haven’t thought of C.H.O.M.P.S (Canine HOMe Protection System in over 20 years! I loved that movie. Even read the book! (Hey, I was 10 at the time.)