these are the questions and answers to google’s Day in the Cloud Practice Game which you can play here: http://www.dayinthecloud.com/prep/
Answers are after each question in Bold
1. How many of these devices can be found on a typical Virgin America A320 aircraft?
(Hint: Everyone can control his/her own
entertainment destiny on each flight.)
- 149 – This controller for the RED entertainment system can be found at every seat on every Virgin America flight.
2. This 5-letter word can mean a sequence of steps that demonstrate a valid conclusion or an action required for making bread. It’s also the name of an award winning play, which was then turned into a movie. What’s this word?
2. Proof – David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play was then adapted into a movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow in 2005.
3. Mr. Perez sat down to check his Gmail today. He stepped to the next older conversation in his inbox and opened it. He read the message, thought it important, and starred it. After archiving the thread he was back at his inbox. “Heh,” he thought,”I’ve just typed my first name.”
What is Mr. Perez’s first name?
3. Jose – Gmail shortcuts helps you navigate your Gmail without having to use a mouse!
4. What do the NASA Advanced Crew Escape Suits, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Tokyo Tower have in common? Your answer is the 7-character code that a webmaster would use to represent this commonality.
4. #FF4F00 – This hex code (used in HTML to define colors on a web page) is for “international orange”, the color of all three objects listed.
5. Reposition these columns so that each of the three rows spells a place that a tourist might visit. In what three-word destination can a tourist find all three sites?
5. Yellowstone National Park – The three sites (or sights!) are Mammoth Hot Springs, Old Faithful Geyser and Norris Geyser Basin
The Creative Question is: Someone has finally recognized your singing talents: your boss, who wants you to provide entertainment at the next board meeting. But your directors get anxious and confused whenever a speaker doesn’t have slides. Create a one-slide presentation in Google Docs that underscores the major points of your favorite song. Don’t forget to include the song title and artist’s name, and share the presentation withjudges@dayinthecloud.com.
the answer can be found here: http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhgwgwq3_1fz46dmc2
