Overlooked at work
These are the engineering managers of City Storage System
Who are Dan Bear, JJ Ford, Ashley Quitoriano, and Fei Lu?
The iconic Hollywood sign was originally said
Hollywoodland (it was an advertisement for Tinseltown’s latest real estate development)
This Danish author wrote the fairytale tragedy “The Little Mermaid” which was later adopted by Disney with a happier ending
Hans Christian Andersen
Autophobia
(Double points for guessing the word root)
What is fear of being alone?
(Greek words: "autos" (self))
Cultural appropriation, but in space
Avatar
“Fair Enough” is commonly used by this CSS leader.
Who is Travis Kalanick? (Pay attention to All Hands)
The largest boulder ever transported - a 340-ton chunk of granite used 11 days just to travel 85 miles back in 2012, is now housed in.
LACMA
This birthstone is said to be made from Mermaid tears
What is Aquamarine?
Venustraphobia
(Double points for guessing the word root)
Fear of beautiful woman
(Word root Venus is the Roman name for the Greek goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite.)
A small town boy gets kidnapped from his home and sent to a school for special children.
Harry Potter
Is Cloud Kitchens one word or two words?
One word (you can see this in all our logo)
The Iconic Santa Monica Boulevard crosses 4 cities. (name 2/4, points double if you can name all 4)
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and West Hollywood
In popular culture, there are only 4 types of Mermaid. (name 2/4, points double if you can name all 4)
What are...
Traditional mermaids (sea-dwelling only)
Irish shedding mermaids (can shed tail and walk on land)
Shapeshifter - can change to human form when required
Merfolk - human-looking mermaid that live on the land and sea?
Phobophobia
(Double points for guessing the word root)
Fear of fear itself
(Greek phóbos, "fear")
A struggling artist and a rich chick fight over a door.
Titanic
This is the original name of CloudKitchens before Travis Kalanick got involved.
What is Urban Kitchens? (you can see it on slack still)
In 1996, this actor bought 2,615 outfield seats at Angels Stadium in nearby Anaheim—so they could catch a home run ball.
Charlie Sheen (he came up empty-handed)
These sea animals are often confused for mermaids by sailors
What are Manatees?
Arachnophobia
(Double points for guessing the word root)
What is fear of spiders?
(Greek arachne, meaning spider, from the story of Arachne a girl turned into a spider by Athena for challenging the goddess to a weaving content)
Older sister ruins the younger sister's chance to be on a televised game show.
The Hunger Games
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway is the address of this iconic company
This iconic city of Los Angeles county started out as a modest lima bean ranch.
Beverly Hills
Although often confused with Mermaids (who isnt necessarily great singers), these creatures were known to lure sailors to their doom with their voices.
What are Sirens?
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia OR sesquipedalophobia
(Double points for guessing the word root)
Fear of long words
hippopotamus - meaning large
monstrum (“monster”)
sesquipedalo root from Latin sesquipedalis (literally “a foot and a half long”)
Rookie cop engages in racial profiling, finds soulmate
Zootopia