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Show floors are full of sky-high ceiling elements that serve as overhead branding beacons and exhibit-design details. But have you ever wondered what it costs to rig these high-flying booth components? In this month's quiz, attempt to guess what exhibitors paid to suspend these floating signs from the ceiling – and prove that when it comes to rigging, you're not in over your head. By Charles Pappas

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1. This fabric and metal ceiling element for Flotek Industries Inc. at the Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition weighed in at 300 pounds.

a. $4,800
b. $3,200
c. $1,600

2. Resembling a beanie, this 400-pound ceiling element for Atelier Damboeck Messebau GmbH was covered with stretch fabrics in corporate colors.

a. $39,000
b. $26,000
c. $13,000

3. Looking like a chic lobby light fixture, Hyatt Hotels Corp.'s 800-pound hanging sign mixed fabric, aluminum, and custom-designed illuminated cylinders.

a. $3,200
b. $6,400
c. $9,600

4. Foundation Medicine Inc.'s ceiling element consisted of a 10-foot-cubed frame covered in sheer fabric with a 6-foot-tall, 3-D foam logo inside.

a. $3,000
b. $6,000
c. $9,000

5. Mindbody Inc.'s metal-framed, fabric-covered ceiling element looked like a supersized, 19-foot-long fitness band for the likes of Paul Bunyan.

a. $2,500
b. $5,000
c. $7,500

6. The Gatorade Co.'s 350-pound ceiling element used black fabric on which white foam letters spelled out the brand's name and popular tagline.

a. $2,500
b. $5,000
c. $7,500

7. Comprising translucent fabric and laminated plywood, this 400-pound overhead element for TG Therapeutics Inc. was inspired by molecular structures.

a. $5,000
b. $7,500
c. $10,000