Trivia Program Project

[zfighter18]

Hello, I am very, very new to programming (as in I just started my very first class on the topic 2 weeks ago) and I have been floundering for the past two weeks trying to understand how everything works.

My first project is due in less than 8 hours and I still have made very little headway. I barely managed 'Hello World' without help. I have continued attempting several tutorials and watched C++ several videos in order to get myself settled and calm but all the information keeps falling out of my head.

The CS Department has purchased a (humanoid) robot recently.  The Dept. Chair would like us to create a “Trivia” game as follow for the robot to display welcoming new users - 

(Robot) Computer: Hello, welcome to Montgomery College! My name is Nao. May I have your name?
(Visitor) Human: Taylor
(Robot) Computer: Nice to have you with us today, Taylor! Let me impress you with a small game.  Give me the age of an important person or a pet to you. Please give me only a number!
(Visitor) Human: 2
(Robot) Computer: You have entered 2. If this is for a person, the age can be expressed as 2 years or 24 months or about 720 days or about 17280 hours or about 1036800 minutes or about 62208000 seconds. If this is for a dog, it is 14 years old in human age. If this is for a gold fish, it is 10 years old in human age.
(Robot) Computer: Let’s play another game, Taylor. Give me a whole number.
(Visitor) Human: 4
(Robot) Computer: Very well. Give me another whole number.
(Visitor) Human: 5
(Robot) Computer: Using the operator ‘+’ in C++, the result of 4 + 5 is 9. Using the operator ‘/’, the result of 4 / 5 is 0; however, the result of 4.0 / 5.0 is about 0.8.
(Robot) Computer: Do you like the games, Taylor? If you do, you can learn more by taking our classes. If you don’t, I am sad. You should talk to our Chairman! 


Description
Develop a C++ program, robotic software if you will, to implement the Trivia” game for the robot.  See sample test run at the end of this document. 

Project Specifications
•	Input: 
o	Visitor’s name
o	An age
o	Two numbers
•	Output
o	Execute the Trivia game as described
o	Specify the robot name of your choice (it’s your baby!)  
o	Your name as the Programmer


 
Processing Requirements
•	Declare and initialize (i.e. create and assign values for) variables/constants to hold the followings (and other information if it makes sense):
o	Robot Name – Variable to hold the robot name
o	Visitor Name – Variable to hold the user’s name.
o	Age – Variable to hold a person’s or a pet’s age.
o	Programmer Name – Variable to hold the programmer name, your full name.
•	Program should utilize include constants, such as –   
o	ONE_DOG_YEAR = 7; 
o	DAYS_PER_MONTH = 30;
o	Gold fish year = 5 human year for calculation

If it wouldn't be too much trouble, I would just like to know where to begin and how to start.

[zfighter18]

Just looking for any hints you might have on how I can start.

[MikeyBoy]

Declare and initialize (i.e. create and assign values for) variables/constants to hold the followings

That would be a good place to start. Work out what type of variable each of those should be. Then declare and initialise those variables.