Small Brainy Delight..

Hi friends..
same rules.... hints for start questions in the comments block and ans to be mailed at abhibinani@gmail.com.

Happy Quiz time :)

*1..

The roots of "X" as a measurement standard can be traced back to Carl Frederick Gauss (1777-1855) who introduced the concept of the normal curve. X has evolved a lot over time.

As Geoff Tennant describes in his book "X: SPC and TQM in Manufacturing and Services": "X is many things, and it would perhaps be easier to list all the things that X quality is not. X can be seen as: a vision; a philosophy; a symbol; a metric; a goal; a methodology." We couldn't agree more.

What are we talking abt..... X = ??

2..

Today the "X International Inc." is the product of a merger between "Y" and "X" Inc. which took place in 1999. Although Y was twice the size of X, the combined company chose the name "X" because of its superior brand recognition.

However, the corporate headquarters were consolidated to Y's headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey rather than X's former headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

X maintains a very active community involvement program called "Hometown Solutions". Program initiatives include matching employee volunteer involvement with charitable donations, encouraging study of maths and science, re-building after hurricane Katrina and a long-standing partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children called "Got2bSafe".

What are X and Y ...... ?? (1 pt for each.... )

*3..

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, "S" is the second-most popular song in the English language, following "Happy Birthday to You" and followed by "Auld Lang Syne."

"S" is a British and American song which is sung to congratulate a person on a significant event, such as a retirement. The melody originates from that of the French song "Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre."

Please sing this song "S" .... ??

4.. A sitter is here.... ;)

"X Y" bills itself as the third largest confectionery manufacturer in the world after Cadbury and Wrigley. It employs 14,000 people via 30 subsidiary companies and distributes its products in over 130 countries.

It was formed by the 2001 merger of "X" of Italy with "Y" of the Netherlands, having its corporate headquarters in Lainate, Italy and in Breda, Netherlands.

What is X and Y .... ?? ( 1 point for each..)
*5..

CONNECT and EXPLAIN ( only in dat case full points...... otherwise half for jst connecting) :



Keep Answering..,, ans will be posted soon... Till then,
Hail Quizzing.... :)

SCORES AND ANSWERS :

1.. It is SIX SIGMA , a sitter for all
2.. X is "HONEYWELL" and Y is "ALLIED SIGNAL"
3.. the song is "for he is the jolly good fellow" :)
4.. X is "PERFETTI" and Y is "VAN MELLE"
5.. no one bothered to connect this one...... the connection is O&M (ogilvy and mather)
pic 1 is of David Ogilvy
pic 2 is the campaign carried out by O&M for DOVE...... and titled as EVOLUTION (the pic is of dove's evolution)
pic 3 is Martin Sorell the fonder and ceo of WPP group, which is the parent company of O&M

SCORES :

Abhishek Chakraborty (6), Tanx for ur encouraging comments ;
Shrinidhi Rai (2)
Piyush Raithatha (5)
Udayan Chakrabarti (2)
Ramakrishna K (1)
Priyabrata Padhi (4)
Arun A (1)
Manimaker (1)
Siddhartha Mohapatra (2)
Sijut Mehta (6)
Pradeep Kumar.SJ (5), Tanx for singing the song as well ;)
I can't ziuq (5)
Meher Sridhar Uddandam (5)
Aki Raj (6)
Navin Ba (4)
Balakrishnan Dev (5)
Priyesh (6)
Manan (4)
Cheers to one and all,
Abhi Binani

snack time Quiz....

Another set of random questions.....
for hints in the star question, pls check the comments block and DO NOT leave ans over therr.... mail ans to abhibinani@gmail.com and let the comments block be for comments only !!

1.... starting with a sitter as usual......
who said illustrating what.......??

"The navel is naturally placed in the center of the human body, and, if in a man lying with his face upward, and his hands and feet extended, from his navel as the centre, a circle be described, it will touch his fingers and toes. It is not alone by a circle, that the human body is thus circumscribed, as may be seen by placing it within a square. For measuring from the feet to the crown of the head, and then across the arms fully extended, we find the latter measure equal to the former; so that lines at right angles to each other, enclosing the figure, will form a square."

2 * ....

The origin of X has been debated for years. Printed likenesses can be traced back to the 19th century, such as the The Yellow Kid character from Richard F. Outcault's strip, Hogan's Alley.

since his debut in Y
X has appeared in a slew of guises, including Geroger Washington, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Kurt Cobain, Bart Simpson, Michael Jackson, George Bush and many more.... Considering X's ubiquity as a cover boy, it is perhaps ironic that the single highest-selling issue of Y depicted only his feet.

He was also briefly known as Mel Haney, When in one of the issue Mel Haney was also described as his name.

A female version of X, named Moxie Cowznofski and occasionally described in editorial text as X's "girlfriend," appeared briefly during the late 1950s.

Identify X and Y....

3 * ....

This song "S" is the fifth and final single by American singer-songwriter "Y" from Y's third studio album, True Blue, and it was released on February 25, 1987 by Sire Records.

S was written by Patrick Leonard and Bruce Gaitsch, and originally intended for Michael Jackson for his Bad album, who, according to Gaitsch, turned it down.

Y accepted it in Jackson's place, and wrote the song's lyrics, earning a co-writing credit. Lyrically, the song speaks of the simplicity and authenticity of "boy-meets-girl love".

Internationally, "S" was a bonafide worldwide hit which reached number one in the UK, France and Germany....

Identify S and Y.......

4 .... (sitter again..... )

The # effect is the ability of any activity to which people devote sufficient time and attention to begin to dominate their thoughts, mental images, and dreams. The name has been derived from a game.

The game "#" is originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in June 1985, while working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow.

What is this # effect is.........??

5 * ....

CONNECT :


pic 1 is.... Corey Burton
pic 2 is.... Tress MacNeille

6.. CONNECT the followings......

A) "music to piss of the savage beast"
B) "if it makes sense we dont want it"
C) "Random Quote of the milisecond"
D) "your source for up to the minute misfortune"

what is the master/specific connect..... ??

answers within 1 week time..... keep answering.... and
exalt Quizzing.... ;)

P.S : qutopia is finally up with its blog.... posting one original question everyday..... check it out at qutopia-kiit.blogspot.com

Thanks Abhi Binani....


ANSWERS :

1.. Vitruvian Man

2.. X = Alfred E Neuman and Y = MAD magazine.

3.. song S = "La isla bonita" and Y = Madonna. (seems like no 1 cheked the hints hre.. its english meaning was given which implies the song itself is not in english...... its a spanish song)

4.. The TETRIS effect. ( # = TETRIS)

5.. The Connections is Chip and Dale (the chipmunks)
Corey Burton and Tress MacNeille gave voices to dale and chip respectively
Their 1st comic appearance was for dell comics (its logo is shown )
they are the creation of walt disney who also created mickey mouse (shown in the pic)
Chip 'n Dale first appeared in the cartoon Private Pluto (1943) ( the dog is private pluto)

6.. The connection is indeed uncyclopedia, The Wilde Project (in hints the quote is by Oscar Wilde) . They are the catch lines of their several projects..
A.. untunes
B.. uncycloversity
C.. unquote/unquotable
D.. unnews

SCORES :

Hussain Poonawala (2)
Anubhav Chatterjee (1)
Debjyoti Adhikari (3)
Ratnakar Sadasya(7) , bang on..
Preshanth sampath (1)
*Kuldeep Singh (9) leading this board....
Abhishek Chakraborty (8.5) , bang with a blast..
Sijut Mehta (5)
Mayukh Bose (4)
Rishabh Sinha (6)
Ayan Saha (5)
Bharath (3)
Mehar Sridhar Uddandam (2.5)

Thanks to one and all....
Hail Quizzing !!