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