4. On New Year's Day in 1976, Danny Finegood and some friends “altered” a famous landmark, using only rocks, rope and four sheets. Members of the media were notified in advance of the unveiling, and photographs of the stunt later ran in newspapers across the globe. Finegood said he was making a statement about the state's new marijuana law, which changed the charge of possession of marijuana from a felony to a misdemeanor. He was also an art student at Cal State University Northridge at the time, and he used the stunt as a project for his environmental sculpture class (Reportedly receiving an “A“) What did he do?
16. The Logitech co-founder summoned executives to a meeting with X, an expert with “special talents as a facilitator,” to help their New Ventures Group “crisply define” its goals. X sneered at their existing mission statement – “to provide Logitech with profitable growth and related new business areas” followed by an exercise to select words for a new one. Active? Not good enough, made “proactive.” Paradigms? Approved! At last, the new statement: “…to scout profitable growth opportunities in relationships, both internally and externally, in emerging, mission inclusive markets, and explore new paradigms and then filter and communicate and evangelize the findings.” X suggested that the management team write a song based on the statement. The consultant drew a final diagram, one that he said would bring the session into focus… Identify X.
28. His former partners sued him for trademark infringement and a German court determined that the Horch brand belonged to his former company. August Horch was barred from using his own family name in his new car business, so he called a meeting at the apartment of Franz Fikentscher to come up with a new name for his company. During this meeting Franz's son was quietly studying Latin in a corner of the room. Several times he looked like he was on the verge of saying something but would just swallow his words and continue working, until he finally blurted out, "Father – ________ et altera pars ... wouldn't it be a good idea to call it _______ instead of horch ?
29. Horch!" in German means "Hark!" or "hear", which is "Audi" in Latin
31. Noble Peace Prize winners when Gandhi was nominated 1. The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1937) 2. Nansen International Office For Refugees (1938) 3. No award (1939) 4. Friends Service Council (The Quakers) and American Friends Service Committee (The Quakers) (1947) 5. No suitable living candidate (1948)
