Thursday, May 17, 2007

Visa



Would you want to disrupt something which goes on like clockwork. makes you feel guilty to use money instead of a card. Great ad!!
Btw here some interesting trivia on Visa. Not sure if you have noticed but on most Visa cards, holding the face of the card under an ultraviolet light will reveal the dove picture, as an additional security test.Go check it out.

Many of you got it right this time but the lucky winner for adMad Trivia #56 is Rakesh Taklikar. Congrats to you and to all those who got their answers correct. Now moving on to today's trivia...
For those who came in late, we ask a trivia question everyday and the answer will be the brand whose ad we will be posting tomorrow.

adMad Trivia #57
Long question, sorry- but its for a cool ad for tomorrow. Try it out and google if you have to ;-))

In 1946, the Institute for the Study of Analgesic and Sedative Drugs awarded a grant to the New York City Department of Health to study the problems associated with analgesic agents. Bernard Brodie and Julius Axelrod were assigned to investigate why non-aspirin agents were associated with the development of methemoglobinemia, a condition that decreases the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood and is potentially
lethal. In 1948, they linked the use of acetanilide with methemoglobinemia and determined that the analgesic effect of acetanilide was due to its active metabolite paracetamol. They advocated the use of Paracetamol, since it did not have the toxic effects of acetanilide. The product went on sale in the United States in 1955 under the brand name Tylenol. What was the brand name used in the UK for Paracetamol?

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

They have Visa check card commercials out now, where in a store, everything runs at a assembly line pace with visa check card, and someone tries to pay with a check, and the whole system comes to an halt, with everyone giving a look to the person paying with a check. Good ad!

Anonymous said...

the one I'm talking about is a nursery shop ad.