Friday, November 5, 2010

Queston 866

Happy Diwali to all fellow quizzers from all over India, and here is today's question:
Put complete funda as to the origins of this scientific formula.




Answer: In the early 70's when television advertising was unsophisticated and very much in its teenage years, the Parker Pen Company came out with one of the most discussed ads of its time. This simple ad showed a hand using a Parker Pen to write the above 'mathematical' formula on a piece of paper.

The ad generated a lot of talk among the scientific community as to what the formula would have meant. The result? Parker's letterbox was filled with queries from chemists, mathematicians and physicists all asking for the meaning of the formula, as they could not figure it out. The creators of this ad, however had the last laugh. The formula was actually a humorous representation for the recipe of a Martini: 3.5 shots of gin and half a shot of vermouth over 4 parts H2O3 (water cubed = ice), finished off with three stirs (the 3×360°)!!!

5 Answers:

Unknown said...

formula for martini(M)
G-gin,V-vermouth



----------------v.chandrashekar

pranav said...

this is the formula for a vodka martini

Kapinjal Chowdhury said...

vodka martini....james bond!

Anonymous said...

parker pen ad
recipe for martini(M)-mixture of gin(G),vermouth(V),water(h2o)

Unknown said...

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