Saturday, July 11, 2026

Question: Which iconic 1993 ad campaign debuted with a commercial about the Aaron Burr–Alexander Hamilton duel?

Answer: Got Milk? Directed by Michael Bay, the campaign’s first commercial featured a history buff who knew Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton in their famous duel. But with his mouth full of peanut butter and no milk to wash it down, he couldn’t say the answer during a $10,000 radio contest, helping launch one of the most memorable ad campaigns of the 1990s.