231. User Generated Content and the Beastie Boys?

A website design where a site's main or most visible pages are professionally written, edited, and laid out, while the rest of the site relies on content supplied by volunteers and site visitors (UGC etc) is called a X strategy.

The term X was apparently popularized by a 1994 Beastie Boys song as well as by personalities like the one shown below.



What be X?

230. The mother of all hyperboles...

This patented invention saw its first commercial use in Chillicothe, Missouri…… and gave rise to a fairly popular hyberbole.

Which one?

229. The concocter of potions....

Felice ______ was an Italian pharmacist, a maker of liquor and freedom fighter under Garibaldi. Born in Gerolanuova near Brescia, he established a chemical laboratory in Milano, developing a successful amaro made as an alcohol infusion of cinchona bark, herbs, and iron salts. The laboratory made the "l'esanofele", a chemical based on quinine, iron and arsenic to combat malaria.

Why is this person very important in an Indian context?

228. Rum Doodle, Talking Fish and other such expeditions...

The Ascent of Rum Doodle is a short 1956 novel by Bill Bowman. It is a parody of the chronicles of mountaineering expeditions (notably Maurice Herzog's book Annapurna chronicling the first ascent of the mountain of the same name) that were popular during the 1950s, as many of the world's highest peaks were climbed for the first time. Though a parody, it has become one of the most famous and celebrated books of mountaineering literature.

Bowman's only other published work is The Cruise of the Talking Fish, again a parody of another expedition. Which one?

227. The Privilege du Blanc...

As of 2008, Queen Sofia of Spain, Queen Paola of Belgium, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, if they so wish to, can exercise a privilege known as “Privilege du Blanc” or “Privilege of the White”.

What is the “Privilege du Blanc”?

226. Complicated Reactions!

In an acidic solution, the “lawsone” molecule can react via a process called Michael addition with keratin to create a permanent stain.

What results?

225. Inspired by the Royal Crescent!

The Royal Crescent in Bath, England. What in India has been inspired by it?