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Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, an Uncommon card
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier was a French pharmacist and agronomist, best remembered as a vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 94
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 29,000
Power 94 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Antoine-Augustin Parmentier card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Parmentier also founded a school of ______ and studied methods of conserving food, including refrigeration.
Answer
breadmaking. Parmentier also founded a school of breadmaking and studied methods of conserving food, including refrigeration. From the Antoine-Augustin Parmentier article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Johann Weyer. Johann Weyer 63 · Antoine-Augustin Parmentier 58 · DIP switch 55 · Hayley Arceneaux 52 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His many other contributions to nutrition and health included establishing the first mandatory smallpox vaccination campaign in France and pioneering the extraction of sugar from sugar beets.
- Parmentier also founded a school of breadmaking and studied methods of conserving food, including refrigeration.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Antoine-Augustin Parmentier article was read about 29,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : François Dumont, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
