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Carl Djerassi, an Uncommon card
Carl Djerassi was a Viennese-born Bulgarian-American pharmaceutical chemist, novelist, playwright and co-founder of Djerassi Resident Artists Program with Diane Wood Middlebrook.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 162
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 23,000
Power 162 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Carl Djerassi quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carl Djerassi card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is best known for his ______ to the development of oral contraceptive pills, nicknamed the "father of the pill".
Answer
contribution. He is best known for his contribution to the development of oral contraceptive pills, nicknamed the "father of the pill". From the Carl Djerassi article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Glen Powell. Glen Powell 79 · Carl Djerassi 76 · Zygmunt Krasiński 73 · Hans Gude 70 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Speculative evolution. Speculative evolution 54,000 · Kenzō Tange 35,000 · Carl Djerassi 23,000 · Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff 15,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- He is best known for his contribution to the development of oral contraceptive pills, nicknamed the "father of the pill".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carl Djerassi article was read about 23,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Carl Djerassi
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carl Djerassi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Douglas A. Lockard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
