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Casimir Funk, an Uncommon card
Casimir Funk was a Polish biochemist who formulated the definitive concept of vitamins and was the first to isolate a vitamin from rice bran in 1911.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 101
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 16,000
Power 101 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Casimir Funk quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Casimir Funk card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His ______ work involved research in interwar Poland, France, and the United Kingdom.
Answer
scientific. His scientific work involved research in interwar Poland, France, and the United Kingdom. From the Casimir Funk article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Casimir Funk was a Polish biochemist who formulated the definitive concept of vitamins and was the first to isolate a vitamin from rice bran in ____.
Answer
1910s. Casimir Funk was a Polish biochemist who formulated the definitive concept of vitamins and was the first to isolate a vitamin from rice bran in 1911. From the Casimir Funk article on Wikipedia.
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 coined the term "vitamines" in his landmark 1912 medical writing, establishing a major shift in scientific thinking by proving that specific nutritional deficiencies cause diseases such as beriberi, pellagra, and rickets.
- While the English chemist Frederick Gowland Hopkins had earlier hypothesized the existence of "accessory food factors," it was Funk who provided the definitive functional theory and nomenclature.
- His scientific work involved research in interwar Poland, France, and the United Kingdom.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Casimir Funk article was read about 16,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Casimir Funk
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Casimir Funk (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
