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David Baltimore, an Uncommon card
David Baltimore was an American biologist, university administrator, and 1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 174
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 49,000
Power 174 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
David Baltimore quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the David Baltimore card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He founded the ______ Institute and directed it from 1982 to 1990.
Answer
Whitehead. He founded the Whitehead Institute and directed it from 1982 to 1990. From the David Baltimore article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
David Baltimore was an American biologist, university administrator, and ____ Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
Answer
1970s. David Baltimore was an American biologist, university administrator, and 1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. From the David Baltimore article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
COVID-19 recession. COVID-19 recession 97 · Disfranchisement after the Reconstruction era 87 · David Baltimore 83 · Isaac Brock 80 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.
- He was a professor of biology at the California Institute of Technology, where he served as president from 1997 to 2006.
- He founded the Whitehead Institute and directed it from 1982 to 1990.
- In 2008, he served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The David Baltimore article was read about 49,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get David Baltimore
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- Disfranchisement after the Reconstruction eraUncommon · History · ATK 87 DEF 87
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, David Baltimore (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
