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Élie Metchnikoff, an Uncommon card
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, gallicised and known in Western sources as Élie Metchnikoff, was a zoologist from the Russian Empire of Moldavian noble ancestry best known for his research in immunology and thanatology.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 35,000
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Élie Metchnikoff quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Élie Metchnikoff card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He later moved to ______.
Answer
France. He later moved to France. From the Élie Metchnikoff article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He and Paul Ehrlich were jointly awarded the ____ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of their work on immunity".
Answer
1900s. He and Paul Ehrlich were jointly awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of their work on immunity". From the Élie Metchnikoff article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Electrochemistry. Electrochemistry 79 · Élie Metchnikoff 74 · Kaduna 71 · Software 68 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 and Paul Ehrlich were jointly awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of their work on immunity".
- Mechnikov was born in a region of the Russian Empire that is today part of modern-day Ukraine to a Moldavian noble father and a Ukrainian-Jewish mother.
- He later moved to France.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Élie Metchnikoff article was read about 35,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Élie Metchnikoff (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
