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Elizabeth Blackburn, an Uncommon card
Elizabeth Helen Blackburn is an Australian–American Nobel laureate who is the former president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 147
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 36,000
Power 147 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Elizabeth Blackburn quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Elizabeth Blackburn card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1984, Blackburn co-discovered telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the ______, with Carol W. Greider.
Answer
telomere. In 1984, Blackburn co-discovered telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the telomere, with Carol W. Greider. From the Elizabeth Blackburn article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
For this work, she was awarded the ____ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, sharing it with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak, becoming the first Australian woman Nobel laureate.
Answer
2000s. For this work, she was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, sharing it with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak, becoming the first Australian woman Nobel laureate. From the Elizabeth Blackburn article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Anti–money laundering. Anti–money laundering 87 · Apollonius of Perga 78 · Elizabeth Blackburn 74 · Acrux 70 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.
- In 1984, Blackburn co-discovered telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the telomere, with Carol W. Greider.
- For this work, she was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, sharing it with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak, becoming the first Australian woman Nobel laureate.
- She also worked in medical ethics, and was controversially dismissed from the Bush administration's President's Council on Bioethics.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Elizabeth Blackburn article was read about 36,000 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 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Elizabeth Blackburn (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
