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Uncommon card · History
Ernst Chain, an Uncommon card
Sir Ernst Boris Chain was a German-born British biochemist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 22,000
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Ernst Chain quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ernst Chain card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
He shared the ____ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Alexander Fleming and Howard Florey "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases".
Answer
1940s. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Alexander Fleming and Howard Florey "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases". From the Ernst Chain article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Acelino Freitas. Acelino Freitas 67 · Parvez Rasool 64 · Ernst Chain 60 · Economy of Andorra 57 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 shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Alexander Fleming and Howard Florey "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ernst Chain article was read about 22,000 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 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Ernst Chain
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, Ernst Chain (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nobel Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
