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Frederick Gowland Hopkins, a Common card
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitamins.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Frederick Gowland Hopkins quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Frederick Gowland Hopkins card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He also discovered the amino acid ______, in 1901.
Answer
tryptophan. He also discovered the amino acid tryptophan, in 1901. From the Frederick Gowland Hopkins article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in ____, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitamins.
Answer
1920s. Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitamins. From the Frederick Gowland Hopkins article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He also discovered the amino acid tryptophan, in 1901.
- He was President of the Royal Society from 1930 to 1935.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Frederick Gowland Hopkins article was read about 14,000 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 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Frederick Gowland Hopkins (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : John Palmer Clarke (active 1890-1909), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
