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George Church, an Uncommon card
George McDonald Church is an American geneticist, molecular engineer, chemist, serial entrepreneur, and pioneer in personal genomics and synthetic biology.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 163
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 79,000
Power 163 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
George Church quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Church card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Through his Harvard laboratory, Church has co-founded around 50 ______ companies.
Answer
biotechnology. Through his Harvard laboratory, Church has co-founded around 50 biotechnology companies. From the George Church article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, the Church laboratory at Harvard spun off 16 biotechnology companies in one year.
Answer
2010s. In 2018, the Church laboratory at Harvard spun off 16 biotechnology companies in one year. From the George Church article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Vladimir Potanin. Vladimir Potanin 85 · George Church 82 · Pierre de Coubertin 77 · Clara Zetkin 74 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 is the Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a founding member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University.
- Through his Harvard laboratory, Church has co-founded around 50 biotechnology companies.
- In 2018, the Church laboratory at Harvard spun off 16 biotechnology companies in one year.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The George Church article was read about 79,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get George Church
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, George Church (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
