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James Franck, an Uncommon card
James Franck was a German–American physicist who shared the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gustav Hertz "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom." Franck completed his doctorate in 1906 and his habilitation in 1911 at the Frederick William University in Berlin, where he…
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 158
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 158 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
James Franck quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the James Franck card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Franck became the head of the ______ division of the Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft for Physical Chemistry.
Answer
physics. Franck became the head of the physics division of the Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft for Physical Chemistry. From the James Franck article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He served as a volunteer in the German Army during World War I. He was seriously injured in ____ in a gas attack and was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class.
Answer
1910s. He served as a volunteer in the German Army during World War I. He was seriously injured in 1917 in a gas attack and was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class. From the James Franck article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Tassili n'Ajjer. Tassili n'Ajjer 58,000 · Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal 45,000 · James Franck 25,000 · Criminal charges against Joseph Smith 19,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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 served as a volunteer in the German Army during World War I. He was seriously injured in 1917 in a gas attack and was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class.
- Franck became the head of the physics division of the Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft for Physical Chemistry.
- In 1920, Franck became professor ordinarius of experimental physics and Director of the Second Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of Göttingen.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The James Franck article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get James Franck
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Text : Wikipedia, James Franck (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nobel foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
