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John Howard Northrop, a Common card
John Howard Northrop was an American biochemist who, with James Batcheller Sumner and Wendell Meredith Stanley, won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 32
- Power
- 87
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,200
Power 87 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
John Howard Northrop quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Howard Northrop card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Northrop was a Professor of ______ and Medical Physics, Emeritus, at University of California, Berkeley.
Answer
Bacteriology. Northrop was a Professor of Bacteriology and Medical Physics, Emeritus, at University of California, Berkeley. From the John Howard Northrop article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
John Howard Northrop was an American biochemist who, with James Batcheller Sumner and Wendell Meredith Stanley, won the ____ Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Answer
1940s. John Howard Northrop was an American biochemist who, with James Batcheller Sumner and Wendell Meredith Stanley, won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. From the John Howard Northrop article on Wikipedia.
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.
- The award was given for these scientists' isolation, crystallization, and study of enzymes, proteins, and viruses.
- Northrop was a Professor of Bacteriology and Medical Physics, Emeritus, at University of California, Berkeley.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Howard Northrop article was read about 4,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 32: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Howard Northrop (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
