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John Stith Pemberton, an Uncommon card
John Stith Pemberton was an American pharmacist, chemist, and Confederate States Army officer who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 110
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 110 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
John Stith Pemberton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Stith Pemberton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His ______ to control his chronic pain led to morphine addiction.
Answer
efforts. His efforts to control his chronic pain led to morphine addiction. From the John Stith Pemberton article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Pemberton suffered from a sabre wound sustained in April ____, during the Battle of Columbus.
Answer
1860s. Pemberton suffered from a sabre wound sustained in April 1865, during the Battle of Columbus. From the John Stith Pemberton 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.
- On May 8, 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later become Coca-Cola, but sold the rights to Asa Griggs Candler for roughly $2300 shortly before his death in 1888.
- Pemberton suffered from a sabre wound sustained in April 1865, during the Battle of Columbus.
- His efforts to control his chronic pain led to morphine addiction.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Stith Pemberton article was read about 150,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get John Stith Pemberton
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Stith Pemberton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
