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Kikunae Ikeda, an Uncommon card
Kikunae Ikeda was a Japanese chemist and Tokyo Imperial University professor of chemistry who, in 1908, uncovered the chemical basis of a taste he named umami.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 50
- DEF
- 29
- Power
- 79
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 19,000
Power 79 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Kikunae Ikeda quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kikunae Ikeda card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is one of the five basic ______ along with sweet, bitter, sour and salty.
Answer
tastes. It is one of the five basic tastes along with sweet, bitter, sour and salty. From the Kikunae Ikeda article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Kikunae Ikeda was a Japanese chemist and Tokyo Imperial University professor of chemistry who, in ____, uncovered the chemical basis of a taste he named umami.
Answer
1900s. Kikunae Ikeda was a Japanese chemist and Tokyo Imperial University professor of chemistry who, in 1908, uncovered the chemical basis of a taste he named umami. From the Kikunae Ikeda article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Elliptic operator. Elliptic operator 59 · Cusp 56 · Kikunae Ikeda 50 · Cuprite 47 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.
- It is one of the five basic tastes along with sweet, bitter, sour and salty.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kikunae Ikeda article was read about 19,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 50 and blocks with 29: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Kikunae Ikeda
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Kikunae Ikeda (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
