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Linda B. Buck, a Common card
Linda Brown Buck is an American biologist best known for her work on the olfactory system.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 59
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 107
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 107 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Linda B. Buck quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Linda B. Buck card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
She is currently on the ______ of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
Answer
faculty. She is currently on the faculty of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. From the Linda B. Buck article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
She was awarded the ____ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Richard Axel, for their work on olfactory receptors.
Answer
2000s. She was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Richard Axel, for their work on olfactory receptors. From the Linda B. Buck article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Isaac Casaubon. Isaac Casaubon 65 · Elizabeth J. Feinler 62 · Linda B. Buck 59 · Gemma Frisius 55 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.
- She was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Richard Axel, for their work on olfactory receptors.
- She is currently on the faculty of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Linda B. Buck article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 59 and blocks with 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Linda B. Buck
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Linda B. Buck (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Royal Society uploader, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
