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Margarita Salas, a Common card
Margarita Salas Falgueras, 1st Marchioness of Canero was a Spanish scientist, medical researcher, and author in the fields of biochemistry and molecular genetics.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Margarita Salas quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Margarita Salas card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
In ____ she became the first woman ever to receive the Echegaray Medal, that was given to her by the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences.
Answer
2010s. In 2016 she became the first woman ever to receive the Echegaray Medal, that was given to her by the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences. From the Margarita Salas article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
History of Tajikistan. History of Tajikistan 18,000 · Simon Vouet 13,000 · Hone Harawira 9,700 · Margarita Salas 7,000 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.
- She started developing molecular biology in Spain and also worked as an honorary associate professor of CSIC, at the Severo Ochoa Biology Center.
- In 2016 she became the first woman ever to receive the Echegaray Medal, that was given to her by the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences.
- Salas' discovery of the bacterial virus Φ29 DNA polymerase was recognized by the Spanish National Research Council as the highest-grossing patent in Spain.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Margarita Salas article was read about 7,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Margarita Salas (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : LaMèreVeille, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
