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Mary-Dell Chilton, an Uncommon card
Mary-Dell Chilton was an American biochemist, inventor and writer who was one of the founders of modern plant biotechnology.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 59
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 102
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 24,000
Power 102 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Mary-Dell Chilton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Mary-Dell Chilton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
She was also inducted into the ______ Inventors Hall of Fame.
Answer
National. She was also inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. From the Mary-Dell Chilton article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
During her career, she was awarded the World Food Prize and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President Joe Biden in ____.
Answer
2020s. During her career, she was awarded the World Food Prize and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President Joe Biden in 2023. From the Mary-Dell Chilton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Rotation. Rotation 66 · Carbon-dioxide laser 63 · Mary-Dell Chilton 59 · Dagens Nyheter 56 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 performed research at Washington University in St. Louis and was a Distinguished Science Fellow at Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. Chilton was notable for her discovery of the presence of Agrobacterium Ti plasmid DNA fragments in the nuclear DNA of crown gall tissue in 1977.
- During her career, she was awarded the World Food Prize and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President Joe Biden in 2023.
- She was also inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mary-Dell Chilton article was read about 24,000 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 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Mary-Dell Chilton
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Mary-Dell Chilton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bob Nichols., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
