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Max Theiler, a Common card
Max Theiler was a South African-American virologist and physician.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 31
- Power
- 86
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 86 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Max Theiler quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Max Theiler card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Born in Pretoria, Theiler was educated in South Africa through completion of his ______ in medical school.
Answer
degree. Born in Pretoria, Theiler was educated in South Africa through completion of his degree in medical school. From the Max Theiler article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He went to London for postgraduate work at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, earning a ____ diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene.
Answer
1920s. He went to London for postgraduate work at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, earning a 1922 diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene. From the Max Theiler article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Marinus of Tyre. Marinus of Tyre 62 · Taylor Wang 58 · Max Theiler 55 · HTT Pléthore 51 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.
- He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951 for developing a vaccine against yellow fever in 1937, becoming the first African-born Nobel laureate.
- Born in Pretoria, Theiler was educated in South Africa through completion of his degree in medical school.
- He went to London for postgraduate work at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, earning a 1922 diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Max Theiler article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 31: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Max Theiler
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Max Theiler (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
