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Otto Loewi, a Common card
Otto Loewi was a German-born pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 47
- Power
- 110
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 110 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Otto Loewi quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Otto Loewi card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Loewi met Dale in 1902 when spending some months in Ernest Starling's ______ at University College, London.
Answer
laboratory. Loewi met Dale in 1902 when spending some months in Ernest Starling's laboratory at University College, London. From the Otto Loewi article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
For this discovery, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in ____, which he shared with Sir Henry Dale, who was a lifelong friend that helped to inspire the neurotransmitter experiment.
Answer
1930s. For this discovery, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936, which he shared with Sir Henry Dale, who was a lifelong friend that helped to inspire the neurotransmitter experiment. From the Otto Loewi article on Wikipedia.
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.
- For this discovery, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936, which he shared with Sir Henry Dale, who was a lifelong friend that helped to inspire the neurotransmitter experiment.
- Loewi met Dale in 1902 when spending some months in Ernest Starling's laboratory at University College, London.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Otto Loewi 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 63 and blocks with 47: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Otto Loewi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Albert Hilscher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
