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Rare card · Science
Quinine, a Rare card
Quinine is an alkaloid used medically to treat malaria and babesiosis.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 162
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 400,000
Power 162 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Quinine quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Quinine card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
While sometimes used for nocturnal leg cramps, quinine is not recommended for this purpose due to the risk of ______ side effects.
Answer
serious. While sometimes used for nocturnal leg cramps, quinine is not recommended for this purpose due to the risk of serious side effects. From the Quinine article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Binoculars. Binoculars 85 · Carlos Slim 82 · Quinine 79 · Al-Kindi 76 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Quinine. Quinine 400,000 · Nuclear fission 280,000 · Al-Kindi 70,000 · Dungeons & Dragons in popular culture 25,000 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.
- This includes the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum that is resistant to chloroquine when artesunate is not available.
- While sometimes used for nocturnal leg cramps, quinine is not recommended for this purpose due to the risk of serious side effects.
- It can be taken by mouth or intravenously.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Quinine article was read about 400,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Quinine
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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The cards just above and just below Quinine in the power ranking, all domains together.
- OktoberfestRare · Society · ATK 76 DEF 86
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- Henry JamesRare · Arts · ATK 83 DEF 79
- ThucydidesRare · Arts · ATK 76 DEF 86
- Carlos SlimRare · Science · ATK 82 DEF 80
- ArachnidRare · Nature · ATK 78 DEF 84
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Quinine (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : CYL, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
