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Robert H. Grubbs, a Common card
Robert Howard Grubbs ForMemRS was an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Robert H. Grubbs quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Robert H. Grubbs card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was a co-founder of Materia, a ______ spin-off startup to produce catalysts.
Answer
university. He was a co-founder of Materia, a university spin-off startup to produce catalysts. From the Robert H. Grubbs article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was a co-recipient of the ____ Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis.
Answer
2000s. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis. From the Robert H. Grubbs article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Amos Gitai. Amos Gitai 80 · Sociology of sport 77 · List of sweet potato cultivars 74 · Robert H. Grubbs 71 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 a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis.
- Grubbs was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2015 for developments in catalysts that have enabled commercial products.
- He was a co-founder of Materia, a university spin-off startup to produce catalysts.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Robert H. Grubbs article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Robert H. Grubbs (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Duncan.Hull, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
