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Ronald Ross, an Uncommon card
Sir Ronald Ross was a British medical doctor.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 160
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 43,000
Power 160 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Ronald Ross quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ronald Ross card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Ross was a ______, writing a number of poems, publishing several novels, and composing songs.
Answer
polymath. Ross was a polymath, writing a number of poems, publishing several novels, and composing songs. From the Ronald Ross article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
His discovery of the malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of a mosquito in ____ proved that malaria was transmitted by mosquitoes, and laid the foundation for the method of combating the disease.
Answer
1890s. His discovery of the malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of a mosquito in 1897 proved that malaria was transmitted by mosquitoes, and laid the foundation for the method of combating the disease. From the Ronald Ross article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
1824–25 United States House of Representatives elections. 1824–25 United States House of Representatives elections 93 · Martin Luther and antisemitism 83 · Ronald Ross 76 · Battle of Cape Ecnomus 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 received the 1902 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine "for his work on malaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism and thereby has laid the foundation for successful research on this disease and methods of combating it".
- His discovery of the malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of a mosquito in 1897 proved that malaria was transmitted by mosquitoes, and laid the foundation for the method of combating the disease.
- Ross was a polymath, writing a number of poems, publishing several novels, and composing songs.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ronald Ross article was read about 43,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Ronald Ross
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ronald Ross (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
