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Alexander Cunningham, an Uncommon card
Major-General Sir Alexander Cunningham was a British Army engineer with the Bengal Sappers who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 121
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 38,000
Power 121 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Alexander Cunningham quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alexander Cunningham card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He wrote numerous books and monographs and made extensive collections of ______.
Answer
artefacts. He wrote numerous books and monographs and made extensive collections of artefacts. From the Alexander Cunningham article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, he was appointed to the newly created position of archaeological surveyor to the government of India, and he founded and organised what later became the Archaeological Survey of India.
Answer
1860s. In 1861, he was appointed to the newly created position of archaeological surveyor to the government of India, and he founded and organised what later became the Archaeological Survey of India. From the Alexander Cunningham 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.
- In 1861, he was appointed to the newly created position of archaeological surveyor to the government of India, and he founded and organised what later became the Archaeological Survey of India.
- He wrote numerous books and monographs and made extensive collections of artefacts.
- Some of his collections were lost, but most of the gold and silver coins and a fine group of Buddhist sculptures and jewellery were bought by the British Museum in 1894.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alexander Cunningham article was read about 38,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Alexander Cunningham
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alexander Cunningham (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
