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Uncommon card · History
C. B. Fry, an Uncommon card
Charles Burgess Fry was an English sportsman, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 34,000
Power 179 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
C. B. Fry quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the C. B. Fry card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He also reputedly turned down the throne of ______.
Answer
Albania. He also reputedly turned down the throne of Albania. From the C. B. Fry article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Tornadoes of 2022. Tornadoes of 2022 92 · Igor Dodon 88 · Almazbek Atambayev 84 · C. B. Fry 79 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.
- John Arlott described him with the words: "Charles Fry could be autocratic, angry and self-willed: he was also magnanimous, extravagant, generous, elegant, brilliant – and fun...
- He also reputedly turned down the throne of Albania.
- In later life, he suffered mental health problems, but even well into his seventies he claimed he was still able to perform his party trick: leaping from a stationary position backwards onto a mantelpiece.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The C. B. Fry article was read about 34,000 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 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get C. B. Fry
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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- Wolfgang TillmansUncommon · Arts · ATK 79 DEF 100
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, C. B. Fry (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : George W Beldam (1868-1937), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
