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Conrad Gessner, an Uncommon card
Conrad Gessner was a Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, and philologist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Conrad Gessner quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Conrad Gessner card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He became Zurich's city physician, but was able to spend much of his time on ______, research and writing.
Answer
collecting. He became Zurich's city physician, but was able to spend much of his time on collecting, research and writing. From the Conrad Gessner article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Biogeography. Biogeography 45,000 · Lee de Forest 34,000 · Conrad Gessner 17,000 · Discovery and exploration of the Solar System 13,000 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.
- Born into a poor family in Zurich, Switzerland, his father and teachers quickly realised his talents and supported him through university, where he studied classical languages, theology and medicine.
- He became Zurich's city physician, but was able to spend much of his time on collecting, research and writing.
- Gessner compiled monumental works on bibliography and zoology and was working on a major botanical text at the time of his death from plague at the age of 49.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Conrad Gessner article was read about 17,000 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 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Conrad Gessner
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- Beck v. Eiland-HallCommon · History · ATK 78 DEF 86
- Discovery and exploration of the Solar SystemCommon · Science · ATK 81 DEF 83
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Conrad Gessner (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tobias Stimmer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
