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Curtly Ambrose, an Uncommon card
Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose KCN is an Antiguan former cricketer who played 98 Test matches for the West Indies.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 171 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Curtly Ambrose quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Curtly Ambrose card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A man of few words during his ______, he was notoriously reluctant to speak to journalists.
Answer
career. A man of few words during his career, he was notoriously reluctant to speak to journalists. From the Curtly Ambrose article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cruelty to animals. Cruelty to animals 96 · Curtly Ambrose 82 · Damselfly 79 · Rod Carew 76 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.
- Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, he took 405 Test wickets at an average of 20.99 and topped the ICC Player Rankings for much of his career to be rated the best bowler in the world.
- His great height, he is 6 feet 7 inches tall, allowed him to make the ball bounce unusually high after he delivered it, allied to his pace and accuracy, it made him a very difficult bowler for batsmen to face.
- A man of few words during his career, he was notoriously reluctant to speak to journalists.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Curtly Ambrose article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Curtly Ambrose
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Curtly Ambrose in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Asexual reproductionUncommon · Nature · ATK 77 DEF 94
- Coronary artery bypass surgeryUncommon · Science · ATK 76 DEF 95
- Cruelty to animalsUncommon · Nature · ATK 96 DEF 75
- Franz Josef LandUncommon · Nature · ATK 77 DEF 94
- Javi MartínezUncommon · Society · ATK 77 DEF 94
- DamselflyUncommon · Nature · ATK 79 DEF 92
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Curtly Ambrose (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : No machine-readable author provided. Stephen Turner assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
