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Uncommon card · History
David Starr Jordan, an Uncommon card
David Starr Jordan was an American ichthyologist who served as the founding president of Stanford University from 1891 to 1913.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 169
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 51,000
Power 169 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
David Starr Jordan quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the David Starr Jordan card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was previously the ______ of Indiana University from 1885 to 1891.
Answer
president. He was previously the president of Indiana University from 1885 to 1891. From the David Starr Jordan article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Brandon Saad. Brandon Saad 89 · David Starr Jordan 86 · John Vanbrugh 83 · St John Philby 78 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 was previously the president of Indiana University from 1885 to 1891.
- Jordan was also a strong supporter of eugenics, and his published views expressed a fear of "race-degeneration", asserting that cattle and human beings are "governed by the same laws of selection".
- He was an antimilitarist since he believed that war killed off the best members of the gene pool, and he initially opposed American involvement in World War I.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The David Starr Jordan article was read about 51,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get David Starr Jordan
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, David Starr Jordan (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Moffett Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
