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Francis Brinley, a Common card
Colonel Francis Brinley was an English-born landowner, philanthropist and militia officer best known for being the subject of a John Smibert portrait which is currently owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,200
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Francis Brinley quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Francis Brinley card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He had a two story house that was an ______ landmark of Rhode island and it eventually got transfered into a tavern.
Answer
important. He had a two story house that was an important landmark of Rhode island and it eventually got transfered into a tavern. From the Francis Brinley article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Maimonides Synagogue. Maimonides Synagogue 3,100 · SS Graf Waldersee 2,200 · Francis Brinley 1,200 · Eudine Barriteau 820 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.
- Though he was born and died in England, Brinley spent most of his life in the British Province of Massachusetts Bay as a prosperous landholder who became involved with several colonization projects throughout the colony.
- He had a two story house that was an important landmark of Rhode island and it eventually got transfered into a tavern.
- Born in 1690 in London to American colonists who had moved back to England, Brinley spent the first two decades of his life in Europe before moving back to North America in order to inherit the estate of his grandfather in Massachusetts.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Francis Brinley article was read about 1,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Francis Brinley
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Francis Brinley (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : John Smibert, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
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