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Francis Trevelyan Buckland, a Common card
Francis Trevelyan Buckland, better known as Frank Buckland, was an English surgeon, zoologist, popular author and natural historian.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,500
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Francis Trevelyan Buckland quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Francis Trevelyan Buckland card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was born in a noted family of ______.
Answer
naturalists. He was born in a noted family of naturalists. From the Francis Trevelyan Buckland article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Systolic geometry. Systolic geometry 69 · Francis Trevelyan Buckland 64 · Willard Boyle 61 · First Lady of Cuba 57 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 born in a noted family of naturalists.
- After a brief career in medicine he took an interest in fishes and other matters.
- He was one of the key members and founders of the acclimatisation society in Britain, an organisation that supported the introduction of new plants and animals as food sources which was influenced by his interest in eating and tasting a range of exotic animal meats, a practice which he adopted from his father.
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 Trevelyan Buckland article was read about 6,500 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 Trevelyan Buckland
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, Francis Trevelyan Buckland (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Joseph Brown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
