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Francis Willughby, a Common card
Francis Willughby FRS was an English ornithologist, ichthyologist and mathematician, and an early student of linguistics and games.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 177
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,900
Power 177 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Francis Willughby quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Francis Willughby card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Willughby was elected as a ______ of the Royal Society in 1661, then aged 27.
Answer
Fellow. Willughby was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1661, then aged 27. From the Francis Willughby article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina 94 · Nuclear weapon 89 · Illicit drug use in Australia 84 · Francis Willughby 77 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Alternatives to Darwinian evolution. Alternatives to Darwinian evolution 10,000 · Albania–Turkey relations 7,400 · Francis Willughby 5,900 · Manor of Tawstock 1,700 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.
- He was born and raised at Middleton Hall, Warwickshire, the only son of an affluent country family.
- He was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was tutored by the mathematician and naturalist John Ray, who became a lifetime friend and colleague, and lived with Willughby after 1662 when Ray lost his livelihood through his refusal to sign the Act of Uniformity.
- Willughby was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1661, then aged 27.
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 Willughby article was read about 5,900 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Francis Willughby
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Francis Willughby (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gerard Soest, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
