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Frederick Cook, an Uncommon card
Frederick Albert Cook was an American explorer, medical doctor and ethnographer, who is most known for allegedly being the first to reach the North Pole on April 21, 1908.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 116
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 34,000
Power 116 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Frederick Cook quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Frederick Cook card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Nonetheless, in 1911, Cook published a memoir of the ______ in which he maintained the veracity of his assertions.
Answer
expedition. Nonetheless, in 1911, Cook published a memoir of the expedition in which he maintained the veracity of his assertions. From the Frederick Cook article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Frederick Albert Cook was an American explorer, medical doctor and ethnographer, who is most known for allegedly being the first to reach the North Pole on April 21, ____.
Answer
1900s. Frederick Albert Cook was an American explorer, medical doctor and ethnographer, who is most known for allegedly being the first to reach the North Pole on April 21, 1908. From the Frederick Cook article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A competing claim was made a year later by Robert Peary, though both men's accounts have since been fiercely disputed, in December 1909, after reviewing Cook's limited records, a commission of the University of Copenhagen ruled his claim unproven.
- Nonetheless, in 1911, Cook published a memoir of the expedition in which he maintained the veracity of his assertions.
- In addition, he also claimed to have been the first person to reach the summit of Denali, the highest mountain in North America, a claim which has since been similarly discredited.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Frederick Cook article was read about 34,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Frederick Cook (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
