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Uncommon card · History
George Darwin, an Uncommon card
Sir George Howard Darwin was an English barrister and astronomer, the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 47
- Power
- 109
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 30,000
Power 109 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
George Darwin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Darwin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The Darwin ______ for tides are named after him.
Answer
symbols. The Darwin symbols for tides are named after him. From the George Darwin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hugo Motta. Hugo Motta 68 · Abdul Ali Mazari 65 · George Darwin 62 · Inès de La Fressange 59 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 is known for the harmonic analysis of the theory of tides as well as the discredited fission theory of the origin of the Moon.
- The Darwin symbols for tides are named after him.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The George Darwin article was read about 30,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 47: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get George Darwin
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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The cards just above and just below George Darwin in the power ranking, all domains together.
- TaygetusUncommon · Nature · ATK 59 DEF 50
- Alternating groupUncommon · Science · ATK 62 DEF 47
- Ethel VoynichUncommon · Arts · ATK 62 DEF 47
- Inès de La FressangeUncommon · History · ATK 59 DEF 50
- Iron cageUncommon · Society · ATK 63 DEF 46
- Jim MarshallUncommon · Science · ATK 61 DEF 48
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, George Darwin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : J. Russell & Sons (Photographic company), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
