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George Everest, an Uncommon card
Sir George Everest was a British surveyor and geographer who served as Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 61
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 97,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
George Everest quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Everest card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
After a ______ education, Everest joined the East India Company and arrived in India at the age of 16.
Answer
military. After a military education, Everest joined the East India Company and arrived in India at the age of 16. From the George Everest article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was eventually made an assistant to William Lambton on the Great Trigonometric Survey, and replaced Lambton as superintendent of the survey in ____.
Answer
1820s. He was eventually made an assistant to William Lambton on the Great Trigonometric Survey, and replaced Lambton as superintendent of the survey in 1823. From the George Everest article on Wikipedia.
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.
- After a military education, Everest joined the East India Company and arrived in India at the age of 16.
- He was eventually made an assistant to William Lambton on the Great Trigonometric Survey, and replaced Lambton as superintendent of the survey in 1823.
- Everest was largely responsible for surveying the meridian arc from the southernmost point of India north to Nepal, a distance of about 2,400 kilometres, a task that took from 1806 to 1841 to complete.
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 Everest article was read about 97,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 61: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get George Everest
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, George Everest (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Maull & Polyblank, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
