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Uncommon card · History
George Grey, an Uncommon card
Sir George Grey was a British soldier, explorer, colonial administrator and writer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 31,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
George Grey quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Grey card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He played a key role in the ______ of New Zealand, and both the purchase and annexation of Māori land.
Answer
colonisation. He played a key role in the colonisation of New Zealand, and both the purchase and annexation of Māori land. From the George Grey article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento 44,000 · George Grey 31,000 · 2021 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election 16,000 · Operation Lentil 12,000 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 served in a succession of governing positions: Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Cape Colony, and the 11th premier of New Zealand.
- He played a key role in the colonisation of New Zealand, and both the purchase and annexation of Māori land.
- Grey was born in Lisbon, Portugal, just a few days after his father, Lieutenant-Colonel George Grey, was killed at the Battle of Badajoz in Spain.
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 Grey article was read about 31,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get George Grey
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, George Grey (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alais, William Wolfe :Sir George Grey [engraving from a photograph, ca 1861]., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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