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George Parker, a Common card
Admiral Sir George Parker, KCB was a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 46
- DEF
- 10
- Power
- 56
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 910
Power 56 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 5 % of WikiCards cards.
George Parker quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Parker card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His uncle then promoted him to ______ in 1782.
Answer
lieutenant. His uncle then promoted him to lieutenant in 1782. From the George Parker article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The son of George Parker and nephew of Admiral Sir Peter Parker, he joined the British navy in ____ under the patronage of his uncle and served in the American War of Independence.
Answer
1770s. The son of George Parker and nephew of Admiral Sir Peter Parker, he joined the British navy in 1773 under the patronage of his uncle and served in the American War of Independence. From the George Parker article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
George Parker. George Parker 46 · Trịnh Giang 43 · MSU Faculty of Biology 40 · Ivan Bunić Vučić 37 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.
- The son of George Parker and nephew of Admiral Sir Peter Parker, he joined the British navy in 1773 under the patronage of his uncle and served in the American War of Independence.
- His uncle then promoted him to lieutenant in 1782.
- In 1786, Parker was posted to the 14-gun sloop HMS Wasp, before being transferred in 1788 to HMS Phoenix, a 36-gun fifth-rater, in which he sailed to the East Indies to serve in the Third Anglo-Mysore War, seeing action in the 1791 Battle of Tellicherry against the 46-gun French frigate Résolue.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The George Parker article was read about 910 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 46 and blocks with 10: each hit it takes is cut by 4 %.
How to get George Parker
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, George Parker (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Robert Dodd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.