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George Salmon, a Common card
George Salmon was a distinguished and influential Irish mathematician and Anglican theologian.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 47
- Power
- 111
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 10,000
Power 111 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
George Salmon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Salmon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
After working in ______ geometry for two decades, Salmon devoted the last forty years of his life to theology.
Answer
algebraic. After working in algebraic geometry for two decades, Salmon devoted the last forty years of his life to theology. From the George Salmon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
John Gribbin. John Gribbin 68 · George Salmon 64 · Valentine McGillycuddy 61 · Le Plessis-Robinson 54 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.
- After working in algebraic geometry for two decades, Salmon devoted the last forty years of his life to theology.
- His entire career was spent at Trinity College Dublin, having served as the 32nd Provost of the university from 1888 to 1904.
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 Salmon article was read about 10,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 47: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get George Salmon
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 Salmon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Werner & Son, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
