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Grant Allen, a Common card
Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen was a Canadian science writer and novelist, educated in England.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,700
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Grant Allen quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Grant Allen card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was a public promoter of evolution in the second half of the ______ century.
Answer
nineteenth. He was a public promoter of evolution in the second half of the nineteenth century. From the Grant Allen article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ma Qinghua. Ma Qinghua 80 · Grant Allen 70 · Petrus Ramus 67 · Varamin 63 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Petrus Ramus. Petrus Ramus 14,000 · Håkon Wium Lie 10,000 · Grant Allen 7,700 · 1711 5,100 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 was a public promoter of evolution in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Grant Allen article was read about 7,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Grant Allen
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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- VaraminCommon · Society · ATK 63 DEF 65
- Tokai On AirCommon · Society · ATK 67 DEF 61
- University of Tartu men's basketball teamCommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 57
- History of Montgomery, AlabamaCommon · Nature · ATK 68 DEF 60
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Grant Allen (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
