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Hans Sloane, an Uncommon card
Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish physician, naturalist, and collector.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 87
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 41,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Hans Sloane quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hans Sloane card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Sloane was a renowned medical doctor among the ______, and was elected to the Royal College of Physicians at age 27.
Answer
aristocracy. Sloane was a renowned medical doctor among the aristocracy, and was elected to the Royal College of Physicians at age 27. From the Hans Sloane article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Elected to the Royal Society at the age of 24, Sloane travelled to the Caribbean in ____ and documented his travels and findings with extensive publications years later.
Answer
1680s. Elected to the Royal Society at the age of 24, Sloane travelled to the Caribbean in 1687 and documented his travels and findings with extensive publications years later. From the Hans Sloane 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.
- He had a collection of 71,000 items which he bequeathed to the British nation, thus providing the foundation of the British Museum, the British Library, and the Natural History Museum, London.
- Elected to the Royal Society at the age of 24, Sloane travelled to the Caribbean in 1687 and documented his travels and findings with extensive publications years later.
- Sloane was a renowned medical doctor among the aristocracy, and was elected to the Royal College of Physicians at age 27.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hans Sloane article was read about 41,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 87: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Hans Sloane
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hans Sloane (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Stephen Slaughter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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