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Henry Louis Gates Jr., a Rare card
Henry Louis Gates Jr., popularly known by his childhood nickname "Skip", is an American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 250,000
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Henry Louis Gates Jr. card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is a trustee of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of ______ History.
Answer
American. He is a trustee of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. From the Henry Louis Gates Jr. article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In addition to producing and hosting previous series on the history and genealogy of prominent American figures, since ____, Gates has been host of the television series Finding Your Roots on PBS.
Answer
2010s. In addition to producing and hosting previous series on the history and genealogy of prominent American figures, since 2012, Gates has been host of the television series Finding Your Roots on PBS. From the Henry Louis Gates Jr. article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Scientific Revolution. Scientific Revolution 89 · Statistics 83 · Henry Louis Gates Jr. 80 · Gatling gun 75 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.
- He is a trustee of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
- He rediscovered the earliest known African-American novels and has published extensively on the recognition of African-American literature as part of the Western canon.
- In addition to producing and hosting previous series on the history and genealogy of prominent American figures, since 2012, Gates has been host of the television series Finding Your Roots on PBS.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Henry Louis Gates Jr. article was read about 250,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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Text : Wikipedia, Henry Louis Gates Jr. (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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