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James Anderson, a Common card
James Anderson was a Scottish physician and botanist who worked in India as an employee of the East India Company.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 113
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,100
Power 113 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
James Anderson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the James Anderson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He then attempted to introduce various other economically valuable plants, and examined silk and lac ______.
Answer
production. He then attempted to introduce various other economically valuable plants, and examined silk and lac production. From the James Anderson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
James Anderson. James Anderson 65 · 1077 Campanula 62 · Expedition 50 59 · Louis Coatalen 53 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Expedition 50. Expedition 50 3,500 · Louis Coatalen 2,100 · James Anderson 1,100 · James M. Hyde 550 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.
- During his career in India, he was involved in establishing a botanical garden at Mambalam, Madras, originating from a nopalry or Opuntia garden where he made attempts to introduce the cultivation of cochineal insects.
- He then attempted to introduce various other economically valuable plants, and examined silk and lac production.
- He maintained a steady communication with his friend from youth, James Anderson LLD who published some of his notes in The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, which has led to the use of the distinguishing form James Anderson MD or James Anderson of Madras.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The James Anderson article was read about 1,100 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get James Anderson
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, James Anderson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Schiavonetti, Luigi (1765-1810, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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