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James Gibbs, a Common card
James Gibbs was a Scottish architect.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
James Gibbs quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the James Gibbs card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Born in Aberdeen, he trained as an ______ in Rome, and practised mainly in England.
Answer
architect. Born in Aberdeen, he trained as an architect in Rome, and practised mainly in England. From the James Gibbs article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Film capacitor. Film capacitor 87 · Trevor Pinnock 79 · James Gibbs 74 · Deforestation and climate change 68 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
John Wagner. John Wagner 35,000 · Film capacitor 25,000 · Margarethe von Trotta 19,000 · James Gibbs 13,000 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.
- Born in Aberdeen, he trained as an architect in Rome, and practised mainly in England.
- He is an important figure whose work spanned the transition between English Baroque architecture and Georgian architecture heavily influenced by Andrea Palladio.
- Among his most important works are St Martin-in-the-Fields, the cylindrical, domed Radcliffe Camera at Oxford University, and the Senate House at Cambridge University.
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 Gibbs article was read about 13,000 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 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get James Gibbs
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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The cards just above and just below James Gibbs in the power ranking, all domains together.
- György GrozerUncommon · Society · ATK 85 DEF 74
- Ecosystem collapseCommon · Science · ATK 74 DEF 85
- Deforestation and climate changeCommon · Nature · ATK 68 DEF 91
- Trevor PinnockCommon · Arts · ATK 79 DEF 80
- MegalograptusCommon · Nature · ATK 74 DEF 85
- XiongguanlongCommon · Nature · ATK 72 DEF 87
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, James Gibbs (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Andrea Soldi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
