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James Smithson, an Uncommon card
James Smithson was a British chemist and mineralogist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 136
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 73,000
Power 136 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
James Smithson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the James Smithson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was the founding donor of the ______ Institution, which also bears his name.
Answer
Smithsonian. He was the founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution, which also bears his name. From the James Smithson article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He published numerous scientific papers for the Royal Society during the early ____s as well as defining calamine, which would eventually be renamed after him as "smithsonite".
Answer
1800s. He published numerous scientific papers for the Royal Society during the early 1800s as well as defining calamine, which would eventually be renamed after him as "smithsonite". From the James Smithson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Erik Morales. Erik Morales 77 · Didier Pironi 73 · James Smithson 70 · Robert Moog 67 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 published numerous scientific papers for the Royal Society during the early 1800s as well as defining calamine, which would eventually be renamed after him as "smithsonite".
- He was the founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution, which also bears his name.
- Born in Paris, France, as the illegitimate child of Elizabeth Hungerford Keate Macie and Hugh Percy, the 1st Duke of Northumberland, he was given the French name Jacques-Louis Macie.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The James Smithson article was read about 73,000 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 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get James Smithson
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The cards just above and just below James Smithson in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Didier PironiUncommon · Society · ATK 73 DEF 63
- Erik MoralesUncommon · History · ATK 77 DEF 59
- GabbroUncommon · Science · ATK 65 DEF 71
- Louis-Alexandre BerthierUncommon · History · ATK 68 DEF 68
- Ryu Hwa-youngUncommon · Arts · ATK 71 DEF 65
- AsparagaceaeUncommon · Nature · ATK 69 DEF 67
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, James Smithson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Henri-Joseph Johns, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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