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Uncommon card · History
John Couch Adams, an Uncommon card
John Couch Adams was a British mathematician and astronomer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 16,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
John Couch Adams quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Couch Adams card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was born in Laneast, near ______, Cornwall, and died in Cambridge.
Answer
Launceston. He was born in Laneast, near Launceston, Cornwall, and died in Cambridge. From the John Couch Adams article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
1872–73 United States House of Representatives elections. 1872–73 United States House of Representatives elections 91 · History of Latin America 83 · Ivo Sanader 76 · John Couch Adams 72 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 was born in Laneast, near Launceston, Cornwall, and died in Cambridge.
- His most famous achievement was predicting the existence and position of Neptune, using only mathematics.
- The calculations were made to explain discrepancies with Uranus's orbit and the laws of Kepler and Newton.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Couch Adams article was read about 16,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get John Couch Adams
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Couch Adams (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
