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Uncommon card · History
John Forrest, an Uncommon card
Sir John Forrest was an Australian explorer and politician.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
John Forrest quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Forrest card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Forrest was born in Bunbury, Western Australia, to Scottish ______ parents.
Answer
immigrant. Forrest was born in Bunbury, Western Australia, to Scottish immigrant parents. From the John Forrest article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was the colony's first locally born surveyor, coming to public notice in ____ when he led an expedition into the interior in search of Ludwig Leichhardt.
Answer
1860s. He was the colony's first locally born surveyor, coming to public notice in 1869 when he led an expedition into the interior in search of Ludwig Leichhardt. From the John Forrest article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Denis of Portugal. Denis of Portugal 40,000 · Clyde Lovellette 24,000 · John Forrest 17,000 · Beck v. Eiland-Hall 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.
- He was the first premier of Western Australia and a long-serving cabinet minister in federal politics.
- Forrest was born in Bunbury, Western Australia, to Scottish immigrant parents.
- He was the colony's first locally born surveyor, coming to public notice in 1869 when he led an expedition into the interior in search of Ludwig Leichhardt.
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 Forrest article was read about 17,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get John Forrest
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Forrest (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Emanuel Phillips Fox (1865–1915), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
