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John Hanning Speke, an Uncommon card

John Hanning Speke was an English explorer and army officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa.

From the Wikipedia article

Rarity
Uncommon
Domain
History
ATK
72
DEF
69
Power
141
Wikipedia reads a year
45,000

Power 141 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.

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John Hanning Speke quiz: 3 questions

Three questions on the John Hanning Speke card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.

  1. Find the missing word

    He is most associated with the search for the ______ of the Nile and, with Richard Burton, was the first European to reach Lake Victoria.

    Answer

    source. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and, with Richard Burton, was the first European to reach Lake Victoria. From the John Hanning Speke article on Wikipedia.

  2. Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?

    Answer

    Jan Magnussen. Jan Magnussen 80 · Maritime transport 75 · John Hanning Speke 72 · Terlingua, Texas 69 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.

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 Hanning Speke article was read about 45,000 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 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.

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Credits

Text : Wikipedia, John Hanning Speke (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Southwell Brothers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

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