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John Ray, an Uncommon card
John Ray was an English Christian naturalist and one of the earliest English parson-naturalists.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 152
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Power 152 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
John Ray quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Ray card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He published important works in the ______ of botany, zoology and natural theology.
Answer
fields. He published important works in the fields of botany, zoology and natural theology. From the John Ray article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Until ____ he wrote his name as John Wray, from then on, he used 'Ray', after "having ascertained that such had been the practice of his family before him".
Answer
1670s. Until 1670 he wrote his name as John Wray, from then on, he used 'Ray', after "having ascertained that such had been the practice of his family before him". From the John Ray article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Andrey Korotayev. Andrey Korotayev 82 · Chandra Wickramasinghe 77 · John Ray 73 · Rigpa 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.
- Until 1670 he wrote his name as John Wray, from then on, he used 'Ray', after "having ascertained that such had been the practice of his family before him".
- He published important works in the fields of botany, zoology and natural theology.
- His classification of plants in his Historia Plantarum was an important step towards modern taxonomy.
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 Ray article was read about 20,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get John Ray
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Ray (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : anonymous, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
