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John Wesley Powell, an Uncommon card
John Wesley Powell was a U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 168
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 65,000
Power 168 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
John Wesley Powell quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Wesley Powell card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
He is famous for his ____ geographic expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon.
Answer
1860s. He is famous for his 1869 geographic expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon. From the John Wesley Powell article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of technology. History of technology 86 · John Wesley Powell 83 · Funan 80 · Ronald Evans 76 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 is famous for his 1869 geographic expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon.
- Powell was appointed by US president James A. Garfield to serve as the second director of the U.S. Geological Survey and proposed, for development of the arid West, policies that were prescient for his accurate evaluation of conditions.
- He also spent time among the Native Peoples of the Colorado Plateau and wrote an influential classification of North American Indian languages.
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 Wesley Powell article was read about 65,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get John Wesley Powell
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Wesley Powell (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Painter: Edmund Clarence Messer (1842 - 1919), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
