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Jonas Basanavičius, a Common card
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of the Lithuanian National Revival.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,100
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Jonas Basanavičius quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jonas Basanavičius card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He worked as a doctor from 1880 to 1905 in the ______ of Bulgaria.
Answer
Principality. He worked as a doctor from 1880 to 1905 in the Principality of Bulgaria. From the Jonas Basanavičius article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Mayor of Bologna. Mayor of Bologna 79 · Jonas Basanavičius 72 · Alice Eastwood 68 · Helen Sawyer Hogg 64 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Sethuraman Panchanathan. Sethuraman Panchanathan 13,000 · Jonas Basanavičius 9,100 · Linn Isobarik 5,200 · Mayor of Bologna 3,500 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 participated in every major event leading to the independent Lithuanian state and is often given the informal honorific title of the "Patriarch of the Nation" for his contributions.
- Born to a family of farmers, Basanavičius was to become a priest but instead chose to study medicine at the Moscow Medical Academy.
- He worked as a doctor from 1880 to 1905 in the Principality of Bulgaria.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jonas Basanavičius article was read about 9,100 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 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
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- Hone HarawiraCommon · History · ATK 74 DEF 66
- Alice EastwoodCommon · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 72
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- Dieter RothCommon · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 71
- BerckCommon · Society · ATK 68 DEF 72
- Tamás PriskinCommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 68
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jonas Basanavičius (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Aleksandras Jurašaitis (1859-1915), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

