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Joseph Thomson, a Common card
Joseph Thomson was a British geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 37
- Power
- 93
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,100
Power 93 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Joseph Thomson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Joseph Thomson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Thomson's gazelle and Thomson's Falls, ______, are named after him.
Answer
Nyahururu. Thomson's gazelle and Thomson's Falls, Nyahururu, are named after him. From the Joseph Thomson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Martin Erat. Martin Erat 62 · Noor Ali Zadran 59 · Joseph Thomson 56 · Special Operations Regiment 52 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.
- Thomson's gazelle and Thomson's Falls, Nyahururu, are named after him.
- Excelling as an explorer rather than an exact scientist, he avoided confrontations among his porters or with indigenous peoples, neither killing any native nor losing any of his men to violence.
- His motto is often quoted to be "He who goes gently, goes safely, he who goes safely, goes far."
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Joseph Thomson article was read about 7,100 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 56 and blocks with 37: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Joseph Thomson
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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- Yuri TemirkanovCommon · Arts · ATK 52 DEF 41
- Brian ButterfieldCommon · Society · ATK 61 DEF 32
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Joseph Thomson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
