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Matt Parker, an Uncommon card
Matthew Thomas Parker is an Australian recreational mathematician, author, comedian, YouTube personality and science communicator based in the United Kingdom.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 61
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 48,000
Power 130 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Matt Parker quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Matt Parker card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is a former teacher and has helped popularise ______ via his tours and videos.
Answer
mathematics. He is a former teacher and has helped popularise mathematics via his tours and videos. From the Matt Parker article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Drew Gilpin Faust. Drew Gilpin Faust 72 · Matt Parker 69 · Kerguelen Plateau 66 · House crow 63 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 a New York Times best-selling author and his book Humble Pi was the first mathematics book in the UK to be a Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller.
- He is a former teacher and has helped popularise mathematics via his tours and videos.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Matt Parker article was read about 48,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 61: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Matt Parker
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.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Matt Parker in the power ranking, all domains together.
- House crowUncommon · Nature · ATK 63 DEF 67
- Kerguelen PlateauUncommon · Nature · ATK 66 DEF 64
- Linear motorUncommon · Science · ATK 69 DEF 61
- Peter ŠťastnýUncommon · History · ATK 71 DEF 59
- Takuma AsanoUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 59
- Beat the Whites with the Red WedgeUncommon · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 62
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Matt Parker (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Your Funny uncle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
