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Matthew Arnold, an Uncommon card
Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 82
- Power
- 158
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 98,000
Power 158 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Matthew Arnold quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Matthew Arnold card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was also an ______ of schools for thirty-five years, and supported the concept of state-regulated secondary education.
Answer
inspector. He was also an inspector of schools for thirty-five years, and supported the concept of state-regulated secondary education. From the Matthew Arnold article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Nobuhiko Okamoto. Nobuhiko Okamoto 88 · Peace 82 · Magic 79 · Matthew Arnold 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 was the son of Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School, and brother of both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator.
- He has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues.
- He was also an inspector of schools for thirty-five years, and supported the concept of state-regulated secondary education.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Matthew Arnold article was read about 98,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 82: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Matthew Arnold
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Matthew Arnold (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.




