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Michel Adanson, a Common card

Michel Adanson was an 18th-century French botanist and naturalist who travelled to Senegal to study flora and fauna.

From the Wikipedia article

Rarity
Common
Domain
Science
ATK
60
DEF
41
Power
101
Wikipedia reads a year
8,000

Power 101 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.

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Michel Adanson quiz: 3 questions

Three questions on the Michel Adanson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.

  1. Find the missing word

    He proposed a "natural system" of ______ distinct from the binomial system forwarded by Linnaeus.

    Answer

    taxonomy. He proposed a "natural system" of taxonomy distinct from the binomial system forwarded by Linnaeus. From the Michel Adanson article on Wikipedia.

  2. Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?

    Answer

    Administrative divisions of the Dutch East Indies. Administrative divisions of the Dutch East Indies 67 · Zapiro 63 · Michel Adanson 60 · John Resig 55 ATK in WikiCards.

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The facts on the card

The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.

Why it is Common

Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Michel Adanson article was read about 8,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.

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Credits

Text : Wikipedia, Michel Adanson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

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