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Pehr Kalm, a Common card
Pehr Kalm, also known as Peter Kalm, was a Swedish-Finnish explorer, botanist, naturalist, and agricultural economist.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 59
- DEF
- 31
- Power
- 90
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,400
Power 90 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Pehr Kalm quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Pehr Kalm card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was one of the most ______ apostles of Carl Linnaeus.
Answer
important. He was one of the most important apostles of Carl Linnaeus. From the Pehr Kalm article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, he was commissioned by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to travel to the North American colonies in order to bring back seeds and plants that might be useful to agriculture.
Answer
1740s. In 1747, he was commissioned by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to travel to the North American colonies in order to bring back seeds and plants that might be useful to agriculture. From the Pehr Kalm article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Stefan Themerson. Stefan Themerson 62 · Pehr Kalm 59 · Aymen Benabderrahmane 53 · De-Sukarnoization 50 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 one of the most important apostles of Carl Linnaeus.
- In 1747, he was commissioned by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to travel to the North American colonies in order to bring back seeds and plants that might be useful to agriculture.
- Among his many scientific accomplishments, Kalm can be credited with the first description of Niagara Falls written by a trained scientist.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Pehr Kalm article was read about 5,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 59 and blocks with 31: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Pehr Kalm
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Pehr Kalm (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Johan Georg Geitel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
