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Peter Mark Roget, an Uncommon card
Peter Mark Roget was a British physician, natural theologian, lexicographer, and founding secretary of The Portico Library.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 125
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 125 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Peter Mark Roget quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Peter Mark Roget card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is best known for publishing, in 1852, the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, a ______ collection of related words.
Answer
classified. He is best known for publishing, in 1852, the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, a classified collection of related words. From the Peter Mark Roget article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Vehicle registration plates of Georgia. Vehicle registration plates of Georgia 74 · Donald Howard Menzel 70 · Peter Mark Roget 65 · Sikorsky S-52 62 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 best known for publishing, in 1852, the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, a classified collection of related words.
- In 1824, he read a paper to the Royal Society about a peculiar optical illusion which is often regarded as the origin of the ancient persistence of vision theory that was later commonly, yet incorrectly, used to explain apparent motion in film and animation.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Peter Mark Roget article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Peter Mark Roget
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The cards just above and just below Peter Mark Roget in the power ranking, all domains together.
- La FouineCommon · Arts · ATK 67 DEF 58
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- Percy Williams BridgmanCommon · History · ATK 67 DEF 58
- Sikorsky S-52Common · History · ATK 62 DEF 63
- Srđa PopovićCommon · History · ATK 69 DEF 56
- Wanda LandowskaUncommon · Arts · ATK 65 DEF 60
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Peter Mark Roget (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ernest Edwards, 1837-1903, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
