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Epic card · Science
Richard Dawkins, an Epic card
Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator, noted atheist, and author.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 89
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 184
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 720,000
Ranked #518 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Richard Dawkins quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Richard Dawkins card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is an ______ fellow of New College, Oxford.
Answer
emeritus. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford. From the Richard Dawkins article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships. COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships 100 · Albuquerque, New Mexico 94 · Richard Dawkins 89 · Meningitis 84 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Anthony Fauci. Anthony Fauci 1,400,000 · Boeing 747 1,100,000 · Richard Dawkins 720,000 · COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships 42,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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 an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford.
- In 1995 he was named the first Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, a position he held until 2008, and is on the advisory board of the University of Austin.
- Dawkins has won several academic and writing awards, among them the 2005 Shakespeare Prize and the 2006 Lewis Thomas Prize.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Richard Dawkins article was read about 720,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 89 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Richard Dawkins
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Richard Dawkins (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
