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Robert FitzRoy, an Uncommon card
Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy was an English officer of the Royal Navy, politician and scientist who served as the second governor of New Zealand between 1843 and 1845.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 78
- Power
- 155
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 51,000
Power 155 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Robert FitzRoy quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Robert FitzRoy card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
In ____ he established what would later be called the Met Office, and created systems to get weather information to sailors and fishermen for their safety.
Answer
1850s. In 1854 he established what would later be called the Met Office, and created systems to get weather information to sailors and fishermen for their safety. From the Robert FitzRoy article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Church architecture. Church architecture 84 · Armoured warfare 81 · Robert FitzRoy 77 · King Wu of Zhou 72 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during FitzRoy's famous survey expedition to Tierra del Fuego and the Southern Cone, which took Charles Darwin round the world.
- FitzRoy was a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate daily weather predictions, which he called by a new name of his own invention: "forecasts".
- In 1854 he established what would later be called the Met Office, and created systems to get weather information to sailors and fishermen for their safety.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Robert FitzRoy article was read about 51,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 78: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Robert FitzRoy
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Robert FitzRoy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
