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The Harvard Advocate, a Common card
The Harvard Advocate, the art and literary magazine of Harvard College, is the oldest continuously published college art and literary magazine in the United States.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 141
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,900
Power 141 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
The Harvard Advocate quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the The Harvard Advocate card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1916, The New York Times published a ______ of the Advocate's fiftieth anniversary.
Answer
commemoration. In 1916, The New York Times published a commemoration of the Advocate's fiftieth anniversary. From the The Harvard Advocate article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The magazine was founded by Charles S. Gage and William G. Peckham in ____ and, except for a hiatus during the last years of World War II, has published continuously since then.
Answer
1860s. The magazine was founded by Charles S. Gage and William G. Peckham in 1866 and, except for a hiatus during the last years of World War II, has published continuously since then. From the The Harvard Advocate article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Sauk Village, Illinois. Sauk Village, Illinois 7,300 · The Harvard Advocate 4,900 · Meisenheim 3,700 · 2022 Tour of Slovenia 2,100 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.
- The magazine was founded by Charles S. Gage and William G. Peckham in 1866 and, except for a hiatus during the last years of World War II, has published continuously since then.
- In 1916, The New York Times published a commemoration of the Advocate's fiftieth anniversary.
- Fifty years after that, Donald Hall wrote in The New York Times Book Review: "In the world of the college, where every generation is born, grows old and dies in four years, it is rare for an institution to survive a decade, much less a century.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The The Harvard Advocate article was read about 4,900 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get The Harvard Advocate
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, The Harvard Advocate (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The Harvard Advocate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
