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Thomas Pennant, a Common card
Thomas Pennant was a Welsh naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,300
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Thomas Pennant quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thomas Pennant card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was born and lived his whole life at his family estate, Downing Hall, near Whitford, ______, in Wales.
Answer
Flintshire. He was born and lived his whole life at his family estate, Downing Hall, near Whitford, Flintshire, in Wales. From the Thomas Pennant article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Nobel Peace Prize. Nobel Peace Prize 1,100,000 · Bouncing ball 22,000 · Thomas Pennant 9,300 · 510th Fighter Squadron 7,200 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 was born and lived his whole life at his family estate, Downing Hall, near Whitford, Flintshire, in Wales.
- As a naturalist he had a great curiosity, observing the geography, geology, plants, animals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish around him and recording what he saw and heard about.
- He wrote acclaimed books including British Zoology, the History of Quadrupeds, Arctic Zoology and Indian Zoology although he never travelled further afield than continental Europe.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thomas Pennant article was read about 9,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Thomas Pennant
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The cards just above and just below Thomas Pennant in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Steve CummingsCommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 85
- Sami SaloCommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 85
- Hands of the CauseCommon · Science · ATK 78 DEF 83
- Ram NarayanCommon · Arts · ATK 74 DEF 87
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Thomas Pennant (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Thomas Gainsborough, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
