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William Carey, an Uncommon card
William Carey was an English Christian missionary, Particular Baptist minister, translator, social reformer and cultural anthropologist who founded the Serampore College and the Serampore University, the first degree-awarding university in India and cofounded the Serampore Mission Press.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 85,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
William Carey quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William Carey card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He joined the Baptist missionaries in the Danish colony of ______ in Serampore.
Answer
Frederiksnagore. He joined the Baptist missionaries in the Danish colony of Frederiksnagore in Serampore. From the William Carey article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He went to Calcutta in ____, but was forced to leave the British Indian territory by non-Baptist Christian missionaries.
Answer
1790s. He went to Calcutta in 1793, but was forced to leave the British Indian territory by non-Baptist Christian missionaries. From the William Carey article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary psychology 92 · English as a second or foreign language 87 · Geocentrism 81 · William Carey 76 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 went to Calcutta in 1793, but was forced to leave the British Indian territory by non-Baptist Christian missionaries.
- He joined the Baptist missionaries in the Danish colony of Frederiksnagore in Serampore.
- One of his first contributions was to start schools for impoverished children where they were taught reading, writing, accounting and Christianity.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William Carey article was read about 85,000 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 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get William Carey
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William Carey (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
