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William James Sidis, a Rare card
William James Sidis was an American child prodigy with mathematical and linguistic skills.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 340,000
Power 130 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
William James Sidis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William James Sidis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was active as a ______, linguist, historian, and author.
Answer
mathematician. He was active as a mathematician, linguist, historian, and author. From the William James Sidis article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He wrote the book The Animate and the Inanimate, published in ____, in which he speculated about the origin of life in the context of thermodynamics.
Answer
1920s. He wrote the book The Animate and the Inanimate, published in 1925, in which he speculated about the origin of life in the context of thermodynamics. From the William James Sidis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of Tour de France general classification winners. List of Tour de France general classification winners 78 · William James Sidis 70 · Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch 67 · First Illinois Constitutional Convention 64 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 was active as a mathematician, linguist, historian, and author.
- He wrote the book The Animate and the Inanimate, published in 1925, in which he speculated about the origin of life in the context of thermodynamics.
- His works were published under various pseudonyms, as he never used his real name as an author.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William James Sidis article was read about 340,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get William James Sidis
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William James Sidis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
