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William M. Bass, an Uncommon card
William Marvin Bass III is an American forensic anthropologist, best known for his research on human osteology and human decomposition.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 31
- Power
- 89
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 23,000
Power 89 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
William M. Bass quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William M. Bass card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He has also assisted federal, local, and non-U.S. authorities in the ______ of human remains.
Answer
identification. He has also assisted federal, local, and non-U.S. authorities in the identification of human remains. From the William M. Bass article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Commutative algebra. Commutative algebra 62 · William M. Bass 58 · Calcium citrate 52 · Lateral pterygoid muscle 48 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Brane cosmology. Brane cosmology 47,000 · Antiferromagnetism 33,000 · William M. Bass 23,000 · Judge 18,000 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 has also assisted federal, local, and non-U.S. authorities in the identification of human remains.
- He taught at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and founded the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, the first such facility in the world.
- The facility is more popularly known as "The Body Farm", a name used by crime author Patricia Cornwell in a novel of the same name, which drew inspiration from Bass and his work.
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 M. Bass article was read about 23,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 31: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, William M. Bass (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : TKincade, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
