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Alexander Bain, an Uncommon card
Alexander Bain was a Scottish inventor and engineer who was first to invent and patent the electric clock.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 108
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 108 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Alexander Bain quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alexander Bain card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He created the first fax machine, known as Bain's ______.
Answer
facsimile. He created the first fax machine, known as Bain's facsimile. From the Alexander Bain article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jim Hall. Jim Hall 72 · Alexander Bain 65 · Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency 62 · Whitcomb L. Judson 59 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 created the first fax machine, known as Bain's facsimile.
- Bain also installed the railway telegraph lines between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alexander Bain article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Alexander Bain
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alexander Bain (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
