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Amanda Jones, a Common card
Amanda Theodosia Jones was an American inventor, poet, author, businesswoman, and Spiritualist.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 168
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,600
Power 168 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Amanda Jones quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Amanda Jones card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
She also developed an oil burner, valves, and other mechanical devices, and later published technical writing on the use of ______ fuel.
Answer
liquid. She also developed an oil burner, valves, and other mechanical devices, and later published technical writing on the use of liquid fuel. From the Amanda Jones article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
She is best known for developing the Jones Process, a vacuum method of canning devised in ____ and covered by a series of patents the following year.
Answer
1870s. She is best known for developing the Jones Process, a vacuum method of canning devised in 1872 and covered by a series of patents the following year. From the Amanda Jones article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Faith Ringgold. Faith Ringgold 50,000 · Architecture of Russia 38,000 · Art criticism 13,000 · Amanda Jones 5,600 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.
- She is best known for developing the Jones Process, a vacuum method of canning devised in 1872 and covered by a series of patents the following year.
- The process preserved fruits and vegetables without extensive cooking and became the basis of the Woman's Canning and Preserving Company, which Jones founded in Chicago in 1890 as a business operated primarily by women.
- She also developed an oil burner, valves, and other mechanical devices, and later published technical writing on the use of liquid fuel.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Amanda Jones article was read about 5,600 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Amanda Jones
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Amanda Jones (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Same as prior, cropped by me., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
