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Bert Hinkler, a Common card
Herbert John Louis Hinkler, better known as Bert Hinkler, was a pioneer Australian aviator and inventor.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 129
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Ranked #2,316 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Bert Hinkler quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bert Hinkler card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is considered to be one of the great ______ in history.
Answer
aviators. He is considered to be one of the great aviators in history. From the Bert Hinkler article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He designed and built early aircraft before being the first person to fly solo from England to Australia, completed on 22 February ____, and the first person to fly solo across the Southern Atlantic Ocean.
Answer
1920s. He designed and built early aircraft before being the first person to fly solo from England to Australia, completed on 22 February 1928, and the first person to fly solo across the Southern Atlantic Ocean. From the Bert Hinkler article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
NASA lunar outpost concepts. NASA lunar outpost concepts 31,000 · Photochemistry 24,000 · Boat building 19,000 · Bert Hinkler 11,000 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 designed and built early aircraft before being the first person to fly solo from England to Australia, completed on 22 February 1928, and the first person to fly solo across the Southern Atlantic Ocean.
- He married in 1932 at the age of 39, and died less than a year later after crashing into remote countryside near Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy during a solo flight record attempt.
- He is considered to be one of the great aviators in history.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bert Hinkler article was read about 11,000 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 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bert Hinkler (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : ACME Newspictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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