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Charles Barkla, a Common card
Charles Glover Barkla was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 for his discovery of characteristic X-rays.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 110
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,300
Ranked #2,628 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Charles Barkla quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Charles Barkla card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Charles Glover Barkla was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 for his discovery of ______ X-rays.
Answer
characteristic. Charles Glover Barkla was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 for his discovery of characteristic X-rays. From the Charles Barkla article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Maurice Allais. Maurice Allais 67 · Dry fire 64 · Charles Barkla 60 · Transferrin receptor 1 53 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Dry fire. Dry fire 11,000 · Maurice Allais 8,600 · Charles Barkla 6,300 · USCGC Morgenthau 4,000 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.
- Charles Glover Barkla was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 for his discovery of characteristic X-rays.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Charles Barkla article was read about 6,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Charles Barkla
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, Charles Barkla (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
