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Charles Goodyear, an Uncommon card
Charles Goodyear was an American self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer who developed vulcanized rubber, for which he received patent number 3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, 1844.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 108
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 74,000
Power 108 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Charles Goodyear quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Charles Goodyear card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Goodyear is credited with inventing the ______ process to create and manufacture pliable, waterproof, moldable rubber.
Answer
chemical. Goodyear is credited with inventing the chemical process to create and manufacture pliable, waterproof, moldable rubber. From the Charles Goodyear article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Charles Goodyear was an American self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer who developed vulcanized rubber, for which he received patent number 3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, ____.
Answer
1840s. Charles Goodyear was an American self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer who developed vulcanized rubber, for which he received patent number 3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, 1844. From the Charles Goodyear article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Charles Goodyear. Charles Goodyear 66 · Tadpole 63 · Pope Leo III 60 · Dawn 55 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.
- Goodyear is credited with inventing the chemical process to create and manufacture pliable, waterproof, moldable rubber.
- Goodyear's discovery of the vulcanization process followed five years of searching for a more stable rubber and stumbling upon the effectiveness of heating after Thomas Hancock.
- His discovery initiated decades of successful rubber manufacturing in the Lower Naugatuck Valley in Connecticut, as rubber was adopted to multiple applications, including footwear and tires.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Charles Goodyear article was read about 74,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Charles Goodyear (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Southworth & Hawes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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