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Christopher Cockerell, a Common card
Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell was an English engineer, best known as the inventor of the hovercraft.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 92
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 92 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Christopher Cockerell quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Christopher Cockerell card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell was an English engineer, best known as the inventor of the ______.
Answer
hovercraft. Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell was an English engineer, best known as the inventor of the hovercraft. From the Christopher Cockerell article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Universe. Universe 63 · Blohm & Voss BV 40 60 · Christopher Cockerell 57 · Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress 53 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.
- Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell was an English engineer, best known as the inventor of the hovercraft.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Christopher Cockerell article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Christopher Cockerell
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Christopher Cockerell in the power ranking, all domains together.
- UniverseCommon · Science · ATK 63 DEF 29
- Yevgeny LeonovCommon · Arts · ATK 62 DEF 30
- Andy WallaceCommon · Society · ATK 65 DEF 27
- John BramwellCommon · Arts · ATK 56 DEF 36
- Josef VašíčekCommon · Society · ATK 62 DEF 30
- Justine Wong-OrantesCommon · Society · ATK 59 DEF 33
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Christopher Cockerell (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
