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Claude Chappe, a Common card
Claude Chappe was a French inventor who in 1792 demonstrated a practical semaphore system that eventually spanned all of France.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 99
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 99 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Claude Chappe quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Claude Chappe card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The operator in the next tower read the message through a ______, then passed it on to the next tower.
Answer
telescope. The operator in the next tower read the message through a telescope, then passed it on to the next tower. From the Claude Chappe article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Claude Chappe was a French inventor who in ____ demonstrated a practical semaphore system that eventually spanned all of France.
Answer
1790s. Claude Chappe was a French inventor who in 1792 demonstrated a practical semaphore system that eventually spanned all of France. From the Claude Chappe article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Eugène Dubois. Eugène Dubois 68 · Microfracture surgery 62 · Pat Hanrahan 59 · Claude Chappe 56 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.
- His system consisted of a series of towers, each within line of sight of others, each supporting a wooden mast with two crossarms on pivots that could be placed in various positions.
- The operator in a tower moved the arms to a sequence of positions, spelling out text messages in semaphore code.
- The operator in the next tower read the message through a telescope, then passed it on to the next tower.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Claude Chappe article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 56 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Claude Chappe
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, Claude Chappe (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Henri Rousseau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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