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David Edward Hughes, a Common card
David Edward Hughes, was a Welsh-American inventor, practical experimenter, and professor of music known for his work on the printing telegraph and the microphone.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 142
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,800
Power 142 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
David Edward Hughes quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the David Edward Hughes card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1855 he patented a ______ telegraph.
Answer
printing. In 1855 he patented a printing telegraph. From the David Edward Hughes article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Applied psychology. Applied psychology 22,000 · Uncrewed spacecraft 16,000 · David Edward Hughes 8,800 · Boundary Dam Power Station 5,800 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 is generally considered to have been born in London but his family moved around that time so he may have been born in Corwen, Wales.
- His family moved to the U.S. while he was a child and he became a professor of music in Kentucky.
- In 1855 he patented a printing telegraph.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The David Edward Hughes article was read about 8,800 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get David Edward Hughes
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, David Edward Hughes (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
