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Edward Victor Appleton, a Common card
Sir Edward Victor Appleton was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 for his contributions to the knowledge of the ionosphere, which led to the development of radar and shortwave radio.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 169
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Ranked #1,488 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Edward Victor Appleton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Edward Victor Appleton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He brought a ______ German thermionic valve back with him.
Answer
captured. He brought a captured German thermionic valve back with him. From the Edward Victor Appleton article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Sir Edward Victor Appleton was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in ____ for his contributions to the knowledge of the ionosphere, which led to the development of radar and shortwave radio.
Answer
1940s. Sir Edward Victor Appleton was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 for his contributions to the knowledge of the ionosphere, which led to the development of radar and shortwave radio. From the Edward Victor Appleton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
1992 PPG Indy Car World Series. 1992 PPG Indy Car World Series 90 · Behavioural genetics 83 · Kevin Warsh 79 · Edward Victor Appleton 76 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.
- A graduate of the University of Cambridge, Appleton was commissioned as a second lieutenant for the Royal Engineers in 1915.
- During the First World War, he was an instructor at the Royal Engineers Signals Depot in Fenny Stratford, and served briefly on the Western Front.
- He brought a captured German thermionic valve back with him.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Edward Victor Appleton 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 76 and blocks with 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Edward Victor Appleton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nobel foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
