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Evangelista Torricelli, an Uncommon card
Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian physicist and mathematician, and a student of Benedetto Castelli.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 137
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 41,000
Power 137 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Evangelista Torricelli quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Evangelista Torricelli card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is best known for his invention of the barometer, but is also known for his advances in optics and work on the method of ______.
Answer
indivisibles. He is best known for his invention of the barometer, but is also known for his advances in optics and work on the method of indivisibles. From the Evangelista Torricelli article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford. Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford 75 · Veterinary medicine 71 · Evangelista Torricelli 68 · Knight, Death and the Devil 65 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.
- He is best known for his invention of the barometer, but is also known for his advances in optics and work on the method of indivisibles.
- The torr is named after him.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Evangelista Torricelli article was read about 41,000 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 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Evangelista Torricelli
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- Knight, Death and the DevilUncommon · Arts · ATK 65 DEF 72
- Mutaz BarshamUncommon · Society · ATK 74 DEF 63
- Baffin BayUncommon · Nature · ATK 66 DEF 71
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Evangelista Torricelli (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lorenzo Lippi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.