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Uncommon card · History
Frank Whittle, an Uncommon card
Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle was an English engineer, inventor and Royal Air Force air officer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 89,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Frank Whittle quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Frank Whittle card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is credited with co-creating the ______ engine.
Answer
turbojet. He is credited with co-creating the turbojet engine. From the Frank Whittle article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
A patent was submitted by Maxime Guillaume in ____ for a similar invention which was technically unfeasible at the time.
Answer
1920s. A patent was submitted by Maxime Guillaume in 1921 for a similar invention which was technically unfeasible at the time. From the Frank Whittle article on Wikipedia.
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 credited with co-creating the turbojet engine.
- A patent was submitted by Maxime Guillaume in 1921 for a similar invention which was technically unfeasible at the time.
- Whittle's jet engines were developed some years earlier than those of Germany's Hans von Ohain, who designed the first-to-fly turbojet engine as well as Austria’s Anselm Franz.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Frank Whittle article was read about 89,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Frank Whittle
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, Frank Whittle (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : British Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
