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Gail Borden, an Uncommon card
Gail Borden Jr. was an American inventor and manufacturing pioneer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Gail Borden quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gail Borden card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He created a ______ in 1853 to make sweetened condensed milk.
Answer
process. He created a process in 1853 to make sweetened condensed milk. From the Gail Borden article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was born in New York state and settled in Texas in ____, where he worked as a land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and food company entrepreneur.
Answer
1820s. He was born in New York state and settled in Texas in 1829, where he worked as a land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and food company entrepreneur. From the Gail Borden article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
James Calado. James Calado 83 · Mathias Christiansen 76 · Gail Borden 71 · Maurice Garin 68 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 was born in New York state and settled in Texas in 1829, where he worked as a land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and food company entrepreneur.
- He created a process in 1853 to make sweetened condensed milk.
- Earlier, Borden helped plan the cities of Houston and Galveston in 1836.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gail Borden article was read about 17,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Gail Borden
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The cards just above and just below Gail Borden in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Mathias ChristiansenUncommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 68
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- Movses KhorenatsiUncommon · Science · ATK 70 DEF 74
- Shelby RogersUncommon · Society · ATK 79 DEF 65
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gail Borden (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914, Fiske, John, 1842-1901, Dick, Charles, 1858-, Homans, Jame, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
