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Glenn Curtiss, an Uncommon card
Glenn Hammond Curtiss was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 50,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Glenn Curtiss quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Glenn Curtiss card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He began his career as a ______ racer and builder before moving on to motorcycles.
Answer
bicycle. He began his career as a bicycle racer and builder before moving on to motorcycles. From the Glenn Curtiss article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, Curtiss joined the Aerial Experiment Association, a pioneering research group, founded by Alexander Graham Bell at Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, to build flying machines.
Answer
1900s. In 1907, Curtiss joined the Aerial Experiment Association, a pioneering research group, founded by Alexander Graham Bell at Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, to build flying machines. From the Glenn Curtiss article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Nozomi Okuhara. Nozomi Okuhara 84 · Bernhard von Bülow 80 · Glenn Curtiss 76 · King of the Universe 72 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 began his career as a bicycle racer and builder before moving on to motorcycles.
- As early as 1904, he began to manufacture engines for airships, and with his V8 engine in the Curtiss V-8 motorcycle, on January 24, 1907, Curtiss set an unofficial world speed record, for all kinds of vehicles, that was not broken until 1911.
- In 1907, Curtiss joined the Aerial Experiment Association, a pioneering research group, founded by Alexander Graham Bell at Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, to build flying machines.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Glenn Curtiss article was read about 50,000 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 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Glenn Curtiss
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Glenn Curtiss (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author ( Bain News Service )., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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