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Hippolyte Fizeau, a Common card
Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau was a French physicist who, in 1849, measured the speed of light to within 5% accuracy.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 53
- DEF
- 29
- Power
- 82
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 82 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Hippolyte Fizeau quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hippolyte Fizeau card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1851, he ______ the speed of light in moving water in an experiment known as the Fizeau experiment.
Answer
measured. In 1851, he measured the speed of light in moving water in an experiment known as the Fizeau experiment. From the Hippolyte Fizeau article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau was a French physicist who, in ____, measured the speed of light to within 5% accuracy.
Answer
1840s. Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau was a French physicist who, in 1849, measured the speed of light to within 5% accuracy. From the Hippolyte Fizeau article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Arthur Scherbius. Arthur Scherbius 62 · Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky 57 · Hippolyte Fizeau 53 · Abala Bose 50 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.
- In 1851, he measured the speed of light in moving water in an experiment known as the Fizeau experiment.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hippolyte Fizeau article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 53 and blocks with 29: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Hippolyte Fizeau
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hippolyte Fizeau (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Eugène Pirou (1841-1909), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
