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History of broadcasting, an Uncommon card
It is generally recognized that the first radio transmission was made from a temporary station set up by Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi in 1895 on the Isle of Wight.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 16,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
History of broadcasting quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of broadcasting card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
VHF ______ started 30 to 35 years later.
Answer
stations. VHF stations started 30 to 35 years later. From the History of broadcasting article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It is generally recognized that the first radio transmission was made from a temporary station set up by Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi in ____ on the Isle of Wight.
Answer
1890s. It is generally recognized that the first radio transmission was made from a temporary station set up by Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi in 1895 on the Isle of Wight. From the History of broadcasting article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Palaeography. Palaeography 38,000 · Clyde Lovellette 24,000 · History of broadcasting 16,000 · Burmese–Siamese War 8,200 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- This followed on from pioneering work in the field by a number of people including Alessandro Volta, André-Marie Ampère, Georg Ohm, James Clerk Maxwell and Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.
- The radio broadcasting of music and talk intended to reach a dispersed audience started experimentally around 1905–1906, and commercially around 1920 to 1923.
- VHF stations started 30 to 35 years later.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The History of broadcasting article was read about 16,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, History of broadcasting (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Pach Brothers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
