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History of television, a Rare card
The history of television begins with the work of many individuals in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 93
- DEF
- 90
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 260,000
Power 183 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
History of television quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of television card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Development of television was interrupted by the ______ World War.
Answer
Second. Development of television was interrupted by the Second World War. From the History of television article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Constantin Perskyi coined the word television in a paper read to the International Electricity Congress at the World's Fair in Paris on August 24, ____.
Answer
1900s. Constantin Perskyi coined the word television in a paper read to the International Electricity Congress at the World's Fair in Paris on August 24, 1900. From the History of television 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.
- Constantin Perskyi coined the word television in a paper read to the International Electricity Congress at the World's Fair in Paris on August 24, 1900.
- The first practical transmissions of moving images over a radio system used mechanical rotating perforated disks to scan a scene into a time-varying signal that could be reconstructed at a receiver back into an approximation of the original image.
- Development of television was interrupted by the Second World War.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The History of television article was read about 260,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 93 and blocks with 90: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get History of television
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of television (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Evert F. Baumgardner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
