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History of the telephone, an Uncommon card
This history of the telephone chronicles the development of the electrical telephone, and includes a brief overview of its predecessors.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
History of the telephone quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of the telephone card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The first telephone patent was granted to ______ Graham Bell in 1876.
Answer
Alexander. The first telephone patent was granted to Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. From the History of the telephone article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bulletproof vest. Bulletproof vest 84 · Operation Cyclone 81 · History of the telephone 78 · Bill Hagerty 75 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.
- The first telephone patent was granted to Alexander Graham Bell in 1876.
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 the telephone article was read about 150,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get History of the telephone
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of the telephone (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, film commissioned by AT&T., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

