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Ida Tarbell, an Uncommon card
Ida Minerva Tarbell was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer, and lecturer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 184
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 90,000
Power 184 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Ida Tarbell quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ida Tarbell card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The book was first published as a series of ______ in McClure's from 1902 to 1904.
Answer
articles. The book was first published as a series of articles in McClure's from 1902 to 1904. From the Ida Tarbell article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Born in Pennsylvania at the beginning of the oil boom, Tarbell is best known for her ____ book The History of the Standard Oil Company.
Answer
1900s. Born in Pennsylvania at the beginning of the oil boom, Tarbell is best known for her 1904 book The History of the Standard Oil Company. From the Ida Tarbell 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.
- She was one of the leading muckrakers and reformers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was a pioneer of investigative journalism.
- Born in Pennsylvania at the beginning of the oil boom, Tarbell is best known for her 1904 book The History of the Standard Oil Company.
- The book was first published as a series of articles in McClure's from 1902 to 1904.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ida Tarbell article was read about 90,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ida Tarbell (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : James E. Purdy / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
