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Rare card · Science
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a Rare card
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was an English civil and marine engineer considered "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution", "perhaps the most eminent Victorian engineer", and one whose work "altered the lives of almost every person in Britain, and millions abroad".
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 90
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 190
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 390,000
Ranked #192 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Isambard Kingdom Brunel quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Isambard Kingdom Brunel card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His ______ was marred by continual financial and engineering setbacks.
Answer
career. His career was marred by continual financial and engineering setbacks. From the Isambard Kingdom Brunel article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
3I/ATLAS. 3I/ATLAS 2,600,000 · Space Launch System 760,000 · Isambard Kingdom Brunel 390,000 · Antibiotic 250,000 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.
- The first engineer of the Great Western Railway, he was responsible for the design and construction of its London–Bristol main line.
- His maritime career saw the construction of the largest steamships in the world at the time, the SS Great Western, SS Great Britain, and SS Great Eastern.
- His career was marred by continual financial and engineering setbacks.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Isambard Kingdom Brunel article was read about 390,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 90 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Robert Howlett, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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