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J. Bruce Ismay, a Rare card
Joseph Bruce Ismay was an English businessman and shipowner who was the chairman and managing director of the White Star Line, and president of the International Mercantile Marine Company until his retirement in 1913.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 65
- Power
- 136
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 400,000
Power 136 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
J. Bruce Ismay quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the J. Bruce Ismay card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Ismay took over the White Star Line after the death of his ______ Thomas Ismay in 1900.
Answer
father. Ismay took over the White Star Line after the death of his father Thomas Ismay in 1900. From the J. Bruce Ismay article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Joseph Bruce Ismay was an English businessman and shipowner who was the chairman and managing director of the White Star Line, and president of the International Mercantile Marine Company until his retirement in ____.
Answer
1910s. Joseph Bruce Ismay was an English businessman and shipowner who was the chairman and managing director of the White Star Line, and president of the International Mercantile Marine Company until his retirement in 1913. From the J. Bruce Ismay article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
ATP Finals. ATP Finals 80 · Clyde Drexler 75 · J. Bruce Ismay 71 · Chow Chow 64 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.
- Ismay took over the White Star Line after the death of his father Thomas Ismay in 1900.
- In 1904, he became one of the founders of the International Mercantile Marine Company, a maritime trust financed by J. P. Morgan.
- Under his direction, the White Star Line shifted their focus to comfort and size instead of speed.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The J. Bruce Ismay article was read about 400,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 65: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get J. Bruce Ismay
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, J. Bruce Ismay (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : unknown (see Simon Adams's Titanic book "credit" section), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
