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J. W. Dunne, a Common card
John William Dunne was a British soldier, aeronautical engineer and philosopher.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 55
- Power
- 120
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 120 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
J. W. Dunne quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the J. W. Dunne card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
As a young man he fought in the Second Boer War, before becoming a ______ aeroplane designer in the early years of the 20th century.
Answer
pioneering. As a young man he fought in the Second Boer War, before becoming a pioneering aeroplane designer in the early years of the 20th century. From the J. W. Dunne article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Éder Jofre. Éder Jofre 71 · Jacob Portrait 68 · J. W. Dunne 65 · Rosh Pinna 62 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.
- As a young man he fought in the Second Boer War, before becoming a pioneering aeroplane designer in the early years of the 20th century.
- Dunne worked on automatically stable aircraft, many of which were of tailless swept wing design, to achieve the first aircraft demonstrated to be stable.
- He later developed a new approach to dry fly fishing before turning to speculative philosophy, where he achieved some prominence and literary influence through his "serialism" theory on the nature of time and consciousness, first set out in his 1927 book An Experiment with Time.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The J. W. Dunne article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 55: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get J. W. Dunne
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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- Jacob PortraitCommon · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 52
- José ValverdeCommon · Society · ATK 68 DEF 52
- Jules Hardouin-MansartCommon · History · ATK 64 DEF 56
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, J. W. Dunne (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
