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Jacob W. Davis, an Uncommon card
Jacob William Davis was a Russian-American tailor who is credited with inventing modern jeans.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 54
- DEF
- 38
- Power
- 92
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 68,000
Power 92 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Jacob W. Davis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jacob W. Davis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Growing up in Russian Empire, he emigrated to the ______ States as a young man and spent some time in Canada as well.
Answer
United. Growing up in Russian Empire, he emigrated to the United States as a young man and spent some time in Canada as well. From the Jacob W. Davis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Enthalpy of vaporization. Enthalpy of vaporization 65 · Residue theorem 59 · Jacob W. Davis 54 · Anglo-American Freemasonry 46 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Jenni Gibbons. Jenni Gibbons 120,000 · Amedeo Avogadro 90,000 · Jacob W. Davis 68,000 · Distaff 53,000 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.
- Growing up in Russian Empire, he emigrated to the United States as a young man and spent some time in Canada as well.
- He invented jeans by using sturdy cloth and rivets to strengthen weak points in the seams, and partnered with Levi Strauss to mass-produce them.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jacob W. Davis article was read about 68,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 54 and blocks with 38: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Jacob W. Davis
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jacob W. Davis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : unknown (Life time: 1908), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
