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James Swinburne, a Common card
Sir James Swinburne, 9th Baronet, FRS was a British electrical engineer and manufacturer.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 45
- DEF
- 16
- Power
- 61
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,300
Power 61 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 5 % of WikiCards cards.
James Swinburne quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the James Swinburne card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was born in Inverness in 1858 into a well-known ______ family.
Answer
Northumbrian. He was born in Inverness in 1858 into a well-known Northumbrian family. From the James Swinburne article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Geelvinck. Geelvinck 48 · James Swinburne 45 · 832 42 · Lebanese-Syrian pound 38 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
3,4-Dihydroxybenzaldehyde. 3,4-Dihydroxybenzaldehyde 2,700 · Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. 1,700 · James Swinburne 1,300 · Fluo-3 950 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.
- He was born in Inverness in 1858 into a well-known Northumbrian family.
- Educated at Clifton College, he went to work at a locomotive works in Manchester and later to a Tyneside firm where he became interested in electrical work.
- Often called the "Father of British Plastics", Swinburne revolutionized the plastics industry throughout Europe and his native Britain.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The James Swinburne article was read about 1,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 45 and blocks with 16: each hit it takes is cut by 6 %.
How to get James Swinburne
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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The cards just above and just below James Swinburne in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Tillandsia tectorumCommon · Nature · ATK 37 DEF 24
- GeelvinckCommon · Society · ATK 48 DEF 13
- Jacques BouhyCommon · Arts · ATK 40 DEF 21
- Lebanese-Syrian poundCommon · Society · ATK 38 DEF 23
- Llandaff OratoryCommon · Arts · ATK 40 DEF 21
- Mehdi KhodabakhshiCommon · Society · ATK 47 DEF 14
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, James Swinburne (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Robin S. Taylor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
