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John Browning, a Rare card
John Moses Browning was an American firearm designer who developed many varieties of military and civilian firearms, cartridges, and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 108
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 250,000
Power 108 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
John Browning quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Browning card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Browning influenced nearly all categories of firearms design, especially the ______ of ammunition.
Answer
autoloading. Browning influenced nearly all categories of firearms design, especially the autoloading of ammunition. From the John Browning article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He made his first firearm at age 13 in his father's gun shop and was awarded the first of his 128 firearm patents on October 7, ____, at the age of 24.
Answer
1870s. He made his first firearm at age 13 in his father's gun shop and was awarded the first of his 128 firearm patents on October 7, 1879, at the age of 24. From the John Browning article on Wikipedia.
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 made his first firearm at age 13 in his father's gun shop and was awarded the first of his 128 firearm patents on October 7, 1879, at the age of 24.
- He is regarded as one of the most successful firearms designers of the 19th and 20th centuries and a pioneer of modern repeating, semi-automatic, and automatic firearms.
- Browning influenced nearly all categories of firearms design, especially the autoloading of ammunition.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Browning article was read about 250,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get John Browning
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Browning (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : unknown/Browning, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
