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John Cockcroft, an Uncommon card
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft was a British experimental physicist who shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ernest Walton for their splitting of the atomic nucleus, which led to the development of nuclear power and weapons.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 172
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 172 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
John Cockcroft quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Cockcroft card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He then won a ______ to St John's College, Cambridge, where he sat the Tripos exam in June 1924, becoming a Wrangler.
Answer
scholarship. He then won a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge, where he sat the Tripos exam in June 1924, becoming a Wrangler. From the John Cockcroft article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Ernest Rutherford accepted Cockcroft as a research student in the Cavendish Laboratory, and Cockcroft completed his doctorate under Rutherford's supervision in ____.
Answer
1920s. Ernest Rutherford accepted Cockcroft as a research student in the Cavendish Laboratory, and Cockcroft completed his doctorate under Rutherford's supervision in 1928. From the John Cockcroft article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Charles Barry. Charles Barry 37,000 · John Cockcroft 25,000 · Harold Innis 18,000 · Question Time British National Party controversy 7,300 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- After service on the Western Front with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War, Cockcroft studied electrical engineering at Manchester Municipal College of Technology whilst he was an apprentice at Metropolitan Vickers Trafford Park and was also a member of their research staff.
- He then won a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge, where he sat the Tripos exam in June 1924, becoming a Wrangler.
- Ernest Rutherford accepted Cockcroft as a research student in the Cavendish Laboratory, and Cockcroft completed his doctorate under Rutherford's supervision in 1928.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Cockcroft article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, John Cockcroft (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nobel foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
