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John G. Trump, a Rare card
John George Trump was an American electrical engineer and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 400,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
John G. Trump quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John G. Trump card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Trump received his ______ engineering doctorate as the first student of MIT physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff.
Answer
electrical. Trump received his electrical engineering doctorate as the first student of MIT physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff. From the John G. Trump article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He joined MIT's faculty in ____ and designed compact, high-voltage Van de Graaff generators for use in cancer radiotherapy.
Answer
1930s. He joined MIT's faculty in 1935 and designed compact, high-voltage Van de Graaff generators for use in cancer radiotherapy. From the John G. Trump 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 pioneered the use of high-voltage generators in cancer treatment and was founding chairman of High Voltage Engineering Corporation, a leading manufacturer of particle accelerators.
- Trump received his electrical engineering doctorate as the first student of MIT physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff.
- He joined MIT's faculty in 1935 and designed compact, high-voltage Van de Graaff generators for use in cancer radiotherapy.
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 G. Trump article was read about 400,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John G. Trump (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : MIT Photo Service (photographer unknown), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
