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John Joseph Merlin, an Uncommon card
John Joseph Merlin was a Freemason, clock-maker, musical-instrument maker, and inventor from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège in the Holy Roman Empire.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 129
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 21,000
Power 129 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
John Joseph Merlin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Joseph Merlin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He moved to ______ in 1760.
Answer
England. He moved to England in 1760. From the John Joseph Merlin article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
By ____, he was working with James Cox and creating automatons such as Cox's timepiece and the Silver Swan.
Answer
1760s. By 1766, he was working with James Cox and creating automatons such as Cox's timepiece and the Silver Swan. From the John Joseph Merlin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Boat building. Boat building 74 · Yakov Zeldovich 71 · John Joseph Merlin 67 · Maria Gaetana Agnesi 64 ATK in WikiCards.
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 moved to England in 1760.
- By 1766, he was working with James Cox and creating automatons such as Cox's timepiece and the Silver Swan.
- By 1773, he was designing and making innovative keyboard instruments.
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 Joseph Merlin article was read about 21,000 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 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get John Joseph Merlin
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Joseph Merlin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Thomas Gainsborough, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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