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John Joseph Montgomery, a Common card
John Joseph Montgomery was an American inventor, physicist, engineer, and professor at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California, who is best known for his invention of controlled heavier-than-air flying machines.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 10,000
Ranked #1,080 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
John Joseph Montgomery quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Joseph Montgomery card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
In the ____s Montgomery, a native of Yuba City, California, made manned flight experiments in a series of gliders in the United States in Otay Mesa in San Diego, California.
Answer
1880s. In the 1880s Montgomery, a native of Yuba City, California, made manned flight experiments in a series of gliders in the United States in Otay Mesa in San Diego, California. From the John Joseph Montgomery article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Peruvian protests. Peruvian protests 96 · History of Bihar 87 · José María Zavala Castella 81 · John Joseph Montgomery 78 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
History of Bihar. History of Bihar 29,000 · Peruvian protests 21,000 · John Joseph Montgomery 10,000 · Plan Rubber 5,900 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.
- In the 1880s Montgomery, a native of Yuba City, California, made manned flight experiments in a series of gliders in the United States in Otay Mesa in San Diego, California.
- Although not publicized in the 1880s, these early flights were first described by Montgomery as part of a lecture delivered at the International Conference on Aerial Navigation at Chicago, 1893.
- These independent advances came after gliding flights by European pioneers such as George Cayley's coachman in England and Jean-Marie Le Bris in France.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Joseph Montgomery article was read about 10,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get John Joseph Montgomery
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Joseph Montgomery (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
