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Josef Ressel, a Common card
Josef Ludwig Franz Ressel was an Austrian forester and inventor who designed one of the first working ship's propellers.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 48
- DEF
- 20
- Power
- 68
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,100
Power 68 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Josef Ressel quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Josef Ressel card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His father Anton Hermann Ressel was a ______ German speaker, and his mother Marie Anna Konvičková was a native Czech speaker.
Answer
native. His father Anton Hermann Ressel was a native German speaker, and his mother Marie Anna Konvičková was a native Czech speaker. From the Josef Ressel article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Ressel was born in Chrudim, Bohemia then part of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the Habsburg monarchy, which became part of the Austrian Empire in ____.
Answer
1800s. Ressel was born in Chrudim, Bohemia then part of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the Habsburg monarchy, which became part of the Austrian Empire in 1804. From the Josef Ressel 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.
- Ressel was born in Chrudim, Bohemia then part of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the Habsburg monarchy, which became part of the Austrian Empire in 1804.
- His father Anton Hermann Ressel was a native German speaker, and his mother Marie Anna Konvičková was a native Czech speaker.
- He studied at the Linz Gymnasium, Budweis artillery school, University of Vienna and the Mariabrunn Forestry Academy at Mariabrunn Monastery then near Vienna.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Josef Ressel article was read about 5,100 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 48 and blocks with 20: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Josef Ressel (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : R. R. Marina, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
