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Joseph Strauss, an Uncommon card
Joseph Baermann Strauss was an American structural engineer who revolutionized the design of bascule bridges.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 30
- Power
- 88
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 35,000
Power 88 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Joseph Strauss quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Joseph Strauss card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was the chief engineer of the ______ Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
Answer
Golden. He was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. From the Joseph Strauss article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hair conditioner. Hair conditioner 62 · Joseph Strauss 58 · Manindra Agrawal 54 · Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog 50 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 was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Joseph Strauss article was read about 35,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 30: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Joseph Strauss
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Joseph Strauss (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Steven Pavlov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
