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Uncommon card · Science
Joseph Swan, an Uncommon card
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan was an English physicist, chemist, and inventor.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 152
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 49,000
Power 152 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Joseph Swan quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Joseph Swan card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
In ____, Swan was knighted by King Edward VII, awarded the Royal Society's Hughes Medal, and was made a member of the Pharmaceutical Society.
Answer
1900s. In 1904, Swan was knighted by King Edward VII, awarded the Royal Society's Hughes Medal, and was made a member of the Pharmaceutical Society. From the Joseph Swan article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Neolithic Europe. Neolithic Europe 62,000 · Joseph Swan 49,000 · Ethnic enclave 35,000 · John Ray 20,000 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.
- He is known as an independent early developer of a successful incandescent light bulb, and is responsible for developing the first use of incandescent lights used to illuminate homes and public buildings, including the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1881.
- In 1904, Swan was knighted by King Edward VII, awarded the Royal Society's Hughes Medal, and was made a member of the Pharmaceutical Society.
- He had received the highest decoration in France, the Legion of Honour, when he visited the 1881 International Exposition of Electricity, Paris.
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 Swan article was read about 49,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Joseph Swan
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Joseph Swan (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The original uploader was Maximus Rex at English Wikipedia ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
