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Joseph Whitworth, an Uncommon card
Sir Joseph Whitworth, 1st Baronet was an English engineer, entrepreneur, inventor and philanthropist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 124
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 124 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Joseph Whitworth quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Joseph Whitworth card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Whitworth was created a ______ by Queen Victoria in 1869.
Answer
baronet. Whitworth was created a baronet by Queen Victoria in 1869. From the Joseph Whitworth article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, he devised the British Standard Whitworth system, which created an accepted standard for screw threads.
Answer
1840s. In 1841, he devised the British Standard Whitworth system, which created an accepted standard for screw threads. From the Joseph Whitworth 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.
- In 1841, he devised the British Standard Whitworth system, which created an accepted standard for screw threads.
- Whitworth also created the Whitworth rifle, often called the "sharpshooter" because of its accuracy, which is considered one of the earliest examples of a sniper rifle, used by some Confederate forces during the American Civil war.
- Whitworth was created a baronet by Queen Victoria in 1869.
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 Whitworth article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Joseph Whitworth
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 Whitworth (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
