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Juan de la Cierva, a Common card
Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu, 1st Count of la Cierva, was a Spanish civil engineer, pilot and a self-taught aeronautical engineer.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 31
- Power
- 94
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 94 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Juan de la Cierva quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Juan de la Cierva card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, De la Cierva sided with the ______ Francoist rebel forces.
Answer
Nationalist. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, De la Cierva sided with the Nationalist Francoist rebel forces. From the Juan de la Cierva article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
His most famous accomplishment was the invention in ____ of a rotorcraft called Autogiro, a single-rotor type of aircraft that came to be called autogyro in the English language.
Answer
1920s. His most famous accomplishment was the invention in 1920 of a rotorcraft called Autogiro, a single-rotor type of aircraft that came to be called autogyro in the English language. From the Juan de la Cierva article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Blowing up. Blowing up 66 · Juan de la Cierva 63 · Pyotr Dubrov 57 · Eduard Strasburger 54 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.
- His most famous accomplishment was the invention in 1920 of a rotorcraft called Autogiro, a single-rotor type of aircraft that came to be called autogyro in the English language.
- In 1923, after four years of experimentation, de la Cierva developed the articulated rotor, which resulted in the world's first successful flight of a stable rotary-wing aircraft, with his C.4 prototype.
- At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, De la Cierva sided with the Nationalist Francoist rebel forces.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Juan de la Cierva article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 31: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Juan de la Cierva
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Juan de la Cierva (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Pascual Marín, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
