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Linus Yale Jr., a Common card
Linus Yale Jr. was an American businessman, inventor, mechanical engineer, and metalsmith.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 143
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,900
Ranked #2,081 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Linus Yale Jr. quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Linus Yale Jr. card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was the country's leading expert on bank locks and its most ______ maker.
Answer
important. He was the country's leading expert on bank locks and its most important maker. From the Linus Yale Jr. article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Frank Hawthorne. Frank Hawthorne 78 · Rajendra K. Pachauri 74 · Linus Yale Jr. 71 · Stanisław Moniuszko 68 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Walther Bothe. Walther Bothe 17,000 · Linus Yale Jr. 9,900 · John Blacking 6,900 · Frank Hawthorne 3,300 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 was a co-founder with millionaire Henry R. Towne of the Yale Lock Company, which became the premier manufacturer of locks in the United States.
- He was the country's leading expert on bank locks and its most important maker.
- By the early 20th century, about three-quarters of all banks in America used his bank locks.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Linus Yale Jr. article was read about 9,900 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Linus Yale Jr.
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Linus Yale Jr. in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Stanisław MoniuszkoCommon · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 75
- Oliver IvanovićCommon · History · ATK 71 DEF 72
- Yoshiharu HabuCommon · Society · ATK 78 DEF 65
- Dan GrahamCommon · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 70
- Leonor TelesCommon · History · ATK 72 DEF 71
- Pieter Coecke van AelstCommon · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 74
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Linus Yale Jr. (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown, before 1868, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
