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Matthew Boulton, an Uncommon card
Matthew Boulton was an English businessman, inventor, mechanical engineer, and silversmith.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 180
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 24,000
Power 180 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Matthew Boulton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Matthew Boulton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was a ______ partner of the Scottish engineer James Watt.
Answer
business. He was a business partner of the Scottish engineer James Watt. From the Matthew Boulton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics. Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics 89 · Culture of Brazil 86 · North Malabar 83 · Matthew Boulton 80 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Culture of Brazil. Culture of Brazil 35,000 · Matthew Boulton 24,000 · Timeline of chemistry 14,000 · North Malabar 11,000 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 was a business partner of the Scottish engineer James Watt.
- In the final quarter of the 18th century, the partnership installed hundreds of Boulton & Watt steam engines, which were a great advance on the state of the art, making possible the mechanisation of factories and mills.
- Boulton applied modern techniques to the minting of coins, striking millions of pieces for Britain and other countries, and supplying the Royal Mint with up-to-date equipment.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Matthew Boulton article was read about 24,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Matthew Boulton
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, Matthew Boulton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Carl Frederik von Breda, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
