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Mihajlo Pupin, an Uncommon card
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, also known as Michael Pupin, was a Serbian-American electrical engineer, physicist and inventor.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 32,000
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Mihajlo Pupin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Mihajlo Pupin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1924, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his ______.
Answer
autobiography. In 1924, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography. From the Mihajlo Pupin article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Pupin was a founding member of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics on 3 March ____, which later became NASA, and he participated in the founding of American Mathematical Society and American Physical Society.
Answer
1910s. Pupin was a founding member of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics on 3 March 1915, which later became NASA, and he participated in the founding of American Mathematical Society and American Physical Society. From the Mihajlo Pupin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of geography. History of geography 82 · Friedrich List 78 · Mihajlo Pupin 75 · Arsaces I of Parthia 71 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.
- Pupin is best known for his numerous patents, including a means of greatly extending the range of long-distance telephone communication by placing loading coils at predetermined intervals along the transmitting wire.
- Pupin was a founding member of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics on 3 March 1915, which later became NASA, and he participated in the founding of American Mathematical Society and American Physical Society.
- In 1924, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mihajlo Pupin article was read about 32,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Mihajlo Pupin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : N. A. (Life time: N. A.), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
