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Uncommon card · History
Peter Cooper, an Uncommon card
Peter Cooper was an American industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, and politician.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 141
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 37,000
Power 141 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Peter Cooper quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Peter Cooper card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Cooper began ______ at a young age while working in various positions in New York City.
Answer
tinkering. Cooper began tinkering at a young age while working in various positions in New York City. From the Peter Cooper article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He purchased a glue factory in ____ and used that factory's profits to found the Canton Iron Works, where he earned even larger profits by fabricating machinery such as the Tom Thumb.
Answer
1820s. He purchased a glue factory in 1821 and used that factory's profits to found the Canton Iron Works, where he earned even larger profits by fabricating machinery such as the Tom Thumb. From the Peter Cooper article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jan Magnussen. Jan Magnussen 80 · Clark Terry 75 · John Hanning Speke 72 · Peter Cooper 68 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.
- He designed and built the first American steam locomotive, the Tom Thumb, founded the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, served as its first president, and stood for election as the Greenback Party's candidate in the 1876 presidential election.
- Cooper began tinkering at a young age while working in various positions in New York City.
- He purchased a glue factory in 1821 and used that factory's profits to found the Canton Iron Works, where he earned even larger profits by fabricating machinery such as the Tom Thumb.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Peter Cooper article was read about 37,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Peter Cooper
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, Peter Cooper (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Brown Brothers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
