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Richard Pearse, an Uncommon card
Richard William Pearse was a New Zealand farmer and inventor who performed pioneering aviation experiments.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 24,000
Power 178 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Richard Pearse quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Richard Pearse card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Ambiguous statements made by Pearse himself make it difficult to date the ______ experiments with certainty.
Answer
aviation. Ambiguous statements made by Pearse himself make it difficult to date the aviation experiments with certainty. From the Richard Pearse article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Witnesses interviewed many years afterwards describe observing Pearse flying and landing a powered heavier-than-air machine on 31 March ____, nine months before the Wright brothers flew.
Answer
1900s. Witnesses interviewed many years afterwards describe observing Pearse flying and landing a powered heavier-than-air machine on 31 March 1903, nine months before the Wright brothers flew. From the Richard Pearse article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Lift. Lift 75,000 · Richard Pearse 24,000 · Holy Week in Ruvo di Puglia 1,200 · 1922 in Michigan 460 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.
- Witnesses interviewed many years afterwards describe observing Pearse flying and landing a powered heavier-than-air machine on 31 March 1903, nine months before the Wright brothers flew.
- Ambiguous statements made by Pearse himself make it difficult to date the aviation experiments with certainty.
- In a newspaper interview in 1909, with respect to inventing a flying machine, he said "I did not attempt anything practical with the idea until 1904".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Richard Pearse 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 81 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Richard Pearse
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Richard Pearse (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
