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Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, a Common card
Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet KCH FRS was a British Army officer, Tory politician, publisher and inventor.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,900
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A pioneer in the field of rocket artillery, he was renowned for his development and use of Congreve rockets during the ______ Wars.
Answer
Napoleonic. A pioneer in the field of rocket artillery, he was renowned for his development and use of Congreve rockets during the Napoleonic Wars. From the Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Haud. Haud 12,000 · John Mica 9,500 · Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet 6,900 · 2015 Canning by-election 3,000 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.
- A pioneer in the field of rocket artillery, he was renowned for his development and use of Congreve rockets during the Napoleonic Wars.
- His adaptation of Mysorean rocket technology from the Kingdom of Mysore represented a crucial development in the history of military rocketry, bridging Eastern innovation with Western industrial production and establishing rocket artillery as a practical weapon system that would influence military technology into the space age.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet article was read about 6,900 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 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : James Lonsdale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
