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Štefan Banič, a Common card
Štefan Banič was a Slovak inventor who patented an early parachute design.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 49
- DEF
- 25
- Power
- 74
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,500
Power 74 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
Štefan Banič quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Štefan Banič card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Born in Jánostelek, Austria-Hungary, Banič immigrated to the ______ States and worked as a coal miner in Greenville, Pennsylvania.
Answer
United. Born in Jánostelek, Austria-Hungary, Banič immigrated to the United States and worked as a coal miner in Greenville, Pennsylvania. From the Štefan Banič article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
John L. Phillips. John L. Phillips 55 · Guglielmo Ferrero 52 · Štefan Banič 49 · National Heart Foundation 45 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.
- Born in Jánostelek, Austria-Hungary, Banič immigrated to the United States and worked as a coal miner in Greenville, Pennsylvania.
- After witnessing a plane crash in 1912, Banič constructed a prototype of a parachute, and on August 25, 1914 was granted US patent, No. 1,108,484.
- The design which was radically different from others – it was a type of umbrella attached to the body, but it is claimed that he successfully tested it in Washington, D.C. jumping first from a 15-story building and subsequently from an airplane in 1914.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Štefan Banič article was read about 4,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 49 and blocks with 25: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Štefan Banič
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Štefan Banič (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
