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Sylvester H. Roper, a Common card
Sylvester Howard Roper was an American inventor and a pioneering builder of early automobiles and motorcycles from Boston, Massachusetts.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 114
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,400
Ranked #2,575 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Sylvester H. Roper quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sylvester H. Roper card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1863 he built a steam carriage, one of the ______ automobiles.
Answer
earliest. In 1863 he built a steam carriage, one of the earliest automobiles. From the Sylvester H. Roper article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jacobi symbol. Jacobi symbol 75 · Component 70 · Leyland Tiger 67 · Sylvester H. Roper 60 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Component. Component 19,000 · Sylvester H. Roper 7,400 · Galileo 5,100 · Krake 2,800 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.
- In 1863 he built a steam carriage, one of the earliest automobiles.
- The Roper steam velocipede of 1867–1869 may have been the first motorcycle, for which he was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2002.
- He is also the inventor of the shotgun choke and a revolver repeating shotgun.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sylvester H. Roper article was read about 7,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Sylvester H. Roper
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sylvester H. Roper (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : E.G. Williams & Bro. (New York), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
