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Thomas Heatherwick, an Uncommon card
Thomas Alexander Heatherwick, is an English designer and the founder of London-based design practice Heatherwick Studio.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 47,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Thomas Heatherwick quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thomas Heatherwick card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The Garden Bridge over the ______ in Central London was cancelled.
Answer
Thames. The Garden Bridge over the Thames in Central London was cancelled. From the Thomas Heatherwick article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Bud Powell. Bud Powell 69,000 · Thomas Heatherwick 47,000 · Tina Karol 32,000 · Nikolai Leskov 23,000 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.
- He works with a team of about 250 architects, designers and entrepreneurs from his studio in King's Cross, London.
- Heatherwick's projects, many of which have won design awards, include the UK pavilion at Expo 2010, the renovation of the Hong Kong Pacific Place, the Olympic cauldron for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, Vessel in New York City, and the New Routemaster bus.
- The Garden Bridge over the Thames in Central London was cancelled.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thomas Heatherwick article was read about 47,000 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 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Thomas Heatherwick
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, Thomas Heatherwick (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : HeatherwickComms, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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