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Werner von Siemens, an Uncommon card
Ernst Werner Siemens was a German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 98
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 64,000
Power 98 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Werner von Siemens quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Werner von Siemens card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Siemens's name has been adopted as the SI unit of ______ conductance, the siemens.
Answer
electrical. Siemens's name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens. From the Werner von Siemens article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Nathalie Tauziat. Nathalie Tauziat 67 · Werner von Siemens 62 · Albert Roux 58 · Ustad Ahmad Lahori 55 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.
- Siemens's name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens.
- He founded the electrical and telecommunications conglomerate Siemens and invented the electric tram, trolley bus, electric locomotive and electric elevator.
- His dynamo laid the foundation for the modern age of electricity and he was involved in the development of the electric car.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Werner von Siemens article was read about 64,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Werner von Siemens
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, Werner von Siemens (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Photograph, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
