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William Fothergill Cooke, a Common card
Sir William Fothergill Cooke was an English inventor.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 50
- DEF
- 27
- Power
- 77
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,900
Power 77 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
William Fothergill Cooke quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William Fothergill Cooke card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was ______ in 1869.
Answer
knighted. He was knighted in 1869. From the William Fothergill Cooke article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was, with Charles Wheatstone, the co-inventor of the Cooke-Wheatstone electrical telegraph, which was patented in May ____.
Answer
1830s. He was, with Charles Wheatstone, the co-inventor of the Cooke-Wheatstone electrical telegraph, which was patented in May 1837. From the William Fothergill Cooke article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Nehemiah Grew. Nehemiah Grew 54 · William Fothergill Cooke 50 · John Hadley 47 · Varifocal lens 37 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.
- He was, with Charles Wheatstone, the co-inventor of the Cooke-Wheatstone electrical telegraph, which was patented in May 1837.
- Together with John Ricardo he founded the Electric Telegraph Company, the world's first public telegraph company, in 1846.
- He was knighted in 1869.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William Fothergill Cooke article was read about 4,900 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 50 and blocks with 27: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
How to get William Fothergill Cooke
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, William Fothergill Cooke (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : William Fothergill Cooke, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
