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Alain Mimoun, a Common card
Alain Mimoun, born Ali Mimoun Ould Kacha, was a French long-distance runner who competed in track events, cross-country running and the marathon.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,400
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Alain Mimoun quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alain Mimoun card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was the 1956 Olympic champion in the ______.
Answer
marathon. He was the 1956 Olympic champion in the marathon. From the Alain Mimoun article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, readers of the French athletics magazine Athlétisme Magazine voted him as the “French Athlete of the 20th Century”.
Answer
1990s. In 1999, readers of the French athletics magazine Athlétisme Magazine voted him as the “French Athlete of the 20th Century”. From the Alain Mimoun article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Naruhito. Naruhito 1,200,000 · Mixtec culture 12,000 · Alain Mimoun 6,400 · Ahmed Haitham 2,100 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 was the 1956 Olympic champion in the marathon.
- He is the most bemedalled French athletics sportsperson in history.
- In 1999, readers of the French athletics magazine Athlétisme Magazine voted him as the “French Athlete of the 20th Century”.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alain Mimoun article was read about 6,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alain Mimoun (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
