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Albert Ghiorso, a Common card
Albert Ghiorso was an American nuclear scientist and co-discoverer of a record 12 chemical elements on the periodic table.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 95
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,200
Power 95 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Albert Ghiorso quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Albert Ghiorso card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His ______ career spanned six decades, from the early 1940s to the late 1990s.
Answer
research. His research career spanned six decades, from the early 1940s to the late 1990s. From the Albert Ghiorso article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Albert Ghiorso. Albert Ghiorso 60 · Exothermic process 56 · Bok globule 53 · Suzuri-bako 45 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Bok globule. Bok globule 18,000 · Rapterra 12,000 · Albert Ghiorso 9,200 · James Hamblin 5,300 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.
- His research career spanned six decades, from the early 1940s to the late 1990s.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Albert Ghiorso article was read about 9,200 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 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Albert Ghiorso
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Albert Ghiorso (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

