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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.

From the Wikipedia article

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.

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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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

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The facts on the card

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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 %.

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Text : Wikipedia, Albert Ghiorso (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

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