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Rare card · Science
Armand Hammer, a Rare card
Armand Hammer was an American oil tycoon, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 340,000
Power 179 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Armand Hammer quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Armand Hammer card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Having made his fortune in pharmaceuticals and whiskey, he nearly retired before coming into control of the then-failing Occidental Petroleum in ____.
Answer
1950s. Having made his fortune in pharmaceuticals and whiskey, he nearly retired before coming into control of the then-failing Occidental Petroleum in 1956. From the Armand Hammer article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Sociology. Sociology 91 · Atom 88 · Steven Pinker 85 · Armand Hammer 82 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.
- The son of a Russian-born communist activist, Hammer trained as a physician before beginning his career in trade with the newly established Soviet Union.
- Having made his fortune in pharmaceuticals and whiskey, he nearly retired before coming into control of the then-failing Occidental Petroleum in 1956.
- He spent the next 33 years as chief executive officer and chairman of the company, overseeing its growth to become one of the largest companies in the US.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Armand Hammer article was read about 340,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Armand Hammer
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, Armand Hammer (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : FDR Presidential Library & Museum, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
