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Ben Johnson, an Uncommon card
Benjamin Sinclair Johnson, is a Canadian former sprinter.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 52
- Power
- 126
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 126 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Ben Johnson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ben Johnson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was the first to beat the 9.9 and 9.8 ______ barrier.
Answer
seconds. He was the first to beat the 9.9 and 9.8 seconds barrier. From the Ben Johnson article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
During the ____–88 season he held the title of the world's fastest man, breaking both the 100 m and the 60 m indoor World Records.
Answer
1980s. During the 1987–88 season he held the title of the world's fastest man, breaking both the 100 m and the 60 m indoor World Records. From the Ben Johnson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Jamsetji Tata. Jamsetji Tata 390,000 · Gino D'Acampo 260,000 · Ben Johnson 170,000 · Kohl's 120,000 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.
- During the 1987–88 season he held the title of the world's fastest man, breaking both the 100 m and the 60 m indoor World Records.
- He won the 100 metres at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, and again at the 1988 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified for doping and stripped of the gold medals.
- He was the first to beat the 9.9 and 9.8 seconds barrier.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ben Johnson article was read about 170,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 52: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Ben Johnson
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, Ben Johnson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mafugah, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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