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Bjarni Tryggvason, a Common card
Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason was an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a NRC/CSA astronaut.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 59
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 102
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,200
Power 102 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Bjarni Tryggvason quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bjarni Tryggvason card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Bjarni is the first, and as of 2024, only Canadian astronaut of ______ birth.
Answer
Icelandic. Bjarni is the first, and as of 2024, only Canadian astronaut of Icelandic birth. From the Bjarni Tryggvason article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in ____, a nearly 12-day mission to study changes in the Earth's atmosphere.
Answer
1990s. He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in 1997, a nearly 12-day mission to study changes in the Earth's atmosphere. From the Bjarni Tryggvason article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in 1997, a nearly 12-day mission to study changes in the Earth's atmosphere.
- Bjarni is the first, and as of 2024, only Canadian astronaut of Icelandic birth.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bjarni Tryggvason article was read about 8,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 59 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Bjarni Tryggvason (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
