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Legendary card · Science
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, a Legendary card
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American nuclear-capable subsonic jet-powered strategic bomber.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 93
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 193
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,700,000
Ranked #79 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has ______ to provide support and upgrades.
Answer
continued. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. From the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. Boeing B-52 Stratofortress 1,700,000 · Airbus A380 1,300,000 · Charles Lindbergh 880,000 · List of Italian inventions and discoveries 23,000 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.
- The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades.
- It has been operated by the United States Air Force since 1955 and was flown by NASA from 1959 to 2007.
- The bomber can carry up to 70,000 pounds of weapons and has a typical combat range of around 8,800 miles without aerial refueling.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress article was read about 1,700,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 93 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Airman 1st Class Victor J. Caputo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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