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Carlos Mesa, an Uncommon card
Carlos Diego de Mesa Gisbert is a Bolivian historian, journalist, and politician who served as the 63rd president of Bolivia from 2003 to 2005.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 95
- DEF
- 90
- Power
- 185
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 19,000
Power 185 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Carlos Mesa quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carlos Mesa card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Born in La Paz, Mesa began a twenty-three-year-long ______ career after graduating from university.
Answer
journalistic. Born in La Paz, Mesa began a twenty-three-year-long journalistic career after graduating from university. From the Carlos Mesa article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
A member of the Revolutionary Left Front, he has served as leader of Civic Community, the largest opposition parliamentary group in Bolivia, since ____.
Answer
2010s. A member of the Revolutionary Left Front, he has served as leader of Civic Community, the largest opposition parliamentary group in Bolivia, since 2018. From the Carlos Mesa article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
History of Gibraltar. History of Gibraltar 32,000 · Carlos Mesa 19,000 · British logistics in the Falklands War 13,000 · William F. Winter 9,100 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.
- As an independent politician, he had previously served as the 37th vice president of Bolivia from 2002 to 2003 under Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and was the international spokesman for Bolivia's lawsuit against Chile in the International Court of Justice from 2014 to 2018.
- A member of the Revolutionary Left Front, he has served as leader of Civic Community, the largest opposition parliamentary group in Bolivia, since 2018.
- Born in La Paz, Mesa began a twenty-three-year-long journalistic career after graduating from university.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carlos Mesa article was read about 19,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 95 and blocks with 90: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Carlos Mesa
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carlos Mesa (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Antonio Suárez, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
