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Charles Duke, a Rare card
Charles Moss Duke Jr. is an American former astronaut, United States Air Force officer and test pilot who, as Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, became the 10th and youngest person to walk on the Moon, at age 36 years and 201 days.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 99
- Power
- 180
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 220,000
Power 180 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Charles Duke quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Charles Duke card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Duke is one of four ______ Moon walkers, along with David Scott, Buzz Aldrin and Harrison Schmitt.
Answer
surviving. Duke is one of four surviving Moon walkers, along with David Scott, Buzz Aldrin and Harrison Schmitt. From the Charles Duke article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
A ____ graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Duke joined the USAF and completed advanced flight training on the F-86 Sabre at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia, where he was a distinguished graduate.
Answer
1950s. A 1957 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Duke joined the USAF and completed advanced flight training on the F-86 Sabre at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia, where he was a distinguished graduate. From the Charles Duke article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Finnish Civil War. Finnish Civil War 93 · Ecumenism 90 · Gerhard Schröder 87 · Charles Duke 81 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.
- Duke is one of four surviving Moon walkers, along with David Scott, Buzz Aldrin and Harrison Schmitt.
- A 1957 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Duke joined the USAF and completed advanced flight training on the F-86 Sabre at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia, where he was a distinguished graduate.
- After completion of this training, Duke served three years as a fighter pilot with the 526th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Ramstein Air Base in West Germany.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Charles Duke article was read about 220,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 99: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Charles Duke
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Charles Duke (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
