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Charles Ponzi, a Rare card
Charles Ponzi was an Italian charlatan and con artist who operated in the United States and Canada.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 65
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 250,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Charles Ponzi quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Charles Ponzi card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His ______ included Charles Ponci, Carlo, Benny Broncko and Charles P. Bianchi.
Answer
aliases. His aliases included Charles Ponci, Carlo, Benny Broncko and Charles P. Bianchi. From the Charles Ponzi article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Born in Lugo, Italy, he became known in the early ____s as a swindler in North America for his money-making scheme.
Answer
1920s. Born in Lugo, Italy, he became known in the early 1920s as a swindler in North America for his money-making scheme. From the Charles Ponzi article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Giancarlo Giannini. Giancarlo Giannini 77 · Charles Ponzi 74 · Book of Exodus 70 · Okonomiyaki 67 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.
- His aliases included Charles Ponci, Carlo, Benny Broncko and Charles P. Bianchi.
- Born in Lugo, Italy, he became known in the early 1920s as a swindler in North America for his money-making scheme.
- He promised clients a 50% profit within 45 days or 100% profit within 90 days, by buying discounted postal reply coupons in other countries and redeeming them at face value in the U.S. as a form of arbitrage.
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 Ponzi article was read about 250,000 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 65: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Charles Ponzi
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Charles Ponzi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The original uploader was Mgreason at English Wikipedia ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
