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Eddie Arcaro, an Uncommon card
George Edward Arcaro was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 20
- Power
- 77
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 16,000
Power 77 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Eddie Arcaro quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Eddie Arcaro card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Arcaro was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of an ______ taxi driver.
Answer
impoverished. Arcaro was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of an impoverished taxi driver. From the Eddie Arcaro article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Pope Alexander I. Pope Alexander I 49,000 · Order Sons of Italy in America 20,000 · Eddie Arcaro 16,000 · FSC Żuk 12,000 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.
- He is widely regarded as one of the greatest jockeys in the history of American Thoroughbred horse racing.
- Arcaro was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of an impoverished taxi driver.
- His parents, Pasquale and Josephine, were Italian immigrants and his father held a number of jobs, including taxi driver and operator of an illegal liquor enterprise during Prohibition.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Eddie Arcaro article was read about 16,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 20: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
How to get Eddie Arcaro
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Eddie Arcaro (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Igel B TyMaHe, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
