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Ellen MacArthur, an Uncommon card
Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur is an English retired sailor and charity founder.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 113
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 89,000
Power 113 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Ellen MacArthur quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ellen MacArthur card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
She held the ______ until early 2008.
Answer
record. She held the record until early 2008. From the Ellen MacArthur article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
On 7 February ____, she broke the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe, a feat which gained her international renown.
Answer
2000s. On 7 February 2005, she broke the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe, a feat which gained her international renown. From the Ellen MacArthur article on Wikipedia.
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.
- On 7 February 2005, she broke the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe, a feat which gained her international renown.
- She held the record until early 2008.
- Following her retirement from professional sailing on 2 September 2010, MacArthur announced the launch of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a charity that works with business and education to promote a circular economy.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ellen MacArthur article was read about 89,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Ellen MacArthur
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ellen MacArthur (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Amplified2010, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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