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Emil Racoviță, a Common card
Emil Gheorghe Racoviță was a Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist, and Antarctic explorer.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 105
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 105 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Emil Racoviță quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Emil Racoviță card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Racoviță was the first Romanian to have gone on a ______ research expedition to the Antarctic.
Answer
scientific. Racoviță was the first Romanian to have gone on a scientific research expedition to the Antarctic. From the Emil Racoviță article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Unified S-band. Unified S-band 68 · 24 Parganas 63 · Emil Racoviță 60 · Miloš Crnjanski 56 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.
- Together with Grigore Antipa, he was one of the most noted promoters of natural sciences in Romania.
- Racoviță was the first Romanian to have gone on a scientific research expedition to the Antarctic.
- He was an influential professor, scholar and researcher, and served as President of the Romanian Academy from 1926 to 1929.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Emil Racoviță article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Emil Racoviță
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Emil Racoviță (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Géruzet (fotograaf), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.