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Eric Liddell, an Uncommon card
Eric Henry Liddell was a Scottish sprinter, rugby player and a Christian missionary.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 76
- Power
- 151
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 151 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Eric Liddell quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Eric Liddell card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Instead he competed in the 400 metres held on a ______, a race that he won.
Answer
weekday. Instead he competed in the 400 metres held on a weekday, a race that he won. From the Eric Liddell article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
At the ____ Summer Olympics in Paris, Liddell refused to run in the heats for his favoured 100 metres because they were held on a Sunday, conflicting with his Sabbatarian views.
Answer
1920s. At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Liddell refused to run in the heats for his favoured 100 metres because they were held on a Sunday, conflicting with his Sabbatarian views. From the Eric Liddell article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Darrell Waltrip. Darrell Waltrip 94 · Brazilian real 78 · Eric Liddell 75 · Submarine sandwich 71 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.
- Born in Tianjin, China to Scottish missionary parents, he attended a boarding school near London, spending time when possible with his family in Edinburgh, and afterwards attended the University of Edinburgh.
- At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Liddell refused to run in the heats for his favoured 100 metres because they were held on a Sunday, conflicting with his Sabbatarian views.
- Instead he competed in the 400 metres held on a weekday, a race that he won.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Eric Liddell article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 76: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Eric Liddell
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Eric Liddell (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : unknown (Sports event handout) [1], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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