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Legendary card · History
Galileo Galilei, a Legendary card
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei or mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer and polymath.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 90
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 190
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,000,000
Power 190 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Galileo Galilei quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Galileo Galilei card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was born in Pisa, then part of the Duchy of ______.
Answer
Florence. He was born in Pisa, then part of the Duchy of Florence. From the Galileo Galilei article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Galileo Galilei. Galileo Galilei 1,000,000 · Benzodiazepine 730,000 · Belt and Road Initiative 510,000 · Women's rights 150,000 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 was born in Pisa, then part of the Duchy of Florence.
- Galileo has been called the father of observational astronomy, classical physics, the scientific method, and modern science.
- He studied speed and velocity, gravity and free fall, the principle of relativity, inertia, projectile motion, and also worked in applied science and technology, describing the properties of the pendulum and "hydrostatic balances".
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Galileo Galilei article was read about 1,000,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 90 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Galileo Galilei
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Galileo Galilei (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Justus Sustermans, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.