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Uncommon card · History
George Hearst, an Uncommon card
George Hearst was an American businessman, politician, and patriarch of the Hearst business dynasty.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 125
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 125 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
George Hearst quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Hearst card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The mine's gold production continued ______ until 2001.
Answer
uninterrupted. The mine's gold production continued uninterrupted until 2001. From the George Hearst article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
After growing up on a small farm in Missouri, he founded many mining operations and is known for developing and expanding the Homestake Mine in the late ____s in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Answer
1870s. After growing up on a small farm in Missouri, he founded many mining operations and is known for developing and expanding the Homestake Mine in the late 1870s in the Black Hills of South Dakota. From the George Hearst 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.
- After growing up on a small farm in Missouri, he founded many mining operations and is known for developing and expanding the Homestake Mine in the late 1870s in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
- In 1879, he listed it on the New York Stock Exchange and went on to other pursuits.
- The mine's gold production continued uninterrupted until 2001.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The George Hearst 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 65 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get George Hearst
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, George Hearst (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : C. M. Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
