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George Mallory, a Rare card
George Herbert Leigh-Mallory was an English mountaineer who participated in the first three British Mount Everest expeditions from the early to mid-1920s.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 96
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 196
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 430,000
Power 196 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
George Mallory quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Mallory card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
George Herbert Leigh-Mallory was an English mountaineer who participated in the first three British Mount Everest expeditions from the early to mid-____s.
Answer
1920s. George Herbert Leigh-Mallory was an English mountaineer who participated in the first three British Mount Everest expeditions from the early to mid-1920s. From the George Mallory article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Maximilien Robespierre. Maximilien Robespierre 900,000 · Ferdinand Marcos 680,000 · George Mallory 430,000 · History of Christianity 250,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He and his climbing partner Andrew "Sandy" Irvine were last seen ascending near Everest's summit during the 1924 expedition, prompting speculation as to whether they reached it before they died.
- Born in Cheshire, England, Mallory became a student at Winchester College, where a teacher recruited him for an excursion in the Alps, and he developed a strong natural climbing ability.
- After graduating from Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he became friends with prominent intellectuals, he taught at Charterhouse School while honing his climbing skills in the Alps and the English Lake District.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The George Mallory article was read about 430,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 96 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get George Mallory
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, George Mallory (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
