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Gerald Carr, a Common card
Gerald Paul Carr was an American mechanical and aeronautical engineer, United States Marine Corps officer and aviator, and NASA astronaut.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 124
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,600
Power 124 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Gerald Carr quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gerald Carr card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In April 1966, he was selected by NASA as one of the ______ new astronauts.
Answer
nineteen. In April 1966, he was selected by NASA as one of the nineteen new astronauts. From the Gerald Carr article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
A graduate of the University of Southern California, Carr was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on graduation in ____, and trained as an aviator.
Answer
1950s. A graduate of the University of Southern California, Carr was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on graduation in 1954, and trained as an aviator. From the Gerald Carr article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Edith Nourse Rogers. Edith Nourse Rogers 71 · Gerald Carr 66 · Marjorie Jackson-Nelson 63 · Nendrum Monastery 60 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.
- He was commander of Skylab 4, the third and final crewed visit to the Skylab Orbital Workshop, from November 16, 1973, to February 8, 1974.
- A graduate of the University of Southern California, Carr was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on graduation in 1954, and trained as an aviator.
- In April 1966, he was selected by NASA as one of the nineteen new astronauts.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gerald Carr article was read about 6,600 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Gerald Carr
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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The cards just above and just below Gerald Carr in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Handley Page HP.115Common · Science · ATK 63 DEF 61
- Edward SabineCommon · History · ATK 70 DEF 54
- Elizaveta GlinkaCommon · Science · ATK 66 DEF 58
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gerald Carr (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
