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Giovanni Villani, a Common card
Giovanni Villani was an Italian banker, official, diplomat and chronicler from Florence who wrote the Nuova Cronica on the history of Florence.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 168
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 168 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Giovanni Villani quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Giovanni Villani card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His Cronica is viewed as the first introduction of ______ as a positive element in history.
Answer
statistics. His Cronica is viewed as the first introduction of statistics as a positive element in history. From the Giovanni Villani article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Military parades in North Korea. Military parades in North Korea 88 · 2017 pro-jallikattu protests 80 · Giovanni Villani 76 · Joscelin I of Edessa 73 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
2017 pro-jallikattu protests. 2017 pro-jallikattu protests 16,000 · Giovanni Villani 11,000 · Joscelin I of Edessa 5,200 · 2nd Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers 540 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 a leading statesman of Florence but later gained an unsavoury reputation and served time in prison as a result of the bankruptcy of a trading and banking company he worked for.
- His interest in and elaboration of economic details, statistical information, and political and psychological insight mark him as a more modern chronicler of late medieval Europe.
- His Cronica is viewed as the first introduction of statistics as a positive element in history.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Giovanni Villani article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Giovanni Villani
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, Giovanni Villani (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Sailko, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
