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Gladys West, a Rare card
Gladys Mae West was an American mathematician.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 320,000
Power 135 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Gladys West quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gladys West card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
West was inducted into the ______ States Air Force Hall of Fame in 2018.
Answer
United. West was inducted into the United States Air Force Hall of Fame in 2018. From the Gladys West article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Results of the 2014 Japanese general election. Results of the 2014 Japanese general election 96 · Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's singles 75 · Gladys West 68 · Nebula 65 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Cefalexin. Cefalexin 440,000 · Gladys West 320,000 · Georg Friedrich Grotefend 4,500 · Results of the 2014 Japanese general election 1,200 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.
- She was known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, which were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System.
- West was inducted into the United States Air Force Hall of Fame in 2018.
- She was awarded the Webby Lifetime Achievement Award for the development of satellite geodesy models.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gladys West article was read about 320,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Gladys West
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- NebulaRare · Science · ATK 65 DEF 70
- Queen Sofía of SpainRare · History · ATK 74 DEF 61
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gladys West (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Adrian Cadiz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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