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Goiânia accident, a Legendary card
The Goiânia accident, also known locally as the caesium-137 accident/caesium-137 Goiânia, was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred on September 13, 1987, in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, after an unsecured radiotherapy source, inside a lead-and-steel medical device, was found by scavenger thieves at an…
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 156
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,100,000
Power 156 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Goiânia accident quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Goiânia accident card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
About 112,000 people were examined for radioactive ______ and 249 of them were found to have been contaminated.
Answer
contamination. About 112,000 people were examined for radioactive contamination and 249 of them were found to have been contaminated. From the Goiânia accident article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jean-Claude Van Damme. Jean-Claude Van Damme 87 · List of aerial victories claimed by Erich Hartmann 84 · Goiânia accident 76 · 2010 United States Senate election in South Carolina 73 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Goiânia accident. Goiânia accident 1,100,000 · Anawrahta 24,000 · Henry IV of France's wives and mistresses 15,000 · List of aerial victories claimed by Erich Hartmann 6,100 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The thieves, and then workers at the scrapyard owned by Devair Ferreira, who bought the device from the thieves, used tools to open the device and expose the caesium-137 crystals.
- Ferreira brought the exposed caesium-137 crystals to his home, sharing them with his family and neighbours, the caesium-137 crystals were subsequently handled by many people, resulting in four deaths – two of Ferreira's family members and two of his scrapyard employees.
- About 112,000 people were examined for radioactive contamination and 249 of them were found to have been contaminated.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Goiânia accident article was read about 1,100,000 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 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Goiânia accident
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Text : Wikipedia, Goiânia accident (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : IAEA Imagebank, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
