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Greatest Generation, a Rare card
The Greatest Generation, also known as the G.I. Generation and the World War II Generation, is the demographic cohort following the Lost Generation and preceding the Silent Generation.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 340,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Greatest Generation quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Greatest Generation card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This generation is generally ______ as people born from 1901 to 1927.
Answer
defined. This generation is generally defined as people born from 1901 to 1927. From the Greatest Generation article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Shreyas Iyer. Shreyas Iyer 730,000 · Mike Rogers 570,000 · Greatest Generation 340,000 · Roy Clark 250,000 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.
- This generation is generally defined as people born from 1901 to 1927.
- They were shaped by the Great Depression and were the primary generation composing the enlisted forces in World War II.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Greatest Generation article was read about 340,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Greatest Generation
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, Greatest Generation (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rich Farmbrough, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
