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Grete Waitz, an Uncommon card
Grete Waitz, née Andersen was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 111
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Power 111 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Grete Waitz quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Grete Waitz card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
She won the silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and a gold medal at the 1983 World ______ in Helsinki.
Answer
Championships. She won the silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and a gold medal at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki. From the Grete Waitz article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, at the New York City Marathon, she became the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours.
Answer
1970s. In 1979, at the New York City Marathon, she became the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours. From the Grete Waitz article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Satoru Nakajima. Satoru Nakajima 73 · Grete Waitz 68 · Buckingham Canal 65 · Kasumigaseki 56 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.
- In 1979, at the New York City Marathon, she became the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours.
- Waitz won nine New York City Marathons, women's division, between 1978 and 1988, the highest number of victories in a single big city marathon in history.
- She won the silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and a gold medal at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Grete Waitz article was read about 20,000 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 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Grete Waitz
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Grete Waitz (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Shannon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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