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Helene Mayer, an Uncommon card
Helene Julie Mayer was a German fencer who won the gold medal at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, and the silver medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 55
- Power
- 116
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 39,000
Power 116 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Helene Mayer quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Helene Mayer card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
She studied at American ______, and later returned to Germany in 1952 where she died of breast cancer.
Answer
universities. She studied at American universities, and later returned to Germany in 1952 where she died of breast cancer. From the Helene Mayer article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
She competed for Nazi Germany in Berlin, despite having been forced to leave Germany in ____ and resettle in the United States because she was of Jewish descent.
Answer
1930s. She competed for Nazi Germany in Berlin, despite having been forced to leave Germany in 1935 and resettle in the United States because she was of Jewish descent. From the Helene Mayer article on Wikipedia.
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 competed for Nazi Germany in Berlin, despite having been forced to leave Germany in 1935 and resettle in the United States because she was of Jewish descent.
- She studied at American universities, and later returned to Germany in 1952 where she died of breast cancer.
- Mayer had been called the greatest female fencer of all time, and was named by Sports Illustrated as one of the Top 100 Female Athletes of the 20th Century, but her legacy remains clouded.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Helene Mayer article was read about 39,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 55: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Helene Mayer
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Helene Mayer (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
