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Herb Brooks, an Epic card
Herbert Paul Brooks was an American ice hockey player and coach.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 150
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 520,000
Power 150 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Herb Brooks quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Herb Brooks card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Brooks also coached multiple National Hockey League teams, and the ______ team at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Answer
French. Brooks also coached multiple National Hockey League teams, and the French team at the 1998 Winter Olympics. From the Herb Brooks article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
His most notable achievement came in ____ as head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team at Lake Placid.
Answer
1980s. His most notable achievement came in 1980 as head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team at Lake Placid. From the Herb Brooks article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Fernando Mendoza. Fernando Mendoza 5,700,000 · Álvaro Arbeloa 1,700,000 · Alejandro Garnacho 1,100,000 · Herb Brooks 520,000 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.
- His most notable achievement came in 1980 as head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team at Lake Placid.
- Brooks' team upset the heavily favored Soviet team in a match that came to be known as the "Miracle on Ice".
- Brooks also coached multiple National Hockey League teams, and the French team at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Herb Brooks article was read about 520,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Herb Brooks
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Herb Brooks (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : New York Rangers / NHL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
