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Legendary card · History
Herbert Hoover, a Legendary card
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 91
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 191
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,400,000
Power 191 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Herbert Hoover quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Herbert Hoover card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Hoover's term as president was dominated by the Great ______.
Answer
Depression. Hoover's term as president was dominated by the Great Depression. From the Herbert Hoover article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
His ineffectual response to the growing economic calamity made him widely unpopular, and he lost reelection to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the ____ United States presidential election.
Answer
1930s. His ineffectual response to the growing economic calamity made him widely unpopular, and he lost reelection to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 United States presidential election. From the Herbert Hoover 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.
- Hoover's term as president was dominated by the Great Depression.
- His ineffectual response to the growing economic calamity made him widely unpopular, and he lost reelection to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 United States presidential election.
- In 1895, Hoover became one of the first graduates of the new Stanford University.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Herbert Hoover article was read about 1,400,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 91 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Herbert Hoover
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Herbert Hoover (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
