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Legendary card · History
J. Edgar Hoover, a Legendary card
John Edgar Hoover was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the fifth and final director of the Bureau of Investigation and the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,100,000
Power 173 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
J. Edgar Hoover quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the J. Edgar Hoover card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
President Calvin Coolidge first appointed Hoover as director of the BOI, the ______ to the FBI, in 1924.
Answer
predecessor. President Calvin Coolidge first appointed Hoover as director of the BOI, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924. From the J. Edgar Hoover article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Seven Years' War. Seven Years' War 90 · J. Edgar Hoover 87 · Leopold II of Belgium 83 · Memorial Day 79 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.
- President Calvin Coolidge first appointed Hoover as director of the BOI, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924.
- After 11 years in the post, Hoover became instrumental in founding the FBI in June 1935, where he remained as director for an additional 37 years until his death in May 1972 – serving a total of 48 years leading both the BOI and the FBI under eight presidents.
- Hoover expanded the FBI into a larger crime-fighting agency and instituted a number of modernizations to policing technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The J. Edgar Hoover article was read about 1,100,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get J. Edgar Hoover
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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- Memorial DayLegendary · Society · ATK 79 DEF 94
- Tim McGrawLegendary · Arts · ATK 84 DEF 89
- Diana RiggLegendary · Arts · ATK 82 DEF 91
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, J. Edgar Hoover (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Marion S. Trikosko, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
