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Jack Swigert, a Rare card
John Leonard Swigert Jr. was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 145
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 370,000
Power 145 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Jack Swigert quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jack Swigert card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Before joining NASA in 1966, Swigert was a ______ test pilot and fighter pilot in the Air National Guard.
Answer
civilian. Before joining NASA in 1966, Swigert was a civilian test pilot and fighter pilot in the Air National Guard. From the Jack Swigert article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In April ____, as command module pilot of Apollo 13, he became one of 24 Apollo astronauts who reached the Moon.
Answer
1970s. In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13, he became one of 24 Apollo astronauts who reached the Moon. From the Jack Swigert article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Guerrilla warfare. Guerrilla warfare 77 · Mohammad Azharuddin 74 · Jack Swigert 70 · Scott Turner 67 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 April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13, he became one of 24 Apollo astronauts who reached the Moon.
- Due to the "slingshot" route around the Moon they chose to safely return to Earth, the Apollo 13 astronauts flew farther away from Earth than any other astronauts until the Artemis II lunar flyby in 2026, though they had to abort the Moon landing.
- Before joining NASA in 1966, Swigert was a civilian test pilot and fighter pilot in the Air National Guard.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jack Swigert article was read about 370,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Jack Swigert
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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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jack Swigert (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
