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Jake Garn, an Uncommon card
Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn is an American military veteran and retired politician from the U.S. state of Utah who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1974 to 1993.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 110
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 37,000
Power 110 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Jake Garn quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jake Garn card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Prior to his time in the U.S. Senate, he ______ as the mayor of Salt Lake City from 1972 to 1974.
Answer
served. Prior to his time in the U.S. Senate, he served as the mayor of Salt Lake City from 1972 to 1974. From the Jake Garn article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Garn became the first sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-51-D in April ____.
Answer
1980s. Garn became the first sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-51-D in April 1985. From the Jake Garn 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.
- Garn became the first sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-51-D in April 1985.
- Prior to his time in the U.S. Senate, he served as the mayor of Salt Lake City from 1972 to 1974.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jake Garn article was read about 37,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Jake Garn
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, Jake Garn (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
