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Jim Lovell, an Epic card
James Arthur Lovell Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and mechanical engineer.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 890,000
Power 183 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Jim Lovell quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jim Lovell card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A 1952 graduate of the ______ States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Lovell flew McDonnell F2H Banshee night fighters.
Answer
United. A 1952 graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Lovell flew McDonnell F2H Banshee night fighters. From the Jim Lovell article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he, along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon.
Answer
1960s. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he, along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. From the Jim Lovell article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bertrand Russell. Bertrand Russell 94 · Iran hostage crisis 89 · Jim Lovell 86 · Battle of the Alamo 83 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 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he, along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon.
- He then commanded in 1970 the Apollo 13 lunar mission, which, after a critical failure en route, looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth.
- A 1952 graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Lovell flew McDonnell F2H Banshee night fighters.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jim Lovell article was read about 890,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Jim Lovell
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, Jim Lovell (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
