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John Young, a Rare card
John Watts Young was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 99
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 210,000
Power 179 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
John Young quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Young card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the ______ 16 mission in 1972.
Answer
Apollo. He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. From the John Young article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Afghan conflict. Afghan conflict 90 · Lombards 86 · Vannevar Bush 83 · John Young 80 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.
- He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972.
- Before becoming an astronaut, Young received his Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and joined the U.S. Navy.
- After serving at sea during the Korean War he became a naval aviator and graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Young article was read about 210,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 99: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get John Young
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Young (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
