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Kim Philby, an Epic card
Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby was a British intelligence officer and a double agent for the Soviet Union.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 82
- Power
- 163
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 600,000
Power 163 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Kim Philby quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kim Philby card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Born in British India, Philby was educated at ______ School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Answer
Westminster. Born in British India, Philby was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. From the Kim Philby article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, he was revealed to be a member of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring that had divulged British secrets to the Soviets during the Second World War and in the early stages of the Cold War.
Answer
1960s. In 1963, he was revealed to be a member of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring that had divulged British secrets to the Soviets during the Second World War and in the early stages of the Cold War. From the Kim Philby article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Han Chinese. Han Chinese 96 · Father's Day 84 · Kim Philby 81 · Shrove Tuesday 78 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 1963, he was revealed to be a member of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring that had divulged British secrets to the Soviets during the Second World War and in the early stages of the Cold War.
- Of the five, Philby is widely considered to have been the most successful in providing secret information to the Soviets.
- Born in British India, Philby was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kim Philby article was read about 600,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 82: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Kim Philby
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, Kim Philby (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
