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Lance Armstrong, an Epic card
Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 93
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 185
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 870,000
Power 185 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Lance Armstrong quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Lance Armstrong card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
At age 16, Armstrong began competing as a ______ and was a national sprint-course triathlon champion in 1989 and 1990.
Answer
triathlete. At age 16, Armstrong began competing as a triathlete and was a national sprint-course triathlon champion in 1989 and 1990. From the Lance Armstrong article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2003 invasion of Iraq. 2003 invasion of Iraq 99 · Lance Armstrong 93 · IBM 90 · Cicero 87 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 achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but was stripped of his titles in 2012 after an investigation into doping allegations found that Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs over his career.
- Armstrong has been banned for life from all sanctioned bicycling events since 2012, though he retired from professional cycling in 2011.
- At age 16, Armstrong began competing as a triathlete and was a national sprint-course triathlon champion in 1989 and 1990.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Lance Armstrong article was read about 870,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 93 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Lance Armstrong
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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The cards just above and just below Lance Armstrong in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Samuel Eto'oEpic · Society · ATK 89 DEF 96
- Robin van PersieEpic · Society · ATK 89 DEF 96
- CommunicationEpic · Science · ATK 92 DEF 93
- 2003 invasion of IraqEpic · History · ATK 99 DEF 86
- Mehmed IIEpic · History · ATK 88 DEF 97
- Panama CanalEpic · Society · ATK 92 DEF 93
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Lance Armstrong (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Paul Coster, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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