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Leszek Balcerowicz, an Uncommon card
Leszek Henryk Balcerowicz is a Polish economist, statesman, and Professor at Warsaw School of Economics.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 132
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 132 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Leszek Balcerowicz quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Leszek Balcerowicz card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He served as Chairman of the ______ Bank of Poland and twice as Deputy Prime Minister of Poland.
Answer
National. He served as Chairman of the National Bank of Poland and twice as Deputy Prime Minister of Poland. From the Leszek Balcerowicz article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, he founded the Civic Development Forum think-tank and became the chairman of its council.
Answer
2000s. In 2007, he founded the Civic Development Forum think-tank and became the chairman of its council. From the Leszek Balcerowicz article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Roberto Guerrero. Roberto Guerrero 80 · Owen Lattimore 76 · Leszek Balcerowicz 70 · Dagobert II 67 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 served as Chairman of the National Bank of Poland and twice as Deputy Prime Minister of Poland.
- In 1989, he became Minister of Finance in Tadeusz Mazowiecki's first non-communist government and led the free-market economic reforms, proponents of which say they have transformed Poland into one of Europe's fastest growing economies, but which critics say were followed by a large increase in unemployment.
- In 2007, he founded the Civic Development Forum think-tank and became the chairman of its council.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Leszek Balcerowicz article was read about 17,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Leszek Balcerowicz
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Leszek Balcerowicz (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Regina Kühne, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
