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Lewis Pugh, a Common card
Lewis William Gordon Pugh, OIG, is a British-South African endurance swimmer and ocean advocate.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 78
- Power
- 151
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 151 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Lewis Pugh quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Lewis Pugh card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Pugh is known for undertaking the first swim across the North Pole in 2007 with the aim of ______ the melting of the Arctic sea ice.
Answer
highlighting. Pugh is known for undertaking the first swim across the North Pole in 2007 with the aim of highlighting the melting of the Arctic sea ice. From the Lewis Pugh article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, he swam across a glacial lake on Mount Everest to draw attention to the melting of the glaciers in the Himalayas and the impact the reduced water supply would have on peace in the region.
Answer
2010s. In 2010, he swam across a glacial lake on Mount Everest to draw attention to the melting of the glaciers in the Himalayas and the impact the reduced water supply would have on peace in the region. From the Lewis Pugh article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series. 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series 89 · Tet Offensive attacks on Da Nang 81 · Lewis Pugh 73 · Stephen II of Hungary 68 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.
- Dubbed the "Sir Edmund Hillary of swimming", he is the first person to complete a long-distance swim in every ocean of the world, and he frequently swims in vulnerable ecosystems to draw attention to their plight.
- Pugh is known for undertaking the first swim across the North Pole in 2007 with the aim of highlighting the melting of the Arctic sea ice.
- In 2010, he swam across a glacial lake on Mount Everest to draw attention to the melting of the glaciers in the Himalayas and the impact the reduced water supply would have on peace in the region.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Lewis Pugh article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 78: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Lewis Pugh
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Lewis Pugh (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tessa Graham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
