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Malcom McLean, an Uncommon card
Malcolm "Malcom" Purcell McLean was an American businessman who invented the modern intermodal shipping container, which revolutionized transport and international trade during the second half of the twentieth century.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 101
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 49,000
Power 101 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Malcom McLean quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Malcom McLean card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Containerization is a major enabler of ______.
Answer
globalization. Containerization is a major enabler of globalization. From the Malcom McLean article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Miklós Rózsa. Miklós Rózsa 70 · Malcom McLean 66 · Rashbehari Assembly constituency 61 · Shortcrust pastry 56 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.
- Containerization resulted in a major reduction of the cost of freight transportation by eliminating the need for repeated, labor-intensive handling of individual pieces of cargo, and also improved three-dimensional packing capability, reduced damage and cargo theft, and decreased inventory costs by shortening transit time.
- Containerization is a major enabler of globalization.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Malcom McLean article was read about 49,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Malcom McLean
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, Malcom McLean (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Maersk Line, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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