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Marc Garneau, an Uncommon card
Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau was a Canadian Armed Forces officer, astronaut and politician.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 44,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Marc Garneau quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Marc Garneau card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
From 2001 to 2005, Garneau was president of the ______ Space Agency.
Answer
Canadian. From 2001 to 2005, Garneau was president of the Canadian Space Agency. From the Marc Garneau article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Garneau served as a naval officer before being selected as an astronaut as part of the ____ NRC Group.
Answer
1980s. Garneau served as a naval officer before being selected as an astronaut as part of the 1983 NRC Group. From the Marc Garneau article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of painting. History of painting 96 · Bob Carr 85 · Marc Garneau 80 · Bijapur Sultanate 76 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.
- Garneau served as a naval officer before being selected as an astronaut as part of the 1983 NRC Group.
- He became the first Canadian in space on October 5, 1984, and flew on three Space Shuttle missions.
- From 2001 to 2005, Garneau was president of the Canadian Space Agency.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Marc Garneau article was read about 44,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Marc Garneau
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, Marc Garneau (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : International Maritime Organization, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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