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Marilyn Waring, a Common card
Dame Marilyn Joy Waring is a New Zealand public policy scholar, international development consultant, former politician, environmentalist, feminist and a principal founder of feminist economics.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 150
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 150 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Marilyn Waring quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Marilyn Waring card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
As a ______ of parliament she chaired the Public Expenditure Committee.
Answer
member. As a member of parliament she chaired the Public Expenditure Committee. From the Marilyn Waring article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, aged 23, she became New Zealand's youngest member of parliament for the centre-right New Zealand National Party.
Answer
1970s. In 1975, aged 23, she became New Zealand's youngest member of parliament for the centre-right New Zealand National Party. From the Marilyn Waring article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak. Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak 83 · Marilyn Waring 76 · Jeroen Dijsselbloem 73 · 'Adud al-Dawla 70 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.
- In 1975, aged 23, she became New Zealand's youngest member of parliament for the centre-right New Zealand National Party.
- As a member of parliament she chaired the Public Expenditure Committee.
- Her support of the opposition Labour Party's proposed nuclear-free New Zealand policy was instrumental in precipitating the 1984 New Zealand general election, and she left parliament in 1984.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Marilyn Waring article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Marilyn Waring
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Marilyn Waring (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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