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Mark Spitz, an Uncommon card
Mark Andrew Spitz is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 90
- Power
- 169
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 200,000
Ranked #1,526 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Mark Spitz quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Mark Spitz card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Phelps, like Spitz, set seven world ______.
Answer
records. Phelps, like Spitz, set seven world records. From the Mark Spitz article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was the most successful athlete at the ____ Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record time.
Answer
1970s. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record time. From the Mark Spitz article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of video games. History of video games 95 · Robert Kubica 90 · Dehradun 86 · Mark Spitz 79 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 was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record time.
- This achievement set a record that lasted for 36 years, until it was surpassed by fellow American Michael Phelps, who won eight golds at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
- Phelps, like Spitz, set seven world records.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mark Spitz article was read about 200,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 90: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Mark Spitz
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Mark Spitz in the power ranking, all domains together.
- DehradunRare · Society · ATK 86 DEF 83
- History of video gamesRare · History · ATK 95 DEF 74
- KanpurUncommon · Society · ATK 79 DEF 90
- East JerusalemUncommon · Society · ATK 90 DEF 79
- GnomeUncommon · Arts · ATK 84 DEF 85
- Nouri al-MalikiUncommon · History · ATK 79 DEF 90
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Mark Spitz (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Doha Stadium Plus Qatar Photograph: Vinod Divakaran ( www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com ), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
