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Nils Torvalds, an Uncommon card
Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds is a Finnish politician who was a Member of the European Parliament from 2012 to 2024.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 114
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 75,000
Power 114 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Nils Torvalds quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Nils Torvalds card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was previously a ______ with the Finnish Broadcasting Company.
Answer
journalist. He was previously a journalist with the Finnish Broadcasting Company. From the Nils Torvalds article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Karl Jaspers. Karl Jaspers 67 · Nils Torvalds 64 · Mostafa Madbouly 60 · Ada Blackjack 57 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 is a member of the Swedish People's Party of Finland, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
- He was previously a journalist with the Finnish Broadcasting Company.
- Torvalds, a Finland Swede, is the son of the poet Ole Torvalds, and the father of the software engineer Linus Torvalds, known for the Linux kernel.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Nils Torvalds article was read about 75,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Nils Torvalds
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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- MafaldaUncommon · Arts · ATK 67 DEF 47
- Clive AllenUncommon · Society · ATK 66 DEF 48
- Ada BlackjackUncommon · History · ATK 57 DEF 57
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Nils Torvalds (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : FinnishGovernment, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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