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Olaf Tryggvason, an Uncommon card
Olaf Tryggvason was King of Norway from 995 to 1000.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 86,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Olaf Tryggvason quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Olaf Tryggvason card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is said to have built the first Christian church in Norway in 995, and to have founded the city of ______ in 997.
Answer
Trondheim. He is said to have built the first Christian church in Norway in 995, and to have founded the city of Trondheim in 997. From the Olaf Tryggvason article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Olaf Tryggvason was King of Norway from 995 to ____.
Answer
1000s. Olaf Tryggvason was King of Norway from 995 to 1000. From the Olaf Tryggvason article on Wikipedia.
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 son of Tryggvi Olafsson, king of Viken, and, according to later sagas, the great-grandson of Harald Fairhair, first King of Norway.
- He is numbered as Olaf I. Olaf was important in the conversion of the Norse to Christianity, but he did so forcibly within his own kingdom.
- He is said to have built the first Christian church in Norway in 995, and to have founded the city of Trondheim in 997.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Olaf Tryggvason article was read about 86,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Olaf Tryggvason
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Olaf Tryggvason (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ole Andreas Øverland (1855-1911), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
