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Epic card · History
Robert McNamara, an Epic card
Robert Strange McNamara, also known by his initials RSM, was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson at the height of the Cold War.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 169
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 510,000
Power 169 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Robert McNamara quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Robert McNamara card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He played a major role in promoting the U.S. involvement in the ______ War.
Answer
Vietnam. He played a major role in promoting the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. From the Robert McNamara article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gerrymandering. Gerrymandering 92 · Atorvastatin 86 · Robert McNamara 81 · Tenzing Norgay 77 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 remains the longest-serving secretary of defense, having remained in office over seven years.
- He played a major role in promoting the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
- McNamara was responsible for the institution of systems analysis in public policy, which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Robert McNamara article was read about 510,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Robert McNamara
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Robert McNamara in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Tenzing NorgayEpic · History · ATK 77 DEF 92
- Claude ShannonEpic · Science · ATK 83 DEF 86
- PleiadesEpic · Science · ATK 77 DEF 92
- AtorvastatinRare · Science · ATK 86 DEF 83
- GerrymanderingEpic · History · ATK 92 DEF 77
- I ChingRare · Arts · ATK 79 DEF 90
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Robert McNamara (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : DoD photo by Oscar Porter, U.S. Army., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
