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Uncommon card · History
Robert Thirsk, an Uncommon card
Robert "Bob" Brent Thirsk, is a Canadian retired engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 39
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 16,000
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Robert Thirsk quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Robert Thirsk card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He holds the ______ record for the most time spent in space.
Answer
Canadian. He holds the Canadian record for the most time spent in space. From the Robert Thirsk article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Robert Thirsk. Robert Thirsk 64 · Valerius Maximus 60 · French conquest of Tunisia 56 · Pourpoint 50 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 holds the Canadian record for the most time spent in space.
- He became an officer of the Order of Canada in 2013 and was named to the Order of British Columbia in 2012.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Robert Thirsk article was read about 16,000 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 39: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Robert Thirsk
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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- TeslićUncommon · Society · ATK 61 DEF 42
- Valerius MaximusUncommon · History · ATK 60 DEF 43
- Ball jointUncommon · Science · ATK 61 DEF 42
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Robert Thirsk (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
