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Ruth Handler, a Rare card
Ruth Marianna Handler was an American business magnate and inventor.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 105
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 380,000
Power 105 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Ruth Handler quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ruth Handler card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Handler was prominently ______ in the 2023 film Barbie.
Answer
characterized. Handler was prominently characterized in the 2023 film Barbie. From the Ruth Handler article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Handlers were forced to resign from Mattel in ____ after the Securities and Exchange Commission investigated the company for falsifying financial documents.
Answer
1970s. The Handlers were forced to resign from Mattel in 1975 after the Securities and Exchange Commission investigated the company for falsifying financial documents. From the Ruth Handler article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Equal Earth projection. Equal Earth projection 73 · Laws of thermodynamics 64 · Ruth Handler 60 · Sarah McNutt 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.
- She is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959 and being co-founder of toy manufacturer Mattel with her husband Elliot, as well as serving as the company's first president from 1945 to 1975.
- The Handlers were forced to resign from Mattel in 1975 after the Securities and Exchange Commission investigated the company for falsifying financial documents.
- Handler was prominently characterized in the 2023 film Barbie.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ruth Handler article was read about 380,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Ruth Handler
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- Equal Earth projectionEpic · Science · ATK 73 DEF 32
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- Dixie CarterRare · Arts · ATK 65 DEF 40
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ruth Handler (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Originally published by the Los Angeles Times. Photographer unknown. Restored by Adam Cuer, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.